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Sweden's king and queen unknowingly pose with anti-Israel accessory
Liran Lotker
Published: 16.08.13, 11:29
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31. "royal" keffiyas
helena ,   stockholm, Sweden   (08.16.13)
Swedish TV news last night explained the inscriptions on the kefiyas as a "protest against the destruction of the Al Aqsa Mosque"! I immediately contacted the Swedish Public TV and demanded to get the details on the destruction, circumstances thereof, names and biographies of the suspects. Today I received an apology and a promise to correct the mistake in the news broadcast tonight. I will sure watch and listen carefully...
32. what a paranoia :)
anton ,   istanbul   (08.16.13)
33. Most of you overinterpret this incident
Nick ,   Sweden   (08.16.13)
it's a lot more simple: The royal couple is always surrounded by a flock of papparazis who would absolutely love to splatter all over the tabloids pictures of the king refusing this "gift" from the "underprivileged" representative of the religion of peace. Or even better, the picture of the king's security physically removing the moslem. That's why there's nothing left for the couple than to put on a stiff smile and stay as timid as possible. A byproduct of this is that their security is badly compromised.
34. #24
iselin ,   Oslo, Norway   (08.16.13)
It all depends upon which/whose lord you believe, if you believe at all. This is a 3000 - 2000 year old text. Not infallible. How did the writer know whose house it was? Communications were poor in those days, and I am sure that there were no names beside the door.
35. royals
helena   (08.16.13)
Silvia is half German and half Brazilian and her father was an active Nazi who joined the Nazi party in the beginning of 1930s and profited a lot when Jews were stripped of their property in Germany. A couple of years ago a documentary about him was broadcasted on Swedish TV and the queen protested but in vain. Nobody ever had accused her of anything but the court kept denying the facts related to her father for several decades. Her uncle was a professor of Marxism in the former DDR :)
36. Queen Sylvia
Asad Mufty ,   Amsterdam,Holland.   (08.16.13)
Yes ,I know she is German.I did work with her when she was a student (student Job ) in Austria.She is fantastic,Beautiful and gorgeous girl (Lady). asad mufty
37. #35
Harry ,   Sweden   (08.16.13)
#35 is correct. #14 She was not a stewardess, her husband met her when she was an hostess at the Olympic Games in Germany in 1972 Many Swedes don't like her, she is as stupid as the king himself, but was good looking in those days....so, this is how they got married. A fool and a pin-up
38. #1 What's YOUR problem?
Jake   (08.16.13)
There's a name for the kind of person that writes provocative messages on forums with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument. It's called a troll.
39. #9 Get real Yael
Jake   (08.16.13)
If a German official puts on a scarf with a swastika on it, are you going to chime in about how it might actually be intended as a Hindu/Buddhist symbol of good luck, and not as an insult to Jews?
40. The truth is not antisemitism
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41. No One Asked For a Translation Beforehand?
emanon ,   USA   (08.16.13)
42. scandinavian countries
caleb ,   israel   (08.16.13)
Yes, the Scandinavian countries stand for and have a true sense of justice. Their compassion is so overwhelming that in Norway a man can murder 77 men, women and children and be sentenced to 21 years in prison. That will give him enough time to murder again and maybe after a 2nd prison sentence he could do it again!
43. scandinavians continue to welcome arab terrorists
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44. #27, zidan, don't make me laugh
Jake   (08.16.13)
Sweden was famous for it's...wink, wink..."neutrality" during WW2...allowing their territory to be used as a staging ground for the German invasion of Norway, providing a large amount of raw materials (and volunteers) for the German war machine. Not that historical truth means a whole lot when it comes to the palestinian narrative.
45. #34 That was certainly a mealy-mouthed explanation
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46. #1:Al Aqsa was built on the ruins of the
Vardina   (08.16.13)
holy Jewish temple of Jerusalem, therefore it is not theirs but It is a Jewish sacred place. Unfortunately religious Jews beleive that as long as the location of the inner sanctuary can not be exactly traced, Jews are not allowed to visit inside inorder to avoid treading on the holy site by mistake. This is why Jews are not claiming the place. Sheer stupidity.
47. # 34
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (08.16.13)
Well, the Muslims didn't exist 2000 ago so it certainly isn't theirs. The writer certainly knew more about it than you do.
48. So different from our own dear queen
Mark ,   London, UK   (08.16.13)
who has never been known to express a single personal or political view.
49. #35: Right you are! Thanks for the correction.
