Swedish ministers have history of pro-Palestinian activism

Wieloletni aktywisci palestynscy czlonkami nowego rzadu szwedzkiego.

Swedish MP Mehmet Kaplan (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)

W artykule zapomniano o pani Romson, obecny i minister i v-ce premier. Czesty mowca na propalestynskich wiecach i demonstracjach.

Min spraw wewnetrznych, Anders Ygeman. odpowiedzialny m in za policje i sluzby bezpieczenstwa, podpisal w 2012 r rezolucje w parlamencie,nawolujaca do uznania Izraela oraz do dialogu z Hamasem.Rezolucje ta podpisalo 5 socjaldemokratycznych poslow, znanych ze swojej jednostronnej propalestynskiej postawy.
Rzad przeprowadzil blyskawicznie zmiany w pracy min spraw wewnetrznych, ale ich znaczenie jest trudne do odcyfrowaania w chwili obecnej.
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Min do spraw cywilnych Ardalan Shekarabi jest byl iranskim uciekinierem z Iranu, ktory wraz z matka szukal tu azylu w 1989r,dziwnym szczegolem jego zyciorysu jest fakt,iz urodzony byl w Manchester,United Kingdom ,potem przeniosl sie do Iranu. Z tego powodu nie dostal tu azylu z matka,co spowodowalo,iz “zeszli oni pod ziemie” i przez dwa lata zyli nielegalnie w Szwecji.Shekarabi zrobil dziwna i blyskawiczna kariere po zmianie decyzji wladz emigracyjnych.W krotkim czasie przeistoczyl sie z ukrywajacego sie uciekiniera w przewodniczacego socjaldemokratycznego zwiazu mlodziezowe SSU.(sosjaldemokratyczna mlodzierz)

Zostal jednak stamtad usuniety za naduzycia finansowe, manipulacje majace na celu ekonomiczne dobra oraz klamstwa,falszywe oswiadczenia i klamliwe swiadectwa. W zdumiewiajacy spsob pojawil sie w centrum wladzy partii socjaldemokratycznej i stal sie szybko czlonkiem komisji do spraw badania przyczyn socjaldemokratycznej kleski wyborczej 2010.Stamtad wybrany zostal czlonkiem najwazniejszego ciala
kierujacego partia ( wydzial wykonawczy)

Jego pozycja jako min spraw cywilnych otwiera niezwykla wladze nad wszystkim co dotyczy funkcjonowania kraju (komuny i wojewodztwa) poprzez jednoczesna pozycje w departamencie finansow. (jest to blyskawiczna reforma min spraw cywilnych jaka juz przeprowadzil obecny rzad
w ciagu doslownie paru dni przy wladzy) (patrz szwedzki tekst) Ekonomiczny oszust, obsesyjny aktywista palestynski,czlowiek ktory nienawidzi Izrael
(jak i wielu nowych ministrow) dostal w swoje rece wladze nad funkcjonowaniem kraju poprzez m in wladze nad srodkami ekonomicznymi.

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Regeringen Reinfeldt återinförde efter riksdagsvalet 2010 civilministerposten, som tilldelades Stefan Attefall (KD), , nu placerad på Socialdepartementet. Ansvarsområden är de frågor om kommuner och landsting som tidigare låg under Finansdepartementet. I den nya regeringen som bildades efter riksdagsvalet 2014, ledd av Stefan Löfven, innehar Ardalan Shekarabi posten som civilminister, nu åter placerad i Finansdepartementet.

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Inrikesminister är det statsråd i Sveriges regering som ansvarar för frågor som rör polisväsendet och civil krishantering. Posten har tidvis varit avskaffad, men återinfördes 2014 i regeringen Löfven. Inrikesministern är placerad vid Justitiedepartementet och är formellt sett underställd justitieministern. Inrikesministern ingår därmed i den grupp av statsråd som inte är departementschefer, vilka tidigare benämndes konsultativa statsråd. Nuvarande inrikemsinister är Anders Ygeman.

Swedish ministers have history of pro-Palestinian activism

The new Swedish prime minister’s surprise announcement on Friday of his intention to recognize a Palestinian state, which has drawn harsh criticism from Israel, comes after some of its highest-ranking politicians have engaged in pro-Palestinian activism in past years.

Stockholm’s new housing minister was aboard the 2010 Gaza flotilla; education minister was held in Israel for protesting security barrier
Housing Minister Mehmet Kaplan, of Sweden’s Green Party, was arrested in 2010 by Israeli forces after participating in the Mavi Marmara flotilla, which was headed to the Gaza Strip. The Turkish-born MP was later deported from Israel over his involvement.

In that incident, Israeli commandos stormed the ship and were attacked by those on board, with several soldiers seriously injured. Nine Turks were killed in the ensuing melee and a tenth died in hospital this year after four years in a coma.

