US EditionPolitics in Sweden: Swedish Right Divided over Relations with Israel
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 4 – Members of the European Parliament from Sweden and the Netherlands demand suspension of the EU-Israel trade deal over alleged war crimes in Gaza, citing urgent humanitarian concerns.
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Politics in Sweden: Swedish right divided over relations with Israel
Sweden’s right-wing coalition last week urged the EU to suspend trade ties with Israel as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepened, but the government’s toughening stance on Tel Aviv has not gone down well with its parliamentary backers, the far-right Sweden Democrats.
Members of the European Parliament also called for "an immediate ceasefire and the liberation of all Israeli refugees", as well as "the application of the two-State solution, as the only possible way of achieving a just and lasting peace" between Israel and the Palestinians, and the "total restoration" of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA) as a "legal body" responsible for the distributio…
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At least 40 MEPs from four different parliamentary groups called on Monday for the European Union to take action against Israeli authorities in the context of the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. They are requesting, among other things, the suspension of trade relations with Israel in response to its "constant violations of international law."
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