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Sep 11, 2016, 9:29 PM

The Swedish Moderates should adopt its LGBT network’s stance to the PA

Good news for Swedish-Israeli relations? That's what I initially thought when Anna Kinberg Batra, the leader of the Swedish Moderate Party and leader of the Swedish opposition, announced that she was going on her first trip to Israel and...

Dec 13, 2015, 7:19 PM

Sweden’s FM Wallström: ‘We see the settlements and other violence’

Last Friday it was time for Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström to endure yet another round of criticism in a debate in the Swedish parliament. However this time the criticism came from the pro-Palestinian camp. The Left Party's MP...

Nov 20, 2015, 2:40 PM

Swedish FM Wallström calls in sick, the Swedish people calls for her resignation

"We must either accept a desperate situation or resort to violence”. Those are the now infamous words by the Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström on Swedish television. Last Saturday, she was interviewed live on her reactions on ISIL's terror attacks...

May 27, 2015, 4:18 PM

The Swedish Foreign Minister’s problematic statements on Palestinian statehood

Does recognizing the state of Palestine indicate Islamophobia? Or does the continuous governmental support to Islamic communities in Sweden? Or the state’s contribution in financing Islamic non-governmental schools? Isn’t this proof of consideration and solidarity? That is how the Swedish...

Mar 26, 2015, 6:37 PM

Education about the Middle East a key issue for Europe

Anti-Semitism is constantly on the rise in Europe and in the last decade it has become a more and more violent hatred against the Jews of Europe. Islamist terrorists have been targeting not only freedom of speech but also...

Oct 28, 2014, 8:06 AM

Mahmoud Abbas OKs closure of Gaza border if done by Arabs

Egyptian authorities decided to close the Egyptian border to Gaza on Saturday, as terrorists with ties to Gaza the day before attacked military checkpoints in the Bedouin town of Sheikh Zuweid, killing at least 30 Egyptian soldiers. The Egyptian...

Oct 5, 2014, 9:45 PM

To Sweden: no state can be built on hate

In Sweden we now have a minister who was an activist on board one of the ships in the Mavi Marmara flotilla, an initiative partly initiated by the Turkish organisation IHH that is considered a terror organisation in Israel. And that's...

Jul 7, 2014, 8:07 PM

They shout “damn yahood” at me in Sweden

He was subjected to threats and murder attempts in elementary school from other youths. Israel is close to his heart and he has a lot of sagacious things to tell. I have met Jonatan Dominque, one of many Jews...

Jun 17, 2014, 7:29 AM

The Western world must defend democratic values of Arabs and Muslims

While three kidnapped young Israeli Jews are in danger somewhere threatened by terrorists, Israeli Arabs who support the operation to find them alive have also faced enormous threats and danger by other Arabs in the recent days. We in the...

May 6, 2014, 6:32 PM

Assyrians learn from the Jewish experiences in the diaspora

David William Lazar is an outspoken friend of Israel and an Assyrian activist. He can go to Israel but he is not so sure when it is safe for him to go back to Iraq, where he was born....

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About Me

Tobias Petersson is a Swedish freelance writer who has focused on Israel and the MENA region. He came to Israel first in 2007 for a summer vacation and learned much. Soon after his return to Sweden he was suddenly aware of the anti-Israeli sentiments in his country and decided he wanted to change that. He has published articles about Israel in various Swedish and Israeli media to make the distance between Israel and Sweden less. Today Tobias is active in the Swedish pro-Israel network Perspektiv på Israel/Perspective on Israel.