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Israel-Sweden row over media report  

Bildt, who is due to visit Israel, has said he is not going to apologise for the controversial article [EPA]

Bildt, who is due to visit Israel, has said he is not going to apologise for the controversial article [EPA]

A diplomatic row between Sweden and Israel has intensified, with Israeli politicians urging Stockholm to condemn a newspaper article they have described as "blood libel".

In the report, published in Sweden's leading tabloid, a freelance journalist accused the Israeli army of stealing body organs from Palestinian men after killing them.

"The statements in the Swedish press were outrageous," Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, was quoted as telling his cabinet on Sunday.

"We are not expecting an apology from the Swedish government ... We are expecting condemnation."

The Swedish government has refused to apologise for the article published in Sweden's Aftonbladet on Monday last week, saying the country's press freedom prevents it from intervening.

Bildt visit

The controversy comes two weeks before Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister, is to visit Israel, with Stockholm currently holding the rotating EU presidency.

"There is no question of cancelling or delaying this visit, but it is clear that this incident will cast a worrying shadow over meetings if it is not ............................
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