The demonstrators stood outside a Jewish school in central Stockholm, which provoked strong reactions. Member of Parliament Mattias Karlsson (The Moderate Party) called the demonstrators "monsters" in a post that was shared by the Foreign Minister.
These demonstrators have the right to exercise their freedom of speech, but I also have the right to exercise my freedom of speech. And I want to express how inappropriate this is, says Malmer Stenergard to TT and continues:
We are already seeing a terrible polarization in the Gaza issue today and I do not want the world's conflicts to take to Swedish streets and squares.
Outside school hours
The demonstration was organized by the network Jewish Anti-Zionist Alliance, and was held after school hours. According to the organizer, the demonstration was directed against a lecture by a former soldier in the Israeli army, IDF, which was held in the same building as the school.
But it is irrelevant as long as the school is located there, the Foreign Minister means.
I do not want Jewish children to be afraid to leave their school.
Dadgostar: "Inappropriate"
The Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar criticizes Malmer Stenergard's stance and demands that she immediately backs down and apologizes.
"Deeply inappropriate that the Foreign Minister defends the statement that people who peacefully exercise their constitutionally protected right to demonstrate are 'monsters'. The tone does not belong in a democracy", writes Dadgostar on X.
