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Special report: Sweden’s dirty secret
Uria Asor
Published: 24.08.09, 09:17
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31. Totally HILARIOUS!!!!!
M. Hartley ,   Atlanta, US   (08.24.09)
32. #25 Can please ask your Palestinian Arab brothers
Dan ,   USA   (08.24.09)
join you in the land of Sweden? The Swedes deserve the Hamastanis, Fatahsctanis and the rest of them. Let them deal with your wonderful kind.
33. This fishy business...!
john   (08.24.09)
Did you really have to open the 'Pandora box'?
34. The only difference between this article and the Swedish
Doron ,   Israel   (08.24.09)
is that the Swedish article did not include a disclaimer in the bottom, about the article being phony. Therefore, this article was funny, while the Swedish one was hateful and cynical.
35. I didn't know you guys had such a great sense of humour
David ,   Switzerland   (08.24.09)
Maybe such an article is childish, but it's extremely funny as well.
36. I am sure that this is not the only dirty...
Bernd ,   Germany   (08.24.09)
...secret the Swedes have...
37. The world behind israel
Word can kill   (08.24.09)
Roseanne is saying the whole world is screaming for justice. What do jews mean with the whole world? If you mean the worlds weapons your right but the people in this world are rid of your anti-semitic propaganda. Especially American jews cannot be trusted they are no longer jews. They are assimilated and do not handle like Torah says. All they do is running after money and dont really care about Israel. They are simple incendiaries. Take care
38. Ynet and Aftonbladet on the same list "Useless publications"
Paul ,   Australia   (08.24.09)
I can't believe you would stoop to there level.
39. The Swedes are smart enough to ignore this crap. Israel's..
Reb L. Yell ,   Carmiel, Israel   (08.24.09)
government fell into a trap and made the idiot of this backpage article in a lowly tabloid into a famous writer. Now how do we climb down from the tree. The Swedes are not responsible for every piece of bad reporting any more than we are. Does anybody believe there will be less AntiSemitism now. Only more. Another PR failure from the big mouth Lieberman.
40. Fantastic writing
Jonathan Hoffman ,   London   (08.24.09)
Thank you!
41. I have reliable witness reports saying that...
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (08.24.09)
... at some point, the removal of fungus was taking too long and the newly aquired taste for "Norwegian Foot Fungus" has pushed the Swedish Salmon prices so high that nobody could afford it anymore. The Liberal and democratic Swedish Government issued a secret directive: don't waste time on Norwegian Fungus removal - just CUT OFF THE FINGERS AND USE THEM WHOLE! The new Swedish Graved-Lax using the "Amputated Norwegian Feet Fingers with Fungus" is still in use today making more than 50% of the swedish Graved-Lax export. I know this of course from RELIABLE WITNESS REPORT from an employee from one of the underground "Amputated Norwegian Feet with Fungus" processing facilities. I cannot tell you who this person is since he will immediately be accused of being a Jew, a crime punishable by slow death - usually adminestered through forced-feeding with Swedish Graved-Lax...
42. THIS IS ELLUL, NOT APRIL 1st !( Hardly Believable)
ROLAND SEENER ,   LONDON ENGLAND   (08.24.09)
43. outrageous lies
Björn Isberg ,   Stockholm, sweden   (08.24.09)
As a swede i deeply shocked by these allegations! They are completely untrue and of course only a sign of the accumulated hostility thas long has dominatyed the Israeli society. I demand an immediate apology from the Israeli goverment and yr chief editor's imminent resignation- Furthermore, our fish industry would never dream of using Norwegian foot fungi. We use our own, as we always have; it's the only smell we can bear.
44. BRILLIANT! And the Swedes will approve the free speech!
Nannette ,   London, UK   (08.24.09)
45. It was meant to make you laugh. It's spoof
to Wildmandxb   (08.24.09)
ie not true. And anyone who reads it knows ( note the Note at the bottom of the article for confirmation) It is for a laugh. You sound like you have more problems with the Israelis than the article. British papers regulary do such spoofs. Laugh please and don't be sad. Dont take things too seriously - one thing Israelis are very good at , laughing at themselves. You are far too serious for words. sorry about that.
46. try looking at your home country
to Ali   (08.24.09)
or China where much evidence exists. No country is absolute in it's morality. If you know Judaism or Islam you would know how such a act is apalling to both. What Israellis object to is the serious allegations with no evidence - times, place, names or sources, date, circumstances. All missing. Would you not object to a similiar report say re some country you love and know accusing without evidence somegroup you know well. Evidence is vital here. Not money.
47. You Don't Seriously Expect Me To Believe This Trash, Do You?
David H ,   Marietta USA   (08.24.09)
Even Israeli's harvesting Pali kishkiss for transplant makes more sense.
