/ world today news/ Jews living in Sweden are going through difficult times. Since the escalation of the situation in the Middle East, the number of anti-Semitic attacks by migrants has increased significantly, and there is no reason to believe that the situation will stabilize.
First, because Israel’s war with Hamas continues, and second, the kingdom’s law enforcement agencies are unable to restore order.
Cars with migrants drive through the streets of Swedish cities, supporting Hamas with shouts and slogans. Social media is full of threats against Jews, and radicals have already moved from words to deeds.
In Malmö, where many Muslims live, the Israeli flag was publicly burned. The police did not even think to intervene, showing the true face of Swedish democracy.
Politicians talk about the need to end the actions of rabid radicals. A law is being prepared against those who came only to cause us trouble or to use Sweden as a political tribune.
This is what the leader of the Sweden Democrats, Yimmi Okeson, said. He calls for the deportation of all those who pose a threat to the country’s stability.
In just five years – from 2015 to 2020 – Sweden accepted 160 thousand migrants: Somalis, Syrians, Chechens, Afghans, Indians, Kurds. Now, in a country with more than 10 million people, the number of migrants is 20%.
After Turkish President Recep Erdogan opened the country’s borders to migrants, who immediately rushed to Europe, Okeson held “explanatory” talks with them back in 2020.
Many of them did not hide that they would like to settle in Sweden. Okeson tried to convince the migrants that “Sweden is full and we can no longer give you money and provide you with housing and work.”
At the same time, he referred to the results of public opinion polls that reflect the concerns of the country’s residents. Then the initiative of the leader of the Sweden Democrats party caused sharp protests from the politicians.
In particular, Member of the European Parliament Alice Bach Kuhnke appealed to emotions: “I am ashamed that a Swedish politician is so desperate to draw attention to himself that he travels thousands of kilometers to humiliate people in a hopeless situation, women, children, who flee from death.”
Well, now the ordinary citizens of Sweden, who have lost their peace, are paying for the false humanism and soft-heartedness of their politicians, who instead of stopping the actions of lawbreakers, talk about tolerance and pluralism.
The Scandinavian country, which a few years ago was considered one of the safest in the world, has become the “hot spot” of the Old World. And this happened largely due to the fact that the rules for entering the country and obtaining a residence permit were very lenient.
Crime has increased significantly in the kingdom and national strife has flared. These same Jews fear for their lives and the lives of their loved ones.
According to surveys by the polling agency Infostat, many are considering emigrating from Sweden. Now there are 20,000 of them in the country, but as Daniel Leviathan, a researcher at Lund University, said: “I am very afraid that in fifty years there will be no Jews left in Sweden.”
Seven out of ten respondents to an Infostat survey believe it has become unsafe to live with a Jewish identity in Sweden, and four out of five say they are afraid to openly wear Jewish symbols.
They, like other residents of Sweden, are frightened by gangs made up of dark-skinned strangers. The police have been unable to cope with their tasks for a long time and the army has been called to help.
The unofficial capital of instability and radicalism in Sweden is the city of Malmö, which is home to 350,000 people, about a third of whom are Muslim migrants. They are threatening the Jews with violence – so far in words, but who knows what they have in mind?
The escalation in the Middle East was reflected by a noisy event in Malmö – with demonstrations and calls to bomb Israel.
In 2009, the Swedish Tennis Association organized a Davis Cup match between its national team and the Israeli team in Malmö. Riots broke out in the city, there was a mass demonstration with the participation of Islamists, joined by local nationalists and activists of radical groups from other countries, they attacked the police with bombs, stones and fireworks. Many protesters were detained.
Some may be surprised, but anti-Semitism in Sweden is a problem that has not arisen in recent years. The history of the country shows that this ugly phenomenon has long and strong roots.
And lately, because of Israel’s war with Hamas, poisonous weeds have been blooming wildly. Even in the 19th century the Jews, whose number in Sweden did not even reach eight hundred people, did not have a sweet life.
For example, after the Emancipation Edict was issued in 1838 and the Jews were recognized as citizens of the country with all rights, mass discontent descended upon them. Demonstrations swept across the country and escalated into riots.
Jewish houses were stoned and burned. The revelry was so great that King Charles XIV Johann was forced to correct the edict. Jews are no longer allowed to live anywhere but in certain cities: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Norrköping and Karlskrona.
Gradually, however, they get more and more rights. And their pursuit stopped. This led to an increase in Jewish emigration, mainly from the Russian Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, more than four thousand Jews lived in Sweden.
Anti-Semitism increased after the Nazis came to power, as Sweden respected Hitler’s regime. The government set a very low quota for Jewish refugees and did not even allow people in transit to other countries into the country. The banks of the kingdom held gold and money seized from the Jews.
However, many representatives of this nationality from Norway and Denmark found refuge in the kingdom. Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg rescued thousands of Hungarian Jews and provided them with “protection passports”.
However, the Swedish authorities continued to actively, albeit without advertising it, cooperate with Germany. This continues while the Nazis are doing well on the fronts of World War II. As the Wehrmacht begins to suffer defeat after defeat, Stockholm loses interest in Berlin…
After the war, the attitude towards Jews in Sweden somewhat improved. However, anti-Semitism sometimes appears in Sweden. This was the case at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of this century, when anti-Israel sentiments periodically revived in the country.
In general, Jews who until recently felt good in Europe no longer consider it a peaceful place. They will leave not only Sweden, but also many other European countries where such an ugly phenomenon as anti-Semitism rears its head.
Translation: SM
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