In Israel, Swedish Opposition Head Slams Settlements As ‘Unacceptable’

[Purveyor]

Israel’s policy of building settlements in the West Bank is “completely unacceptable,” Sweden’s opposition leader said Sunday in Jerusalem.

In an interview (Swedish) with the Expressen newspaper, Anna Kinberg Batra — whom official Jerusalem considers “balanced” regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — was asked what she would tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting on Monday morning.

She replied: “One must be able to meet in order to deliver criticism. Obviously there is criticism to deliver against the settlements, which are of course unacceptable. But if we want a better exchange and want to influence each other in the right direction and use the positive exchange we have, then one must begin to talk with one another.”

The Netanyahu-Kinberg Batra meeting went ahead as scheduled, but Netanyahu’s office had not issued statements or released photographs of it, as of Monday evening.

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-israel-swedish-opposition-head-slams-settlements-as-unacceptable/

[oberliner]

1. She also said: "I want Sweden's relations with Israel to be improved..."

But Times of Israel always likes to focus on what it likes to focus on.

People should read the full interview - though it's not particularly in depth.

[shira]

2. Sweden's becoming a real shit hole for Jews living there, which is even more unacceptable. n/t

[6chars]

3. Let him who is without sin cast the first stone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people#Discrimination_against_the_Sami

sanctimonius hypocrites. after how they treated the Sami, whom they apparently consider inferior, imagine what the Swedes would have done in the face of sustained terrorism.

[shira]

4. Blaming Jews/Israel seems to work for the Swedes to deflect attention away....

....away from their own racism.

And if the Sami resorted to Palestinian terrorism, they'd be extinct right now.

[Little Tich]

5. Not even the most "balanced" Swedish politicians support the illegal settlements. n/t

Perhaps Netanyahu should look for support among the racist right, where his real friends are.

[shira]

6. Swedish FM Wallstrom, a vocal Israel critic, rejects BDS

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-opposes-BDS-still-critical-of-Israel-rival-says-467013

I can just imagine the cognitive dissonance.

She joins Obama, Bernie, Hillary, etc...

[Little Tich]

9. Margot Wallström supports the labelling of products from the illegal settlements.

While it doesn't prevent them from being exported and sold, it makes it easier for people like me to buy Israeli products.

[shira]

10. And yet she rejects BDS, because it's a hate movement. So be honest. n/t

[King_David]

7. The most extremist right wing politician in the USA

Currently standing for Senate is anti Israel and Settlement.... I don't believe it's really a Left / Right issue ... Except for some excitable minority of DU members.

[Little Tich]

8. Have you ever heard of Liberal Democrats?

Liberal Democrats increasingly sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/23/5-facts-about-how-americans-view-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/bernie-sanders-plan-to-beat-hillary-clinton

[shira]

11. Nice pic of Bernie, but he criticizes BDS for being antisemitic - b/c he's honest. n/t