Swedish sauna

Dear Friends,

 

I am sure that you have been following the war of words between Sweden and Israel.  A Swedish newspaper repeated rumor and innuendo that Israeli soldiers were harvesting organs from Palestinians.  Sweden (which currently heads the EU) has refused to condemn this blood libel, confusing freedom of speech with hate speech.   The Swedish Foreign Ministry even distanced itself from criticism of the article by its own Embassy staff in Israel.

 

Friend Gerald Steinberg argues that this is consistent with Sweden being a major sponsor of anti-Semitic NGOs which consistently defame Israel with lies, innuendo, propaganda and spin.  Gerald expresses the hope that this furore will somehow teach the Swedes a lesson, and that they will stop this destructive funding.

 

Unfortunately, I am less optimistic.  This blood libel is, in fact,  consistent with Swedish government policy for over a decade.

 

In March of 2004, I highlighted reports from Swedish newspapers that showed that Sweden had, from 1997 to 2004, deliberately and consistently classified as secret their own reports that their donations to Arafat’s Palestinian Authority were being diverted to corruption and the creation of a police state.  Why?  So that they could continue to knowingly channel billions of crowns to  Palestinian corruption and violence.  Also hidden from view of the Parliament was tens of millions in donations to the Palestinian Negotiations Support Unit.  An organization which had stopped negotiating and had become a pure Palestinian  propaganda agency.  Swedish politicians were “shocked” – but the money kept flowing.

 

Later that same year, Lisa Abramowicz and I published an article highlighting the fact that the Swedish government was funding a conference in Gothenburg aimed at finding ways to fund Palestinian terrorism.

 

For well over a decade, Sweden has deliberately and carefully looked for and found ways to secretly and openly fund the Palestinian propaganda and physical war against the Jews.  And the Israeli government thinks that they can get the Swedes to change their ways with a bit of diplomatic pressure.  They forget that the Swedes may live in a cold country, but they have proved that they can take the heat.

 

David

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