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February 14, 2012
Anti-semitism
The following articles have been tagged with "Anti-semitism":
Raoul Wallenberg – Sweden's Not-So-Favourite Son
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jan 12
The Swedish government has announced that it will designate 2012 as the official "Raoul Wallenberg Year" and the honour is more than deserved, according to historian Susanne Berger.
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'Bildt hushed talk of Darfur genocide'
Politics: 19 Sep 11
Former minister and Liberal Party leader Per Ahlmark has slammed current Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt in a new book arguing that he has a "passive" attitude towards genocide, is ignorant about Israel and holds "reactionary views".
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New millions for Swedish synagogue security
Society: 5 Sep 11
The Swedish government has promised new funds to help boost security around the country's synagogues following accusations that Sweden hasn't done enough to protect it's Jewish population.
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Religious conflict on the rise in Sweden: study
National: 10 Aug 11
Sweden is one of the ten countries worldwide where social hostilities related to religion are increasing the most, according to a newly published American study.
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Hollywood scraps filming after Malmö Jews alert
National: 12 Jul 11
A Hollywood film company was planning to set a movie with a Jewish theme in Skåne in southern Sweden but changed its mind due to concerns over anti-Semitism in Malmö.
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EU network: Sweden passive on 'slave auction'
National: 17 May 11
The pan-European network of NGOs and research institutes has called on the Swedish government to use the opportunity of a "slave auction" held in Lund in April to "address the specific needs of victims of racism and racial hatred".
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Sweden targets religious prejudice
Politics: 31 Mar 11
Sweden's government has announced plans to chart the extent of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in the country, as it attempts to counteract the spread of intolerance towards minorities.
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Islamic group invited anti-Semitic speaker
National: 25 Mar 11
The Islamic Association in Sweden engaged lecturers with anti-Semitic views at a conference in Stockholm in December, with the former head of the association claiming that they were recruited in "good faith".
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Malmö mayor in new 'anti-Semitism' row
Politics: 18 Mar 11
The conflict between the US-based Wiesenthal Center and Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu has taken another acrimonious turn after he was accused of anti-Semitism and echoing "conspiracy theories against Jews in the 1930s".
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Wiesenthal Center slams Sweden for 'Jewish tax'
Society: 15 Mar 11
An influential US Jewish group criticised Sweden for imposing the equivalent of a "Jewish tax" on the country's Jewish community, saying it had no plans to lift its advisory warning Jews against traveling in the south of the country.
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US Jewish centre meets Malmö mayor
National: 14 Mar 11
A US-based Jewish group was in Malmö in southern Sweden on Monday to meet with the mayor Ilmar Reepalu to discuss initiatives for improving the safety and security of the city's Jewish population.
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Jews still struggle to feel at home in Malmö
Analysis & Opinion: 16 Feb 11
A year after claims about an exodus of Jews from Malmö made global headlines, many Jewish residents still don't feel safe in southern Sweden, The Local's Karen Holst discovers.
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Jews warned about visiting southern Sweden
Society: 16 Dec 10
A US-based Jewish group has issued a travel warning urging Jews to exercise "extreme caution" when traveling in southern Sweden.
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Liberal leader meets embattled Malmö Jews
Politics: 25 Apr 10
Education minister Jan Björklund met with representatives of the Jewish Community in Malmö on Saturday to discuss a recent rise in the level of harassment and threats faced by Jews in the southern city.
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Malmö mayor blasted for 'Israeli lobby' comment
Politics: 4 Mar 10
Representatives for the Jewish Community in Malmö have slammed the city's mayor, Ilmar Reepalu, for his use of the term "Israeli lobby" in a Danish television interview.
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Malmö mayor says unaware of level of attacks on Jews
Politics: 26 Feb 10
Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu conceded that he has not been sufficiently well informed about the vulnerable situation faced by Jews after meeting with community leaders on Thursday.
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Sahlin raps Malmö mayor over Jew comments
Politics: 25 Feb 10
Social Democrat party leader Mona Sahlin has described as "unfortunate" comments made by Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu regarding a recent spate of attacks on the city's Jewish population.