During this summer’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, Kaplan called for the “liberation of Jerusalem” at a pro-Palestinian rally.

He also downplayed the evils of the Islamic State in a July address, saying that Swedes joining their ranks in Iraq and Syria were similar to those who went to Finland during World War II to combat the Soviet Union. His comparison was lambasted by many Swedes, who consider the soldiers who volunteered to fight the Soviets on behalf of Finland freedom fighters.

In addition, Sweden’s Education Minister Gustav Fridolin was detained by Israeli forces in 2004 for protesting the security barrier near Ramallah. Fridolin left the country shortly after he was released.

During his inaugural speech Friday, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said that “the conflict between Israel and Palestine can only be solved with a two-state solution, negotiated in accordance with international law.

“The two-state solution requires mutual recognition and a will to coexist peacefully. Sweden will therefore recognize the state of Palestine.”

A Foreign Ministry official reprimanded the Swedish ambassador to Israel on Monday for Lofven’s pledge to recognize a future Palestinian state. The Foreign Ministry representative argued that the move encourages the Palestinians to pursue unilateral steps toward statehood, rather than seeking to restart direct talks with Israel.

Prior to the meeting, envoy Carl Magnus Nesser said that he planned to clarify Sweden’s position on recognizing a Palestinian state and its desire to maintain strong ties with Israel.

“Israel and Sweden have a strong relationship, and the new government has made it clear that it wants this to continue,” Nesser told Army Radio on Monday morning.

He added, however, that in deciding to recognize a Palestinian state, Sweden was making a statement to support the resumption of peace negotiations.

“The situation is clear, peace talks have been suspended for a while, and I think the conflict in Gaza made it clear that the status quo needs to be changed,” Nesser said. “The purpose of such a statement of this forthcoming recognition is, of course, to support negotiations leading to a two-state solution.”

Times of Israel staff and AFP contributed to this report.

Russia commanded spy operation against Israeli forces and Syria rebels, footage shows

by: Anshel Pfeffer

Recent footage uploaded by fighters from the Free Syrian Army after their capture of a Golan Heights base indicates deep Russian involvement in the espionage operations of President Bashar Assad’s regime.

Recent footage apparently taken of an intelligence base in the Syrian Golan Heights, uploaded by fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) after their capture of the base, indicates deep Russian involvement in the espionage operations of President Bashar Assad’s regime.

The base in Tel Al-Hara, south of the Quneitra border crossing with Israel, was seized over the weekend by the FSA, after pitched battles that included a number of rebel groups, including the al-Qaida-aligned Nusra Front.

The footage shows that the base, used to carry out electronic surveillance of both rebels and of Israeli military forces, had been under Russian command.

The video posted by the FSA seems to be have been filmed in the office building of the base. It shows what appears to be a Syrian officer conducting a tour of the facility for the rebels, pointing at photographs, maps and captions on the walls, in Russian and Arabic. The symbols of Syrian intelligence and the 6th Directorate of Russian military intelligence (GRU) which deals with signal intelligence (SIGINT) are shown there side by side.

In the photographs, Russian and Syrian officers can be seen collecting and analyzing intelligence together. Further photographs captured Russian defense officials visiting the base, along with a list of current and previous commanders of the base, Russian officers with the rank of colonel.

The officers are directed, according to standing orders on the wall, to listen in to communications of the rebel groups. Also on the wall, is a map detailing locations of Israel Defense Forces positions in the north of Israel.

One question that arises from viewing the video is why the footage was taken only from the office building. A different video shows what the rebels claim to be an air-defense system, but the radio dishes inside the building look more like listening devices.

The Russian and Syrian officers that evacuated the base most likely took with them most of the sensitive hardware and intelligence material, but it is highly likely that valuable material remained behind, in addition to the photographs and maps on the office building walls.

The FSA has close ties to the CIA, and the Americans are certainly interested in analyzing whatever has been left behind at the base before it is seen in public.

New details of the ties between the FSA and Israel have also recently emerged, in an article written by Channel 2’s Arab affairs commentator, Ehud Yaari, published Monday by the Washington Institute of which he is a research fellow.

Details of this relationship include coordination meetings in Israel, the operation of an Israeli field hospital on the Golan Heights for wounded Syrians, and a limited amount of weapons supplies, mostly rocket-propelled grenade launchers.

Israel naturally has a huge interest in the spy base which operates on its border, especially as any intelligence gathered would have been shared by Syria with Assad’s allies, Iran and Hezbollah.

Jerusalem has a deeply sensitive relationship with the Kremlin and there have been extremely few public recriminations over the military and intelligence support Russia extends to Syria and Iran.

There have been no official comments so far from America or Israel regarding the footage, and probably will not be in the near future.

A swift American response has emerged though, from Senator John McCain, the former Republican presidential candidate, who tweeted that the “Shocking revelation of (the) secret Russian base in Syria shows how much Putin is helping Assad’s war machine.”