48. Beautiful!
Joseph ,   Arizona   (08.24.09)
A wonderful, satirical response...
49. so silly
sam ,   denver-colorado   (08.24.09)
even normal people would not believe all this nonsense It is possible to believe if this article was written after a month of writing Swedish's article likely we was believe this a disgusting this article is Lie
50. So this is what passes for journalism...
Terry ,   Chicago, IL   (08.24.09)
at Ynet??? Wow... Incredible.
51. #45 I did laugh!
Wildmandxb ,   M.E.   (08.24.09)
if you read my TB properly you would know that i mentioned this...i did laugh honestly...however it is very sad that israelis had to resort to such style of sarcasm rather than solving this issue diplomatically...the subject has been blown out of proportions, take it easy people, i personally have no problems with the israeli public it's just the attitude which is very disturbing...Peace
52. Hitler and the nobel peace prize?
Denise A ,   Uppsala, Sweden   (08.24.09)
Please stop this nonsense, check your facts. Sweden has nothing to do with the Nobel Peace prize. Sweden was the only country that welcomed jewish refugees, among them my mother, so please get real.
53. Satire at its best!
john ,   Tel Aviv   (08.24.09)
Ynet you made my day. Laughing my tuches off on this article!
54. to #43 but in democracy the gov don't
ghostq   (08.24.09)
tell news editors what to print much like the soldiers article, your gov refuse in the name of freedom of speech, we know it's unbased but it's still out their. kinda jouvenile but it got the point. mmm now you know what Israelis feels. sadly this is the only way to get though the swedish gov. but oh well. sometime you need to visualize to the other in order that the other will understand.
55. childlish
dalia   (08.24.09)
I feel to respond to the swedish article like this is just childlish act! I can't respect such journalism
56. Israeli wrath and Swedish attitude
Björn ,   Stockholm, Sweden   (08.24.09)
Of course Israel’s mad like hell at Sweden. Everytime soldiers make a raid in Gaza – what do they meet among stone-throwing palestinians? You guessed it: a leftwing-moose-like-swedish-arab-loving activist! Sweden is one of the few countries where we let our media vomit at Israel, beleiving nothing will happen to us. We’re a democratic country and we do have our sacred freedom of speech, alas. That Israelis are offended by the low-tide mark our newspaper the Aftoncrap made, is quite understandable. This is just one in a row of media attacks on jews and Israel in the later years in Sweden. Now, apart from most Swedes perhaps the Israeli people haven’t received enough intel on what kind of low-mark-scummish tabloid Aftonbladet actually is (to Mossad, fyi: Aftonbladet is a shitty newspaper with a vulgar leftwing attitude). Furthermore, as Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt soon will visit Israel – and as Sweden temporarily is the chairman of the EU, it’s quite understandable you guys take the chance to make clear that you won’t take any crap. Understandable. And probably you also beleived that Sweden would react as we usually do when other countries make demands upon us (drop pants, bend over..) If we'd done that it would also mean that the Israel government had reached the european parliament with a real heavy kick in the nuts. However, since Carl Bildt recently had his penis considerably enhanced by our new role in the EU, he felt the courage to say ”Nooo Way..” - and the Israeli plan went all downhill. In other words: we do understand yr reactions. Respectfully,
57. Ha ha brilliant, thanks for making my Monday afternoon :D
Paula ,   Finland   (08.24.09)
58. Cheap, Juvenile
Jason ,   Israel   (08.24.09)
The author finds it easier to write something silly and childish rather than a mature and responsible response. There's nothing to gain here other than witnessing Israeli tact at it's best.
59. Yes, Hitler was nominated...
Michael ,   Jerusalem   (08.24.09)
In 1939 Hitler was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by a Swedish PM named Erik Brandt. It's in Nobel nomination database.
60. #43 I checked again...
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (08.24.09)
... and I admit that my informer was actually a Norwegian who tried to accuse Sweden of "Norwegian Foot Fingers" harvesting and explain that Sweden's better-tasting Graved-Lax is superior - again - due to Norwegian genius. Yes, he actually said that he couldn't prove that the Foot Fingers they have been using at the facility have been harvested from Norwegian feet. Actually, he admitted that the fingernails were too clean and trim to be Norwegian - so they must've been Swedish after all. But this issue still needs to be investigated and determine which is better: Norwegian or Swedish Foot Fungi. Until such investigation is concluded, I will monitor the situation and publish new revelations of crimes against humankind perpertaded by the Swedes in Norway, Denmark, Finland and Legoland (you didn't think you'd get off so easily, did you Bjorn? ;)
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