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Man jailed for Malmö Davis Cup riot
National: 25 Feb 10
A 23-year-old man from Stockholm has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for rioting in connection with a Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel in Malmö last spring.
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Jews flee Malmö as anti-Semitism grows
Society: 27 Jan 10
Threats and harassment are becoming increasingly commonplace for Jewish residents in Malmö in southern Sweden, leading many Jews to leave the city out of fear for their safety.
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'Auschwitz wasn't on another planet'
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made.
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Ex-moderate Muslim to form 'anti-Zionist' party in Sweden
Politics: 3 Nov 09
A once moderate Muslim spokesperson who last year came out as an Islamist radical has announced plans to start a political party uniting all of Sweden’s anti-Zionists.
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Islam 'Sweden's biggest threat': far-right leader
Politics: 19 Oct 09
An article by the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats claiming that Islam is the biggest threat to Sweden since World War II is tantamount to hate speech, according to legal experts.
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Israel organ harvesting scandal 'medically impossible'
Analysis & Opinion: 31 Aug 09
Aftonbladet's organ harvesting allegations are ludicrous from a medical perspective, writes Johns Hopkins medical school lecturer Andrea Meyerhoff, who also argues that Sweden has missed an opportunity to "reject anti-Semitism and reaffirm principles of good journalism."
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Italy: EU should condemn Aftonbladet article
Politics: 31 Aug 09
Italy’s foreign minister, Franco Frattini, says he has met with his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt to iron out a strategy for resolving the crisis which flared after the publication of a controversial article in the Aftonbladet newspaper. But Bildt denies the crisis was discussed.
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'Cyncism prevails for vote-hungry officials in Sweden and Israel'
Analysis & Opinion: 28 Aug 09
As the Aftonbladet organ harvesting scandal rumbles to the end of its second week, Stockholm-based Israeli writer David Stavrou calls on policy makers in Sweden and Israel to shed light on the situation rather than turning up the heat.
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'Aftonbladet must be held accountable for false allegations'
Analysis & Opinion: 25 Aug 09
In an open letter to the people of Sweden, Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress, calls on government officials to demand editorial responsibility over the publication of an article accusing Israeli defence forces of harvesting the organs of dead Palestinians.
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Swedish tabloid reported for racial agitation
National: 25 Aug 09
Swedish tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet has been reported to the Chancellor of Justice after publishing an article forwarding claims about the alleged organ harvesting of dead Palestinians by Israeli defence forces.
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Reinfeldt rejects Israeli calls to condemn paper
National: 24 Aug 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt rejected demands from Israel on Monday to condemn claims put forward in an article in a Swedish tabloid about alleged organ harvesting.
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Israel awaits stronger reaction from Bildt
Politics: 22 Aug 09
Israel doesn’t plan on canceling a scheduled visit by Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, despite his refusal to apologize for a controversial newspaper article alleging that Israeli soldiers harvested organs from dead Palestinians.
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Bildt rejects Israeli call for official condemnation
Politics: 21 Aug 09
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has rejected calls from Israel for the government to distance itself from an article in a national newspaper which claimed Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians.
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Sweden slams paper over Israel allegations
National: 19 Aug 09
Sweden's embassy in Tel Aviv has sharply condemned Sweden's largest circulation newspaper Aftonbladet for publishing an article accusing the Israeli Defence Forces of harvesting the organs of Palestinians.
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Fredrik Malm: Enlarge the European Union
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jun 09
Fredrik Malm of the Liberal Party speaks to The Local's Lydia Parafianowicz about the case for EU enlargement and the role of the union in conflict resolution.
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Sweden 'anti-Semitic' for tennis fan ban
National: 9 Mar 09
Sweden has been accused of anti-Semitism in a leading Israeli newspaper, following the decision to ban spectators from an Israel-Sweden tennis match.
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Crowd ban 'risks bolstering extremists'
Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 09
The City of Malmö's decision to hold the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup tennis match behind closed doors is ill-conceived, short-sighted and potentially dangerous, argues freelance Israeli journalist David Stavrou.
