Israel Sweden

Sweden's police investigate shooting near Israeli target in Gothenburg, no injuries reported

The shooting took place near a Swedish unit of Elbit Systems, Swedish public broadcaster SVT reported, citing police.

|ByREUTERS
People demonstrate outside the Stockholm District Court as they wait for the verdict in the case of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prosecution official accused of crimes against international law and murder in Iran in 1988, in Stockholm, Sweden
Emergency workers stand near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, January 31, 2024

Stockholm Police investigate shooting near Israeli embassy

Several people have been detained so far.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Flowers and candles are placed outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 11, 2023

Iranian agents suspected of targeting Jews arrested in Sweden, deported

The attempted attack was one of several planned by Iran, spiking in recent months and years.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Photo of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, with Hanna Halpern, the general secretary of the Jewish community.

Sweden's Crown Princess privately visited synagogue as solidarity with Jewish community

Aron Verständig, President of the Swedish Jewish Communities, expressed his gratitude and the broader significance of this visit.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Sweden: Israel is not being singled out

We are a ‘friend of both sides,’ says Stefan Löfven, embroiled in controversy over his weekend statement.

OCTOBER 7, 2014ByGIL STERN STERN HOFFMAN
Sweden's Prime minister Stefan Lofven announces his new government during a Parliament session in Stockholm October 3

Swedish mistake

Swedes tend to believe that others – including Muslim immigrants and their offspring living in Sweden – see the world like they do; Many do not.

OCTOBER 5, 2014ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Sweden's Prime minister Stefan Lofven announces his new government during a Parliament session in Stockholm October 3