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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9962

26 August 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/israel/palestine
Mounting tension between Sweden and Israel as consultation on relaunch of peace process increases

Brussels, 25/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - Relations between Sweden and Israel are going through a difficult period and the visit by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt in September could very well be affected by the tensions developing between the two countries. Sweden's current Presidency of the European Union might complicate matters. Tension arose following the recent publication by the tabloid Aftonbladet of a report that the Israeli army had removed organs from young Palestinians killed...