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Israel raises travel warning for Malmö ahead of Eurovision Song Contest

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The Israeli National Security Council raised its travel alert level on Thursday for Malmö, Sweden, ahead of next week’s Eurovision Song Contest that will be held there. The NSC upgraded the travel warning for the...
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on Oct. 18, 2021. Source: Yair Lapid/Twitter.

In effort to improve ties, Swedish foreign minister visits Israel, meets with Lapid

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde in Jerusalem on Monday, where the two discussed relations that have had their ups and downs over the years. In 2014, Sweden’s government...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Anti-Semitism, Oct. 13, 2021. Credit: Shahar Azran.

Israeli president calls on all countries to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday called on the world to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism. Addressing the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Anti-Semitism, he said that the...
Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Ann Linde. Credit: Government Offices of Sweden.

Lapid holds first conversation in seven years with Swedish counterpart

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke with his Swedish counterpart, Ann Linde, in the first such conversation between the two countries’ top diplomats in nearly seven years. “I spoke with @AnnLinde, the Minister of Foreign...
Jimmie Åkesson, a Swedish politician and author, has served as leader of the Sweden Democrats since 2005. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Sweden’s right-wing populist party seeks to draw support from local Jewish community

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In the last decade, Sweden has been the target of praise and criticism for two major policies: the acceptance of more than 100,000 migrants from Middle Eastern countries at the height of the Syrian...
Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Ex-Swedish premier faces backlash for comments on Israeli aid to Lebanon

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Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt faced backlash for expressing surprise at Israeli assistance following multiple explosions that ripped through Lebanon’s capital of Beirut on Tuesday. In addition to immediately sending humanitarian and medical aid to its...