Swedish FM and Fatah See Israeli Roots in Paris Attacks

Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström attributed Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris to Muslim frustrations in the Middle East and Palestinian anguish in particular, in an interview with Sweden's SVT2T network and reported by the Times of Israel.

"To counteract the radicalization we must go back to the situation such as the one in the Middle East of which not the least the Palestinians see that there is no future: we must either accept a desperate situation or resort to violence," Wallström said on Swedish television shortly after the Islamic State's terrorist attacks in Paris which killed an estimated 129 people.

Israel's foreign ministry issued a swift rebuttal, arguing that the Swedish FM's statements are "appallingly impudent" and that anyone who attempts to create a link between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and radical Islamist attacks around the world is deceiving the international community.

"The Swedish foreign minister has consistently demonstrated bias against Israel and exhibits genuine hostility when she indicates a connection of any kind between the terrorist attacks in Paris and the complex situation between Israel and the Palestinians," the Israeli Foreign Ministry statement said.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Fatah party – led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas – posted cartoons on its official Facebook page accusing Israel of planning the terrorist attacks in Paris, reports Palestinian Media Watch (PMW).

One of the cartoons shows a conniving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overlooking Paris with a telescope beside a smiling ISIS terrorist wielding an assault rifle.

Israel's Mossad was also blamed for orchestrating the Paris attacks, according to an op-ed featured in the Palestinian Authority's official daily newspaper, reports PMW.

Blaming Israel for radical Islamist terrorist attacks is nothing new, particularly from conspiratorial Palestinian elite and societal circles. However, baseless statements from a senior European official like Wallström suggesting Israel's treatment of the Palestinians are a root cause of the latest terrorist attacks is especially concerning and needs to be condemned by the international community.

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Eurabia.

Submitted by Janne F., Nov 19, 2015 03:35

I live in sweden. I used to be a patriot, I used to be proud of my country and feel privileged to live in such a secure and beautiful country. The last years I have seen more and more antisemitic statements from our top politicans, our media is anti the swedish culture but praise islam. We build more and more mosque's. We recognize palestine as a country, our "political correct" media calls our flag racist. We have feminist political parties (Feministiskt Initiativ) that are againts swedish men. But they are not really feminist because if they were, then they would support equal rights, not just for women. They want to opress swedish men. We let in thousands of immigrants every day that ruin our country and if you don't belive me, look up which country in the world that have the second most rapes per capita in the world. And when did that start? I'll tell you, when we started let in limitless with middle eastern immigrants. It is a sad reality that we face every day. We got ghettos full of islamic middle eastern people and the cops are afraid to go there, paramedics have to have multiple police backup because the immigrants throw stones at them and attack them. We got politicians who wants Isis members to get welfare and beat the queue of other people. I'm telling you the truth, just look up Gustav fridolin and Jonas sjostedt. Our own prime minister Stefan lofven is antisemitic. We throw billions of dollars on muslim anti swedish immigrants, they set cars on fire and fills up our prisons to the limits. I am not a racist. I have no problem with people from other countrys, My best friend is from the middle east but he is catholic and he is starting to get worried about our countrys condition. It reminds him to much of what he had to escape from. I'm no longer proud to be swedish, and I am no longer a patriot. I'm ashamed to be swedish now.

Dead Head

Submitted by Michael Fox, Nov 16, 2015 16:50

Sweden's Foreign Minister, Margot Wallstrom obviously is not a history scholar. Sloppy and lazy, she trots out the easy target for blame in Islam's inability to to be a productive element in humanities attempt to evolve to a higher consciousness. When all else fails, blame the Jews. From its very beginnings,Islam has not only been at war with most all who are not Muslim, they have been at war with themselves as well. Ignorance and intolerance is its mission statement. A life of misery, poverty and squalor is the end result for the masses. Is is any wonder why so many put such little value on their lives or the lives of their children.

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