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Israel and Sweden

foreign minister: Take Sweden as an example, according to Toronto Star. By all accounts it has no reason to be hostile to Israel, yet recent pronouncements by its government, particularly its foreign minister, that single out the Jewish state for condemnation because it defends itself against deadly terrorist attacks while seemingly tolerating similar actions by other states, have made it very difficult for Jews to live in Sweden. In practice, however, that by no means always the case. Its anti-Israel campaign seems to have less to do with what happening in the Middle East and more with what happening in Sweden itself. A pathetic but apparently effective way to woo them is to express hostility to Israel. Its government is said to want to make sure that its growing Muslim population, including the new immigrants, will support the party in power. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.