Israel has condemned the “shocking” and “hostile” comments made by Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, who has linked the conflict in Israel to the attacks in Paris this weekend.
Speaking on Swedish television, Ms Wallstrom said: “Obviously, we have reason to be worried, not just in Sweden but across the world — because there are so many that are being radicalized. Here, once again, we are brought back to situations like the one in the Middle East where not least, the Palestinians see that there is not a future. We must either accept a desperate situation or resort to violence.”
The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying: “Those who engage in hopeless attempts to link the terror attacks by Islamic extremists with the difficulties between Israelis and Palestinians are misleading themselves as well as the public opinion of their country and the international community.
“The Swedish minister is systematically biased and one-sided against Israel,” it continued.
