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[shirei_shibolim]

Officially adding Sweden to the list of countries I will never visit.

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[darthrami]

?

[shirei_shibolim]

Aftonbladet, one of Sweden's most read daily newspapers, published a massive blood libel against Israel last week, alleging that the IDF kidnaps Palestinians to harvest their organs. The Swedish government has refused to condemn the article.

[strange_selkie]

Whuh?

[shirei_shibolim]

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Aftonbladet, one of Sweden's most read daily newspapers, published a massive blood libel against Israel last week, alleging that the IDF kidnaps Palestinians to harvest their organs. The Swedish government has refused to condemn the article.

[strange_selkie]

Yeah, I just read it in the CSM. How... backward.

[shirei_shibolim]

Backward, and particularly odd since the government there is trying to frame its non-response in terms of freedom of speech. Apparently they've been taking Democracy lessons from Sarah Palin.

[hatam_soferet]

Your loss, I do think - Sweden is generally a very civilised country.

[shirei_shibolim]

They're not exactly showing it, are they?

I wouldn't be nearly so concerned if the government there weren't refusing to say anything against the article. They insist that it's because of "free speech," which implies that either they don't understand what that concept means or they have other motivations in keeping quiet about a blood libel.