Ha'aretz (Israel) : "Swedish FM cancels Israel visit amid 'organ harvesting' controversy" par Barak Ravid

 


Last update - 03:08 06/09/2009    


Swedish FM cancels Israel visit amid 'organ harvesting' controversy  

By Barak Ravid  
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has canceled his visit to Israel, scheduled for September 11, in view of the continued tension in relations between the two countries.

Bildt explained that the decision to cancel the visit stemmed from "bad timing" in terms of the ongoing talks between the U.S. and Israel on the peace process. However, a source at the Foreign Ministry said that the real reason was concern in Stockholm that the Swedish minister would receive an icy welcome in Jerusalem.

Relations between Israel and Sweden suffered a major setback following last month's publication of an article in the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet alleging that IDF troops shot and killed Palestinians and then harvested their organs. The Swedish foreign minister, whose country now heads the European Union's rotating presidency, refused Israel's demand that the Swedish government condemn the report, arguing that freedom of ...................
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