by heraldgeezer | 2026-03-13 19:49:26+00:00
Yes, sadly, and a lot of it is MENA migrants. But that should be no surprise if you have any experience of the world and Sweden.

I think you are trying to be funny, but I am serious.

>“First, before 2015 it was not acceptable to talk about antisemitism which came from immigrant groups from the Middle-East. This made members of the Jewish community feel abandoned. Sweden has now changed and it’s now possible to talk about it and deal with the problem”, Kahn Nord says

> “antisemitism has long been a weapon of regimes in the Middle East, where it is deeply rooted, openly expressed, and legitimized. The spread of this type of propaganda via the internet by regimes such as Iran has contributed to the globalization of this hatred. Recently, it was revealed that the Iranian regime is suspected of having planned to murder Swedish Jews, among them Aron Verständig, the chair of the Official Council of Swedish Jewish Communities (Judiska Centralrådet). According to the Swedish Security Services (Säpo), Iran has also recruited Swedish criminal networks to carry out attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets. The Swedish National Centre for Terrorist Threat Assessment (NCT) has reported that the biggest terror threats in Sweden come from violent Islamists and right-wing extremists, which both have Jews and Jewish institutions as some of their primary targets”.

https://k-larevue.com/en/2025/05/22/sweden/

You like this I bet.

https://jcfa.org/the-uncomfortable-truth-about-malmo-sweden-...

https://www.timesofisrael.com/sweden-reports-sharp-rise-in-a...

Official Swedish statistics from the National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) show a clear rise in antisemitic hate crimes, increasing from 111 cases in 2022 to 217 in 2024 (doubling their share of all hate crimes to 8%), with a sharp surge (>450%) to 110 reports in late 2023 following the October 7 Hamas attack. This increase correlates with large-scale immigration from Arab and Middle Eastern countries, where antisemitic attitudes are significantly higher (e.g., ADL surveys show ~74% prevalence in MENA vs. low native Swedish levels). Multiple studies and reports, including Brå analyses and victim perceptions, indicate that perpetrators are often from Middle Eastern immigrant backgrounds, with spikes tied to Israel-related conflicts and imported attitudes, though not all immigrants are involved.

Key sources:

Brå report on antisemitic hate crime (2025): https://bra.se/english/publications/archive/2025-08-29-antis...

Brå hate crimes 2024 statistics: https://bra.se/english/publications/archive/2026-01-26-hate-...

European Jewish Congress on 2024 increase: https://eurojewcong.org/news/communities-news/sweden/accordi...

FRA EU survey on Jewish experiences in Sweden (2024, pre-Oct 2023 data showing high perceptions): https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-20...

(Sweden country sheet: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/antise...)

Older Brå report noting Middle Eastern perpetrator backgrounds: https://bra.se/download/18.3808406a192bd2f0b724059/173028344...

Various analyses linking to immigration (e.g., Wikipedia summary, JCPA articles, US State Dept reports citing surveys).