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Israel ends boycott of Sweden Democrats

The Israel lobby

Published 26 February 2025
– By Editorial Staff
For years, the Sweden Democrats have been trying to appease Israeli leaders - and now it seems to have paid off.
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The Sweden Democrats have long profiled themselves as one of the EU’s most pro-Israel parties and have worked hard to be embraced by Israeli politicians and avoid being labeled a “Nazi” or “anti-Semitic” party.

Now, all pro-Israeli efforts have finally borne fruit, with Benjamin Netanyahu’s government announcing that it wants to engage with the Swedish party.

The party’s representatives have made several trips to the country to appease the Israeli authorities. Last fall, The Nordic Times also reported how the party’s representative, Member of Parliament Alexander Christiansson, fell to his knees crying before a group of Jewish settlers.

Party leader Jimmie Åkesson has also felt compelled to travel to Jerusalem to get the Israeli government to stop distancing itself from the party, and several high-ranking SD profiles have made a big deal of the fact that the Sweden Democrats are one of the most pro-Israel parties in all of Europe.

Perhaps the greatest effort to get Israel to forgive the Sweden Democrats for the nationalist policies the party has historically pursued has been made by MEP Charlie Weimers.

The former high-profile Christian Democrat has made a series of harshly criticized statements – including a suggestion that Sweden, together with Israel, start conducting extrajudicial assassination campaigns in Iran.

– Gangs will not be deterred until we cooperate with the United States and Israel to liquidate gang leaders who are safely in third countries, he claimed, and many critics tried to explain that Swedish authorities do not usually assassinate people.

Demanded an apology for the Holocaust

In the past, SD’s attempts at relationship building have been completely dismissed and rejected – as recently as November, Israel’s ambassador to Sweden, Ziv Nevo Kulman, demanded that the Sweden Democrats apologize for the party’s “historical links to anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial”.

According to Kulman, an official apology from the SD would show “a willingness to acknowledge historical mistakes”.

– Our policy on far-right parties with Nazi roots has not changed, the ambassador explained.

– But (SD) definitely needs to do a lot of soul-searching about its own past. They need to apologize for everything they have done, to the victims of the Holocaust and for the memory of the Holocaust, and they definitely need to think about a future where they do more to fight anti-Semitism. It’s a long process, Kulman added.

“Extremely positive”

Whether the SD listened to the demands and apologized to Israel for its history is unclear. What is clear is that the Israeli government will no longer boycott the party and has decided to start a dialogue with the Swedish SD, the Spanish Vox and the French National Rally.

“The decision was made following a series of ministerial discussions, during which it was determined that these parties do not have antisemitic or anti-Israel elements. However, Israel will still refrain from engaging with parties tainted by antisemitism, such as the Austrian Freedom Party”, writes the Jerusalem Post.

SD’s foreign policy spokesperson, Aron Emilsson, describes the announcement as “extremely positive” and notes that they have “worked for a long time to improve relations”.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/jewish-florida-senator-destroy-the-palestinians/

World

Jewish Florida Senator: Destroy the Palestinians

The Israel lobby

Published 22 February 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Randy Fine has also called for rivers of Palestinian blood in the past, claiming that “no suffering adequate for these animals”.
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The news that hostages Shiri Bibas and her two small children are dead has led to calls from US politicians to further escalate the genocide of Palestinians and destroy the entire Gaza Strip in retaliation.

“Destroy it all”, demands Republican state senator Randy Fine.

Kfir Babas was just nine months old when he was kidnapped by Hamas along with his four-year-old older brother, his mother and his father.

His father, Yarden Bibas, was released earlier in February after 16 months of captivity. However, when the other family members were to be handed over in a prisoner exchange, Hamas claimed that the children and their mother had been killed in an Israeli air strike early in the war – and handed over their dead bodies instead.

The children’s identities have been confirmed, but the cause of death has not been established. However, Israel claims that the body purportedly belonging to Shiri Bibas is in fact that of another unidentified person – which Hamas explains by saying that body parts were mixed up after the Israeli bombings.

While it is still unclear how the children and their mother died, those in power far beyond Israel’s borders have been quick to use their deaths to argue that the genocide in Gaza must now be stepped up and that the area must be completely cleansed of Palestinians.

“Palestinians = Hamas”

One of these is Jewish Republican Randy Fine in the Florida Senate, who claims on X that Palestinians are synonymous with Hamas members and calls for even more bombs to be dropped on a Gaza that is already largely in ruins.

“Gaza must be destroyed” and “Palestinians = Hamas”, he proclaims, echoed by thousands of supporters.

Without presenting any evidence, Fine claims that the children were murdered by Palestinian civilians and that the entire Palestinian culture is “the embodiment of evil”.

“Destroy it all”, he continues.

While many of Randy Fine’s supporters appreciate the genocidal rhetoric, others point out that he himself has received money from the Israel lobby AIPAC and seems to act more as a mouthpiece for them – rather than representing the interests of the American people.

“No suffering is enough”

Others argue that it is very strange and inappropriate for an American politician to call for the destruction of an entire Middle Eastern people based on the tragic death of one family – and this before he has even clarified how they were killed and by whom.

Critics also note that at least 17,000 children and young people have been killed during Israel’s bombing and invasion since October 7, 2023 – and that Fine has not only failed to protest the large-scale killing – but has actively encouraged it.

Nor is this the first time that the state senator’s desire to kill as many Palestinians as possible has been highlighted.

