MIDDLE EAST

Several party leaders want to stop Swedish aid to Palestine

2:46 min
  • Development assistance to Palestine should be stopped, the government parties and the Sweden Democrats said in a televised party leader debate on Sunday.

  • According to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of the Moderates, the issue is already under review by the government.

  • ”We cannot support an authority that glorifies murder, that glorifies terrorist acts,” Liberal leader Johan Pehrson told news agency TT on his way into SVT's debate.