The Danes are not happy with their new Israeli Ambassador-designate: former GSS head Carmi Gillon. Danish newspapers report that he stood at the head of an organization that \"tortured Palestinian prisoners.\" Gillon is scheduled to assume the post this coming autumn. The Danish Foreign Ministry must approve the appointment, and it is feared that antagonistic public opinion could have a detrimental effect on its decision.
Sweden has come under attack for its condemnation of Israel\'s response to Palestinian rioters - while its own police recently shot three rock-throwing protestors at an anti-globalization demonstration. Women in Green wrote to the Swedish Ambassador, \"Now that your police have shot live ammunition at stone-throwing demonstrators in Gothenburg, you certainly have no right to pass judgment on Israeli police or army, who come under daily attack from Palestinian so-called \"demonstrators\" who go well beyond stones - throwing Molotov cocktails and grenades, as well as firing semi-automatic weapons. Will your government negotiate under fire with the demonstrators in Gothenburg as you expect Israel to do with its terrorist enemy? Shame on you for hypocrisy and cowardice in your continued support of Arafat!\"
Sweden has come under attack for its condemnation of Israel\'s response to Palestinian rioters - while its own police recently shot three rock-throwing protestors at an anti-globalization demonstration. Women in Green wrote to the Swedish Ambassador, \"Now that your police have shot live ammunition at stone-throwing demonstrators in Gothenburg, you certainly have no right to pass judgment on Israeli police or army, who come under daily attack from Palestinian so-called \"demonstrators\" who go well beyond stones - throwing Molotov cocktails and grenades, as well as firing semi-automatic weapons. Will your government negotiate under fire with the demonstrators in Gothenburg as you expect Israel to do with its terrorist enemy? Shame on you for hypocrisy and cowardice in your continued support of Arafat!\"