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Israel’s outreach to far-right nationalists driven by necessity - opinion

Israel is walking a tightrope; engaging with far-right parties might be a short-term strategic necessity, but history says it's a long-term risk.

Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli.
Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Australia, Sweden arrests show Iran's long arm of terror against Israelis, Jews in West - analysis

A demonstration in support of Palestine and Lebanon marches through Stockholm to Gustav Adolfs Torg, Sweden October 5.

Key figure in Iran-tied criminal network targeting Israelis, Jews in Sweden arrested in Iraq

A soldier from Sweden's 31st Ranger Battalion holds drones after using them during a training demonstration in Karlsborg, Sweden, November 21, 2025

Sweden to spend $440 million on unmanned military drone systems


Fisherman digging for worms uncovers lost hoard of medieval coins

Sofia Andersson, an antiquarian at the County Administrative Board of Stockholm, said the discovery is “one of the largest silver hoards from the early Middle Ages ever found in Sweden.”

Ett unikt föremål bestående av tre myntkedjor av vikingatida engelska mynt, sammanfogade med silverringar och hängande på en kopparplatta. Fyra mynt längst till vänster sitter löst, och det är oklart om de har ingått i kedjan. Alla mynten är av de engelska Crux- och Long Cross-typer.

Norwegian state TV faces backlash for airing antisemitic jokes about Jews

Norwegian state TV sparks outrage after NRK hosts joke about Jews, drawing condemnation from Israeli officials and Jewish groups.

A Norwegian flag flutters over building in Oslo, Norway May 31, 2017.

Jewish International Film Festival in Sweden postponed as theaters cite security concerns

The festival was supposed to run from November 29 to December 2, and was intended to celebrate 250 years of Jewish life in Sweden.

 Jewish International Film Festival

Sweden identifies suspect in Quran-burner murder case linked to 'foreign power'

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said in January, referring to the killing, that "there is obviously a risk that there is a connection to a foreign power."

 Demonstrators burn the Swedish flag during a protest in Tehran against the insult to the Koran after the Muslim holy book was burned in Stockholm, July 21, 2023.

Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest

Greta Thunberg says she and other Gaza flotilla detainees were “kidnapped and tortured” by Israel, a claim the Foreign Ministry denies.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who was part of the Global Sumud Flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza and was detained by Israel, gestures upon her arrival to the Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, in Athens, Greece, October 6, 2025.

How Swedish gangs are grooming young girls to make explosives, maim enemy groups

The gangs target “young, blonde, typical” Swedish girls, according to experts.

  Police officers work near the scene where several people were injured after a series of loud bangs that indicated gunfire, according to police, at Vaksala Square in Uppsala, Sweden, April 29, 2025.

Sweden’s Loke counter-drone system makes operational debut in NATO exercise

As Russian drones continue to test Europe’s defenses, the urgency for agile, interoperable countermeasures has never been greater.

The complete Loke solution

Iran's global scope of terror: Tehran's international crime network exposed

Iran's criminal networks operate differently from traditional terror cells, complicating conventional counterterrorism approaches and creating unprecedented vulnerability globally.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's top advisor on international affairs, attends a conference under "The World Federation of Resistance scholars" on subject "resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy

Sweden's civil defense minister followed, harassed by pro-Palestine 'mob'

Prominent pro-Palestine groups in Sweden have been critical of Carl-Oskar Bohlin and Ulf Kristersson, who they feel are not doing enough to act against Israel.

 A demonstration in support of Palestine and Lebanon marches through Stockholm to Gustav Adolfs Torg, Sweden October 5.

The secret Europe is hiding: Where to find true peace in 2025

Europe struggles with over-tourism, but Estonia’s remote islands offer true peace: Ruhnu with 150 residents and ringing sand, Vormsi with Swedish heritage, and Kihnu with a matriarchal society.

Kihnu Island, Estonia