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Daniel Schatz

Political scientist

Jul 5, 2026

17:19
Don't you think it's possible that Sweden was one of Israel's most eager supporters for the simple reason that at this time they were still remembered in the Western world, not only in Western Europe, but also in the USA as a non-competitive axis of power? That is, that the pension policy, as we call it here in Sweden, was more of a non-military support to Nazi Germany, so that our And then take over Palme after Lander.
18:00
Then Palme takes over, and that whole period is significantly less to be proud of during this period.
18:08
So during the 70s, the Swedish Middle Eastern policy is radically changed in a pro-Palestinian direction.
18:15
And Sweden will become one of the Palestinians' foremost friends, I would say, in Western Europe.
18:22
And there are several factors that lead to this.
18:24
The first, as we were talking about, is that after the Six-Day War, the image of Israel-Sweden changed.
18:30
From an opposed democracy to what was then described in Sweden as an occupation power that controlled one million Palestinians.

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68:27
So if we just briefly take this time of the government, how do you see it?

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