All Aspects of the Aftonbladet Affair
JCPA publishes “The Aftonbladet Organ-Trafficking Accusations against Israel: A Case Study” by Swedish scholar Mikael Tossavainen, detailing all of the players (including CAMERA), and concluding:
Yet the big losers from the affair appear to be Aftonbladet itself, the Swedish government in the international sphere, and Europe as a whole, since Sweden stood at its helm for six months. From a European perspective, the crisis ended with the Spanish assumption of the presidency on 1 January 2010. The question of how long it will take for Swedish-Israeli relations to heal is another matter.
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