{"id":80186,"date":"2020-08-08T17:05:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T15:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=80186"},"modified":"2020-08-08T09:45:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T07:45:38","slug":"15-05-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=80186","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Swedish premier faces backlash for comments on Israeli aid to Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jns.org\/images\/logo_desktop.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/ex-swedish-premier-faces-backlash-for-comments-on-israeli-aid-to-lebanon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ex-Swedish premier faces backlash for comments on Israeli aid to Lebanon<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> JNS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jns.org\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Carl_Bildt.b8dn3503382-880x495.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>(August 6, 2020 \/ JNS)<\/strong> Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt faced backlash for expressing surprise at Israeli assistance following multiple explosions that ripped through Lebanon\u2019s capital of Beirut on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In addition to immediately sending humanitarian and medical aid to its northern neighbor, Israel has expressed solidarity with residents of Beirut, expressing such words on a municipal building in Tel Aviv.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe only encouraging thing in this catastrophe in Lebanon is that even Israel has been quick in offering humanitarian aid,\u201d tweeted Bildt, who currently serves as the co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 749px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1290735149148180483&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org%2Fex-swedish-premier-faces-backlash-for-comments-on-israeli-aid-to-lebanon%2F&amp;siteScreenName=JNS_org&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1290735149148180483\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The American Jewish Committee called on Bildt to apologize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201c\u2019Even\u2019 Israel, @CarlBildt? Need we remind you that it is Lebanon that rejects Israel\u2019s very existence, not the other way around? An apology is in order,\u201d tweeted AJC.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/947634710951485440\/TotPZF9s_bigger.jpg\" alt=\"Profile photo, opens profile page on Twitter in a new tab\"> American Jewish Committee&nbsp; &nbsp;@AJCGlobal<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;Even&#8221; Israel, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlbildt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1290767854338441219%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org%2Fex-swedish-premier-faces-backlash-for-comments-on-israeli-aid-to-lebanon%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-focusable=\"true\">@CarlBildt<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">? Need we remind you that it is Lebanon that rejects Israel&#8217;s very existence, not the other way around? An apology is in order.<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cShame on you @carlbildt. Even Israel?\u201d&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DovLipman\/status\/1290966571674894340?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;former Knesset member Dov Lipman in a post with a link to an&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/honestreporting.com\/israeli-innovation-contributes-world\/\">article<\/a>&nbsp;titled \u201cHow Israeli Innovation Contributes to the World.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cHi Carl, this might seem like a shock to you, but Israel has a long history of offering humanitarian aid to countries hostile to us, incl. Iran, Syria, Turkey. So, Lebanon is not a surprise. We do it simply because it\u2019s just the right thing to do,\u201d&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ostrov_A\/status\/1290785861618012160?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;international human-rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Swedish premier faces backlash for comments on Israeli aid to Lebanon JNS Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt. 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