Swedish architect Snore Lindquist and commentator Lasse Wilhelmson wrote in the Saudi Gazette that the United Nations should expel Israel from the international body. They called the Gaza region "the largest concentration camp in the world." It can be questioned from the aspect of human rights legislation whether Israel is a legitimate state, according to their views.
 
"The U.N. should use the word apartheid in connection with Israel and consider sanctions with the former South Africa serving as a model," they wrote, adding that "Miguel dÉscoto Brockman, president of the U.N. General Assembly, conveyed this message at a meeting...with the world body's General Secretary Ban Ki-moon."

The authors of the article also claimed that the Arab's rejection of the 1947 Partition Plan was based on "excellent reasons," which the Swedes did not detail.