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‘Opposing Israeli violence is not anti-Semitism’
Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 09
Swedes who demonstrate over Israeli attacks are not anti-Semites. Calling them names is an attempt to silence criticism of Israeli policies, argues Stockholm-based Palestinian Alaa Kullab.
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'Anti-Semitism on the rise in Sweden'
Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 09
An ugly wave of anti-Semitism is on the rise in Sweden, and politicians who compare Israel with Nazi Germany or apartheid-era South Africa cannot claim to be free of responsibility, writes David Stavrou, a freelance Israeli journalist based in Sweden.
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Jews in Sweden under increasing threat
Politics: 7 Jan 09
Police in Sweden are on heightened alert following a spike in anti-Semitic attacks around the country in the wake of Israel’s campaign against Gaza-based Hamas militants.
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Making history: the Gulag, the Holocaust, and Sweden
Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 08
Who suffered more, victims of Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot, or victims of Hitler, Eichmann, and Himmler? And what role does the Swedish state have in answering the question? David Landes looks at what Sweden’s papers have to say about the issue.
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Ahmadinejad claims 'Zionists' behind Swedish cartoon
Society: 28 Aug 07
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that "Zionists" were behind a cartoon in a Swedish newspaper depicting the head of the Prophet Mohammed on a dog's body.
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'Social Democrats invited known anti-Semite to seminar'
National: 23 Mar 07
In a statement released to The Local, Ulf Carmesund from Sweden's Christian Social Democrats rejects the charge of anti-Semitism levelled at a musician invited to who spoke at a seminar in Stockholm last weekend.
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The Holocaust: Sweden's complex legacy
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 07
Bystander in the Second World War, yet refuge for victims of the Nazis. A leader in promoting tolerance, yet with a resurgent far-right. David Stavrou looks at the complex legacy of the Holocaust in Sweden.
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Sweden's 'dark legacy' draws crowds to museum
Society: 9 Jan 07
An exhibition on the legacy of Swedish racial studies has captured the imagination of local pupils in Dalarna.
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Swedish teacher at Holocaust denial conference
Society: 14 Dec 06
A teacher at an adult education college in Stockholm has been suspended for participating in a Holocaust denial conference in Iran. Jan Bernhoff claims that only 300,000 Jews died in Hitler's extermination campaign.
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Young Muslims vulnerable to abuse
National: 5 Dec 06
One in four young Muslims in Sweden are subjected to abuse because of their religion, according to a new report. Much of the abuse stems from areas where the Sweden Democrat party is strongest.
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Jämtin in Beirut for aid talks preparations
National: 20 Aug 06
Swedish Aid Minister Carin Jämtin arrived in Beirut on Sunday to prepare a donors' conference aimed at helping Lebanon recover from the devastation inflicted by Israeli attacks.
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Jewish group slams Sweden conference
National: 16 Aug 06
An anti-Semitism awareness group has said the Swedish conference on rebuilding Lebanon is discriminatory for not addressing the needs of Israeli victims of the conflict.
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Persson: Attitudes to Jews 'shameful'
Smörgåsbord: 14 Mar 06
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Swedish anti-Semitism revealed
Society: 14 Mar 06
Persson: Attitudes to Jews 'shameful'
Five percent of Swedes are anti-Semitic, according to a report published on Tuesday. One in four believe there is a 'Jewish influence' over the world's economy, while the same amount aren't keen on the idea of a Jewish prime minister.
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Hate crimes against gays increase
Society: 29 Nov 05
With interesting timing, a report from the Swedish intelligence service, Säpo, shows that verbal and physical abuse of homosexuals has risen in the last year.
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Harold Pinter wins Literature Nobel
Lifestyle: 13 Oct 05
Nobel Prize in Literature: the last twenty winners
British playwright Harold Pinter has been awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy described him as "the foremost representative
of drama in post-war Britain" and said he had restored theatre to its basic elements.
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Minister proposes ethnic registration
Society: 28 Jan 05
In the fight against discrimination, Jens Orback says Sweden could begin recording people's ethnic origin and Stockholm council tells suppliers they could lose their contracts if they discriminate. But Göteborgs-Posten worries that teachers don't know how to deal with the Holocaust in lessons.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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