the Socialists and the SSU has faced intense criticism since the first of may, when SSU-protesters in Malmö skanderat ”long Live Palestine and crush zionism”.
Joakim Sandell, chairman of Malmö, the social democrats, have heard of, to the Jewish community and made an official apology from the social democrats.
“I beg unconditional apology for saying this,” says Joakim Sandell and points out that one must be very clear that Israelkritik directed against the israeli government and not against an ethnic group.
and SSU Skåne, argues that critics have misunderstood the saying this and that it’s about the criticism against Israel’s policies, not about being against Israel or the jewish people. SSU Malmö and SSU Skåne has since said that it does not use of saying this in the future.
”We are disappointed that the jewish communities and its members have taken offense at. We will not, therefore, sing this rhyme more. Moreover, SSU Skåne to express our solidarity with Palestine and criticism of Israel’s unjust occupation in other ways,” writes the SSU Skåne, chairman of Electra Ververidis and SSU Malmö on Facebook.
Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh (S), municipal executive board chairman of Malmö, is another who has publicly criticized the SSU.
” does that Mean you are against the occupation or settlements on occupied territory, then it it to say. If you want a two-state solution with Israel and an independent Palestine, then it is there to say, ” she says.
According to SSU:s) so they mean they want to see a free and independent Palestine, that the one is opposed to settlements on occupied land. But it is quite clear that ramzan interpreted anti-semitism. Perceived notion of anti-semitism, it should not be used. Point.
from different directions. The Swedish committee against anti-semitism, writes on its website that the term ”crush zionism” is perceived as an anti-semitic idea of destroying the state of Israel:
”the Criticism of Israel’s policies is as legitimate as criticism of other states ‘ policies, and there are countless ways to give expression of such criticism. But, when people talk about ‘crush zionism’, it is often about something else: a denial of Israel’s existensrätt and a desire that the state should be repealed or just ‘crushed’.”
An individual have after ramzan islands in the SSU for incitement to racial hatred.
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