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Sweden's Carl Bildt: His government is backing freedom of speech in the row with Israel (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

EU presidency under pressure over Israel organs story

With Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu arriving in Europe on Tuesday (25 August) for talks set to focus on settlement expansion, EU presidency country Sweden is embroiled in a diplomatic crisis with Tel Aviv over a newspaper article about Israeli soldiers harvesting Palestinian organs.

Mr Netanyahu on Sunday demanded that Sweden formally condemn the story, which was published last week in Sweden's top selling Aftonbladet daily.

The Israeli government has said the piece is a modern...

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Sweden's Carl Bildt: His government is backing freedom of speech in the row with Israel (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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