It has recently become fashionable in Israeli media to bash Sweden, specifically the town of Malmo, for alleged anti-Semitism.
Most Swedes, however, are removed from anti-Semitism. They just want to be left alone. The Swedes have led peaceful life for centuries; they are conservative and tend toward isolationism. They were okay with Jews as long as Jews posed no problem for them. When Muslims started attacking them in person and international media condemned them remotely, the Swedes wanted to have nothing to do with the issue. Their repeated suggestions to Jewish communities that they should denounce Israeli policies is a well-intentioned attempt to help local Jews to stop the trouble.
The Swedes do not care who’s right or wrong in the Middle East. Since Muslims are many in Malmo, and Jews are few, the Swedes want those strange people—Jews—to satisfy the demands of the no-less-strange Muslim people.
