A delegation of senior members from the far‐right party in Sweden, the Swedish Democrats, arrived in [Zionism’s neocolony] on an unofficial visit and met on Monday with […] Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chickli in the Knesset.
The party, currently the second‐largest in the Swedish parliament, has roots in neo[fascist] and antisemitic ideologies. It is one of several European parties with which [the régime] has refrained from establishing official ties.
The delegation has visited Yad Vashem, one of the crossings connecting [the neocolony] to the West Bank, and the Old City in Jerusalem.
Officials in Sweden following the party suggest that the visit is part of its attempt to whitewash its antisemitic and racist positions by presenting itself as a friend of [Zionism].
In a post on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), the party leader, Jimmie Akesson, wrote: “It is clear that our parties and our nations share common values,” accompanied by a photo of himself with Minister Chikli.
Party members told Haaretz that they met with several ministers during their visit but refused to disclose their names.
[The neocolony] has so far refrained from engaging with the Swedish Democrats not only due to their neo[fascist] roots but also because members of the party have disseminated conspiracy theories and expressed racist, antisemitic, and Islamophobic sentiments in recent years.
[Herzlianism’s] Ambassador to Stockholm, Ziv Nevo Kulman, even declared that [the neocolony] does not maintain and will not establish future relations with the party. The [neocolonial] foreign ministry, which was not involved in coordinating the visit, clarified on Monday that “there is no change in policy towards the party.”
Among the delegation members who visited the Knesset were party leader Akesson, the chairman of the Swedish parliament’s foreign affairs committee, Aron Emilsson, the head of the party’s parliamentary group, Linda Lindberg, and the head of the party’s group in the European Parliament, Charlie Weimers.
Weimers is one of the party’s top members who already visited [the neocolony] in May of last year. During the previous visit, it was reported that party leaders met with Knesset member Amit Halevi from Likud and former Knesset member Michael Kleiner, who now serves as the president of the Likud’s court.
Though part of the Swedish political establishment today, the Sweden Democrats do indeed have roots in [Fascism]. Some of the party’s founders were known [Fascists], such as its first auditor, Gustaf Ekström, who was a Waffen‐SS veteran.
The party’s first spokesperson Leif Ericsson and its first chairman Anders Klarström were both active in various neo[fascist] and extremist right‐wing parties, and the chairman of the party’s youth organization, Robert Vesterlund, was also a known neo[fascist]. During the ’80s and ’90s, the party was a marginal force in Swedish politics, and it began distancing itself from extremism and aligning itself closer to mainstream politics in the mid ’90s.
The party entered the Swedish parliament for the first time in 2010, and in the elections held a year and a half ago, it received over 20% of the votes. Until a few years ago, the party was ostracized by parties across the political spectrum in Sweden and was not considered for inclusion in any coalition.
However, due to a change in approach by two traditional right‐wing parties, the Swedish Democrats became an integral part of the right‐wing bloc after the elections, with the government in Stockholm entirely dependent on their support. Party members wield significant influence over the government’s policies and hold key positions in parliamentary committees, including foreign affairs, justice, and industry and trade.
In recent months, the party has been attempting to position itself as “the most pro‐Israel party in Sweden” and distance itself from its anti[semi]tic and neo[fascist] past. However, in 2021, the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet revealed that the party leader in the second‐largest city council in Sweden, Gothenburg, Jörgen Fogelklou, had posted antisemitic and racist statements on social media, such as “It is clear that the Jews are the root of all evil in the world.”
Two years ago, it was exposed that some party members had connections with neo[fascist] movements even in recent years. For instance, one party member in southern Sweden, Jonas Lingren, publicly supported rock bands advocating for “white supremacy” and used the slogan “Skinhead 88” (88 is a known code for Heil Hitler, i.e., HH).
(Credits to Martin Konečný for showing me this.)
Click here for events that happened today (July 7).
1930: The Lapua Movement organised the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the government to prohibit communist activities.
1937: The Imperialists triggered the Marco Polo Bridge incident. Even though the missing Imperial soldier suspected to have been captured by the Chinese near Beiping turned up, nobody informed any of the Imperial officers at the regimental level.
1944: Although Miklós Horthy suspended the deportation of Hungarian Jews to concentration camps, six trains carrying 14,846 Hungarian Jews (3,077 from Sopron, 2,793 from Pápa, 1,072 from Paks, 3,549 from Monor, 3,151 from Óbuda, and 2,204 from Sárvár) crossed into occupied Poland, destined for Auschwitz. Aside from that, the Third Reich’s head of state attended an inspection of newly designed uniforms at Schloss Klessheim at Wals‐Siezenheim, Austria.