Swedish Jews Close Synagogues After Terror Threat Raised
Synagogues across Sweden were closed down as a precautionary measure after Stockholm raised the country’s terror threat assessment level on Wednesday, the World Jewish Congress has announced.
Synagogues across Sweden were closed down as a precautionary measure after Stockholm raised the country’s terror threat assessment level on Wednesday, the World Jewish Congress has announced.
Iraqi Kurdish forces have rescued a 16-year-old Swedish girl who was tricked into traveling to areas controlled by the Islamic State (ISIS) group, a statement said Tuesday.
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, who has become public enemy No. 1 in Israel over her remarks criticizing the security forces for carrying out “extrajudicial killings” against Palestinian terrorists, appears to be entangled in a brewing corruption scandal back home.
Sweden has “surrendered to Islam,” former Israeli ambassador Zvi Mazel asserted Sunday, slamming Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom for accusing Israel of committing extrajudicial executions of terrorists.
Julian Assange has had another setback in his legal stand-off with Sweden after a request to lift an arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder over a 2010 rape accusation was rejected.
Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister has come under fire after branding the September 11 terror attacks ‘accidents’.
Jihad Watch quotes Emma Löfgren of The Local who reports “5,000 criminals in Sweden’s vulnerable areas” where police fear to tread.
Swedish prosecutors are to drop a preliminary investigation into an allegation of rape against the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, bringing to an end a seven-year legal standoff.
Criticism is mounting over IT security at Swedish government agencies after it emerged that millions of Swedes’ personal data may have been leaked to other countries.
A Swedish citizen of Lebanese descent was arrested after a joint investigation from the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) and the Lahav 433 anti-fraud unity last month, it was cleared for publication Sunday, in light of concerns that the citizen may have been working with Hezbollah.