World anti-Semitism is on the rise. Norway\'s largest supermarket chain has decided to boycott all Israeli goods, and called on all its Scandinavian competitors to do the same... A poll released in Oslo, Norway\'s capital, shows that only 9% of the public supports Israel... Sweden is considering calling an economic boycott on Israel... In France, yet another synagogue was firebombed and caught fire last night, this time in Montpelier; no one was hurt... In a separate incident, a bus belonging to a Jewish school in a Paris suburb was also set ablaze... In Finland today, police evacuated three Jewish institutions - a synagogue, a home for the elderly, and a school - in central Helsinki today after a bomb threat was received.
The Swiss government is also reconsidering its relations with Israel, explaining that it cannot bear to have contacts with a country that must defend itself: \"Until recently we had contact with a country that was engaged in a peace process and had signed agreements with Palestinian authorities,\" said Swiss Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Muriel Berset Kohen, \"but now Prime Minister Ariel Sharon openly says Israel is at war.\"
The Swiss government is also reconsidering its relations with Israel, explaining that it cannot bear to have contacts with a country that must defend itself: \"Until recently we had contact with a country that was engaged in a peace process and had signed agreements with Palestinian authorities,\" said Swiss Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Muriel Berset Kohen, \"but now Prime Minister Ariel Sharon openly says Israel is at war.\"