https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A group of seven Swedish citizens are on their way home after being arrested while aboard an activist boat attempting to breach the blockade of Gaza. https://www.thelocal.se/20180808/swedish-activists-sent-home-after-being-arrested-by-israel Wed, 08 Aug 2018 16:31:07 +0200 swedish-activists-sent-home-after-being-arrested-by-israel Seven Swedish citizens were arrested when Israel intercepted an activist boat that attempted to breach the decade-long blockade of Gaza, Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20180806/seven-swedes-arrested-by-israel-on-gaza-bound-activist-boat Mon, 06 Aug 2018 09:25:30 +0200 seven-swedes-arrested-by-israel-on-gaza-bound-activist-boat The Israeli navy intercepted a Swedish-flagged activist boat bent on breaching its more than decade-long blockade of Gaza, the second in less than a week, the military said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20180804/israel-intercepts-swedish-gaza-bound-activist-boat Sat, 04 Aug 2018 11:57:41 +0200 israel-intercepts-swedish-gaza-bound-activist-boat A year ago Ahmad Matar had never left the 365 square kilometres of Gaza in his life. Now, he's in Sweden making a living from his passion, parkour. Matar spoke to The Local about freedom, training through injuries, and why it's important to get a flip from eight metres right first time. https://www.thelocal.se/20180409/every-day-since-i-came-to-sweden-feels-like-a-dream-from-gaza-to-gothenburg-through-parkour Mon, 09 Apr 2018 08:59:00 +0200 every-day-since-i-came-to-sweden-feels-like-a-dream-from-gaza-to-gothenburg-through-parkour A photo of a Palestinian boy hoping to stay safe by dressing up as a war correspondent melted hearts around the world in 2014. But when the real-life Swedish journalist who took the snap returned to Gaza a year later, the child told him he was now set on being a pilot. https://www.thelocal.se/20150928/swede-reunited-with-viral-child-reporter-in-gaza Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:25:00 +0200 swede-reunited-with-viral-child-reporter-in-gaza Sweden cannot sue Israel for raids against two international aid ships headed for Gaza between 2010 and 2012 even if the assaults were staged in violation of international law, prosecutors have said. https://www.thelocal.se/20141210/sweden-cant-sue-israel-over-ship-to-gaza-raids Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:00:00 +0100 sweden-cant-sue-israel-over-ship-to-gaza-raids The internet search giant has revealed what Swedes googled most over the summer period with the top 10 made up of diverse search topics ranging from sport to wasp stings https://www.thelocal.se/20140823/gaza-robin-williams-swedes-google-habits Sat, 23 Aug 2014 09:18:00 +0200 gaza-robin-williams-swedes-google-habits A Swedish politician is facing sharp criticism after he wrote on Facebook that "Jewish pigs" are responsible for mass murders in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.se/20140805/palestinians-are-slaughtered-by-jewish-pigs Tue, 05 Aug 2014 13:28:00 +0200 palestinians-are-slaughtered-by-jewish-pigs Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt stated that there are four steps to achieving peace in Gaza, and that it begins with removing the blockade - which has "played into Hamas' hands". https://www.thelocal.se/20140731/bildt-lays-out-four-steps-to-gaza-peace-sweden Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:26:00 +0200 bildt-lays-out-four-steps-to-gaza-peace-sweden The ongoing conflict in the middle east is delaying the investigation into the death of an 8-year-old girl who was found dead in Sweden in May. Meanwhile, over a 1,000 people attended a pro-Gaza march in Malmö. https://www.thelocal.se/20140727/gaza-crisis-delaying-case-of-murdered-child Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:15:00 +0200 gaza-crisis-delaying-case-of-murdered-child As the rhetoric rises at demonstrations in Swedish cities, Stockholm-based Israeli writer David Stavrou calls on Swedes to think before they shout and to cast a critical eye over much that is written and said about the conflict in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.se/20140724/gaza-conflict-needs-impartial-unaligned-help-not-empty-rhetoric Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:27:00 +0200 gaza-conflict-needs-impartial-unaligned-help-not-empty-rhetoric Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt believes Israel is interested in negotiating a ceasefire with Hamas while Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven has stood by his comment about Israel having a right to defend itself. https://www.thelocal.se/20140722/bildt-lfven-speak-out-about-gaza-crisis Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:12:00 +0200 bildt-lfven-speak-out-about-gaza-crisis Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has called for an immediate cease-fire in the ongoing Gaza crisis, and said that Sweden is doing what it can to assist its citizens. https://www.thelocal.se/20140714/sweden-calls-gaza-cease-fire-bildt-israel Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:42:00 +0200 sweden-calls-gaza-cease-fire-bildt-israel Development aid minister Gunilla Carlsson has said that the Swedish government may reduce development assistance for the Palestinians since they have failed to reach a peace agreement with Israel. https://www.thelocal.se/20130614/48492 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:46:00 +0200 48492 The pro-Palestinian activists onboard the Ship to Gaza vessel Estelle which was boarded by Israeli soldiers on Saturday, have been take into custody in the port of Ashdod. https://www.thelocal.se/20121021/43946 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:43:00 +0200 43946 Israeli soldiers have surrounded and boarded Estelle, a vessel operated by Sweden-based activist group Ship to Gaza, according to reports from the crew. https://www.thelocal.se/20121020/43944 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:07:00 +0200 43944 20-year-old Philip Schulz from Kalmar has been conditionally released from Israeli custody after being detained on Friday while acting as an observer at demonstrations outside Ramallah in the West Bank. https://www.thelocal.se/20120331/40012 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:11:00 +0200 40012 Swedish–Israeli artist and politician Dror Feiler is among the 15 activists apprehended by Israeli soldiers from the boat Dignité on course for the Gaza strip and is set to be deported today, Israeli immigration authorities have confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20110720/35048 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:18:00 +0200 35048 Swedish bestselling crime author Henning Mankell slammed Greece for blocking the aid flotilla to Gaza as some of Sweden's pro-Palestinian activists returned home on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110708/34808 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:09:00 +0200 34808 A Swiss firm has cancelled a 3,000-tonne cement order by activists involved in the aid flotilla for Gaza largely thwarted by the Greek authorities, Swedish activists said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110707/34784 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:53:00 +0200 34784