Tag: Sweden
Eden Golan defies Israel’s Eurovision haters
Despite the immense pressures and challenges, Israel’s Eden Golan triumphed in Thursday night’s Eurovision Song Contest’s semifinal competition in Malmö, a coastal city in southern Sweden At 11:26 p.m., Israel’s representative took the stage and performed...
Israeli security officials at Eurovision bracing for pro-Hamas provocations
Officials responsible for securing Israel’s delegation to the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden are bracing for pro-Hamas “provocations” targeting Israeli contestant Eden Golan, Ynet reported on Tuesday, hours before the musical extravaganza’s semifinals were set to...
Israel raises travel warning for Malmö ahead of Eurovision Song Contest
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...
Bomb found near Israeli embassy in Sweden
An apparent explosive device was found on Wednesday near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, local police said.
The object was found outside the embassy grounds and the national bomb squad was dispatched to investigate, Reuters reported, citing...
Activist seeks to burn Torah outside Israeli embassy in Sweden
Swedish police have received a request to burn a Torah book in front of the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, officials said Wednesday.
The request follows the burning of a Koran outside the main mosque in...
Iran’s ‘death corridor’ is open for business
Iran thrust its way back into the news cycle last week as U.S. President Joe Biden embarked on a four-day tour of the Middle East beginning in Israel, but arguably, the most significant event...
Sweden undertakes measures to address Jewish life, anti-Semitism in country
Sweden is appointing an official to examine the obstacles to Jewish life in the Scandinavian country and make proposals on how to strengthen Jewish life there, according to the European Jewish Congress, which praised...
In effort to improve ties, Swedish foreign minister visits Israel, meets with Lapid
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...
‘Anti-Semites have found new ways of attacking Jews,’ declare leaders at Malmö forum
The need to battle anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, especially online, was front and center on Thursday at the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Anti-Semitism—Remember ReAct event in Sweden.
Representatives from more than...
Lapid holds first conversation in seven years with Swedish counterpart
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...