Sweden stokes the fires of anti-Semitism: VideoBite

Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University confronts Swedish journalist Donald Bostrom of Aftonbladet.
(YouTube)

Sweden's Shame -Alan M. Dershowitz

As a strong defender of freedom of speech, I am offended by Sweden's craven complicity with evil. Freedom of speech carries with it certain obligations as well. One of those is to condemn false speech. The best answer to false speech is not censorship, it is truthfulness. By remaining silent in the face of the bigoted falsities contained in the Aftonbladet article, the Swedish foreign minister inevitably creates the impression that he sympathizes with the writer, and perhaps even with his conclusions. Silence in the face of evil is not an option.
(FrontPageMagazine)


Take Them to Court -Yossi Klein Halevi

Israel needs to use this affair to challenge the general climate of demonization [of Israel] in Europe, and expose the conceptual links between classical anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism.

Accusations like the Swedish blood libel aren't just a threat to Israel's good name, but could become a physical threat to Jews everywhere, by encouraging the fantasies of genocidal jihadists. Terrorists could take "revenge" for the kind of Israeli "crimes" raised by Aftonbladet. In the current atmosphere, where the most inconceivable conspiracy theories involving Jews are readily believed by millions in the Muslim world, Aftonbladet's recklessness is, potentially, an incitement to murder.
(Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies-Shalem Center)
*