Vardina   (08.16.13)
For some reason I remembered her as being a former stewardess. Now I also remember the many photos published of her and the king in every existing tabloid, feeding the fat retired Nazi women all around Germany, who had nothing better to do with their lives. One fact is true, however: she was very beautiful and did her best to "fit in".
50. Leading politicians fail to see the OBVIOUS:
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (08.16.13)
This has nothing to do with right or left, dove or hawk. Peace can only be attained via BALANCE. This balance has to be fair geographically and historically. The physical aspect and the cultural aspect. ONLY a SECURE BIG ISRAEL can create the physical balance. ONLY an EMPTY TEMPLE MOUNT can create the cultural balance. Still to this day the ONLY OBSTACLE to peace is the essential non-acceptance by the West (Christianity and secular) and Islam of the Jewish People and the State of Israel in the Land of Israel as the beginning of our homecoming. We are not the occupiers. They were and are the occupiers. The balance is in mutual acceptance, to each his own. The Christians have Rome, the Muslims have Mecca. Israel has The Land of Israel, with YERUSHALAYIM as Israel's Capital. The use of the Roman term Palestine is DEEPLY ANTISEMITIC, not only anti-Israeli. Those who truly long for STRUCTURAL PEACE and CO-OPERATION via minimal long-term total damage, realize that it can only be the result of BALANCE. This balance is totally lacking in the hypocritical and sanctimonious international political arena. Israel is forced into playing games in the interest of the West. One of the core problems, Saudi Arabia's Islamist influence is not faced at all. So easy to lable a person right-wing, but look a bit deeper and you come to see that to achieve REAL PEACE the proper balance has to be created first. - A SECURE BIG ISRAEL - An EMPTY TEMPLE MOUNT Shalom, salam, peace.
51. I can't imagine a more childish slogan
Guy ,   KC   (08.16.13)
Why not just write, "Mine!" (Their intellect might even permit, "Mine first!" - why not, if they claim that everyone in the Torah was somehow Muslim.) The image would be more accurate if it showed a backhoe emptying menorahs and scrolls dug out of the Temple Mount into a trash bin.
52. Fakestinians did the same in Rome,at the Vatican celebration
Anna M Sedda ,   Rome-Italy   (08.16.13)
Nothing new under the sun...the fakestinians do not respect people freedom,they always impose to others with deception their antisemitic propaganda.They did the same in Rome,1 year ago,in the Vatican hall,after Easter celebration; some people complained and they where asked to take away Arafat flag...the fakestinians are tipical muslims,they want to submit people with force....
53. #42
NilsG ,   Helsingborg, Sweden   (08.16.13)
Not correctly understood. If ABB is still considered a danger to society after 21 years, his sentence will be prolonged ... again ... and again ... and again ... no upper limit.
54. #44
NilsG ,   Helsingborg, Sweden   (08.16.13)
Sweden has little to be proud of when it concerns the early part of WW2, however, Sweden was not a staging ground for the German invasion of Norway. Later, Sweden allowed its territory to be used by German troops, but, as for being a staging ground, you are demonstrably wrong.
55. In the future?
Christian ,   Europe   (08.16.13)
Because of huge immigration - Sweden may become a muslim country in the future! So maybe those royals are just practising for that...
56. Nils #54, maybe I erred about Norway
Jake   (08.16.13)
But still, this is what it says on Wikipedia about Sweden during WW2: During the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Sweden allowed the Wehrmacht to use Swedish railways to transport (June–July 1941) the German 163rd Infantry Division along with howitzers, tanks and anti-aircraft weapons and associated ammunition, from Norway to Finland. German soldiers traveling on leave between Norway and Germany were allowed passage through Sweden — the so-called permittenttrafik. Iron ore was sold to Germany throughout the war.
57. O yeah it is
Oleg Grinfeld ,   Montreal, canada   (08.17.13)
But let me use the popular anti-Israeli slogan: it was built on stolen Jewish land on the most sacred Jewish place instead of the most important Jewish Temple
58. I cant believe it ,...
split ,   US   (08.17.13)
You have a nerve to lecture and judge the Swedish Royal Family what they can or cannot wear after your zionist goons have murdered their relative Folke Bernadotte a UN diplomat on fact finding mission in Israel in 1948. This family belongs to House of Bernadotte ,...
59. This is just a symbol of the decline of the old continent.
Robert ,   Belgium   (08.17.13)
60. @Jake
NilsG ,   Helsingborg, Sweden   (08.17.13)
Perhaps we are just in disagreement of what constitutes a staging ground? When the Germans used Swedish railroads, Norway was already occupied. So, nothing to quarrel about. As I said, Sweden has little to be proud of concerning WW2.
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