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Anna Lindh and Israel

Last week, Sweden's Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was stabbed to death while shopping in a department store. Initially, I refrained from posting about Lindh, in light of the tragic murder, but it now seems appropriate to refer readers to her anti-Israel history.

Last year, during Israel's military operations in Judea and Samaria following a wave of suicide bombings, Lindh stated that the "offensive can in no way be defended" and that Israel's defensive actions were "a week of shame."

When Israel initially declined to allow the UN to investigate events in Jenin, Lindh charged that Israel "shows lack of respect for the United Nations" and "has chosen a course of action that risks placing the country outside the rest of the world community."

Lindh's death has been widely mourned by Palestinians and their supporters, who have praised her for stating that "Israel is a democracy balancing on a thin line" and that "Israel must abide by international law and conventions and stop humiliating the population in the occupied territories. The walls, both of barbed wire and of suspicion, must come down."

Lindh also told an interviewer that her goal was that "Israeli citizens will turn against the military policies of Sharon." She also said that "equating Arafat with terrorists is both inappropriate and stupid." Indeed, Lindh was a close ally of Arafat, and is pictured with him here.

While Lindh's murder is tragic and obscene, she will not be missed.
posted on 9/15/2003