“There is no suffering adequate for these animals. May the streets of Gaza overflow with blood”, he wished, for example, shortly after Hamas attacks and also praised the Israeli army when it shot dead an American-Turkish woman in the West Bank.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/japanese-journalist-jewish-lobby-run-the-us/

World

Japanese journalist: “Jewish lobby run the US”

The Israel lobby

Published 15 January 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Akira Ikegami says that AIPAC “really run the United States”.
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Journalist and broadcaster Akira Ikegami has caused a stir in the West after he recently tried to explain to Japanese viewers how the United States is governed and why it remains Israel’s most important ally.

According to Ikegami, a key explanation is that the US economy and politics are dominated by people of Jewish descent, and he singles out the lobby group AIPAC as perhaps the most influential in the country.

In the program, which aired at the end of last year on the nationwide TV channel TV Asahi, Ikegami argues that both the Republicans and the Democrats fully support Israel and that the United States is Israel’s most loyal ally and financier, contributing significantly to funding the Israeli military.

When asked why the US actually supports Israel, a controversial explanation is presented – viewers are told that “the US has a lot of Jews at the top of banks and big business”.

– It is a presence that cannot be ignored, it is proclaimed, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Larry Page are singled out as two such examples.

The audience is also visibly surprised to learn that six of the world’s 10 richest people are Jewish, as Ikegami points to a board listing various influential people of Jewish descent.

– In the US, there are quite a few Jews in politics and economics, it is further explained, and the Japanese are also told that there are also Jewish lobby groups in the US that have “even more influence” than that.

“These who run the United States”

– Lobby groups do in fact lobby Congress and negotiate various issues, but there are certain groups that have a particularly strong influence on the political world, Igame explains, pointing to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as perhaps the most powerful lobby group in the United States.

– It is these who truly run the United States, he adds.

It is unclear how the program was received in Japan at the time of its broadcast, but it has caused quite a stir since it was translated into English and shared on Western social media.

Many point out that it illustrates very clearly the cultural and political differences between West and East, and argue that a program of this kind should never have been allowed to air on a European or American TV channel.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/the-biden-administration-plans-a-massive-arms-package-for-israel/

World

The Biden administration plans a massive arms package for Israel

The Israel lobby

Published 4 January 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, 2016.
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The US government is planning an arms package to Israel worth $8 billion, Axios reports.

The sale includes artillery pieces, fighter jet equipment and anti-aircraft defenses and aims at “supporting Israel’s long-term security” by replenishing stocks of “critical munitions and air defense capabilities“.

– This is a crucial part of our long-term security cooperation with Israel, a source close to the Biden administration told Axios.

This is expected to be the Biden administration’s last major aid package to Israel before the change of power in the White House.

Congressional approval required

For the deal to become a reality, congressional approval is required. However, the package has faced criticism, especially within Biden’s own party. Several Democrats have tried to pressure him to condition the arms sale on improvements to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but Biden has so far chosen not to meet these demands.

An anonymous administration official defends the decision:

– The President has made clear Israel has a right to defend its citizens, consistent with international law and international humanitarian law… We will continue to provide the capabilities necessary for Israel’s defense.

The sale is expected to take effect in 2025, provided that Congress gives its approval

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/world/journalist-starmer-works-for-israel/

World

Journalist: “Starmer works for Israel”

The Israel lobby

Published 29 December 2024
– By Editorial Staff
Keir Starmer and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Independent journalist Alex Barnicoat accuses UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer of serving Tel Aviv and Israeli interests rather than his constituents or the British people.

Barnicoat points to how Starmer in 2021 hired former Israeli spy Assaf Kaplan to monitor the social media accounts of Labor Party members. The same Kaplan who was accused of illegally spying on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

“Yes. Keir Starmer hired a Former Israeli Spy to “monitor” the social media accounts of his members of parliament. This was met with intense pushback by members of the Labour Party, but he didn’t care“, the journalist states.

In the same year, the Prime Minister expressed his unwavering support for Israel to members of the lobbying organization Labour Friends of Israel – the British equivalent of AIPAC in the US. The LFI is also reported to have donated large sums of money to Starmer’s party – although the exact amount donated has not been disclosed.

More Israeli spies

The independent journalist further points out how homosexual Jewish convert Damien Egan represents the Labour Party in the British Parliament and is married to Israeli spy recruiter Yossi Felberbaum.

Felberbaum, like Kaplan, is said to have served in the Israeli military intelligence unit Unit 8200, which primarily works on signals intelligence and decryption.

“Although it may be a distant connection, it is a connection that has sparked a lot of controversy with Keir’s relationship with Israel. As this man, Yossi, was (and may still be) incredibly important in the Israeli Intelligence Military Sector”, Barnicoat explains.

Foreign minister bought off by Israel lobbyist

He also notes that Starmer was in talks with Israeli President Isaac Herzog shortly before he and other Labor leaders blocked a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza from being passed.

“First he speaks to the Israeli President, then moments after he weirdly ruins the Gaza Ceasefire Motion in a move that should have never happened. Is it becoming clear now?” asks the journalist.

The choice of a new British Foreign Secretary is also said to have mainly benefited Israel. Starmer appointed David Lammy, who not only visited Netanyahu and Herzog within a week of taking office, but is also accused of being bought by the Israel lobby.

“It’s confirmed that Lammy also received at least £70,000 one month into the Israel Gaza war from Israel lobbyist Gary Lubner. 8 days after that payment, he abstained on the ceasefire vote in parliament. It’s clear the Labour Party does not work with the UK’s best interests at heart“, Barniacoat notes.

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