SD top who knelt before Israeli settler hits back: “Anti-Semitism”

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Published 23 September 2024 at 18.08

Domestic. SD top Alexander Christiansson, 43, was caught on film when he knelt down crying in front of an Israeli settler during a trip to Israel. Now he accuses the critics of being anti-Semitic – and promises to further strengthen his commitment to Jews and Israel.

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Fria Tider reported last week that the Sweden Democrats' cultural policy spokesperson Alexander Christiansson had written a debate article in which he announced that SD and the government will give nine million tax kroner to Barbara Specter's left-wing radical Jewish think tank Paideia.

Barbara Specter became internationally famous after she claimed in an Israeli television interview that Jews have a “leading role” in transforming Europe into a multicultural one.

After Fria Tider's publication, a clip with Alexander Christiansson has received great attention dissemination on social media. The video shows how the SD leader goes down on his knees sobbing before an Israeli settler rabbi in the West Bank whose sons had died fighting Hamas.

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The Jewish site Yeshiva World News has previously reported on Christianson's behavior during the visit to the Knesset in Israel this spring.

In the clip you can see how other Israelis present are so shocked by the Swedish politician's kneeling that they start laughing.< /p>

The spread of the video has led to hundreds of critical comments on X. Many accuse Alexander Christiansson of being more loyal to Israel and the Jews than to Sweden and the Swedes.

Now the SD leader hits back at the critics in his own thread on X – where he has a large Jewish star of David as the background image for his profile.

“I stand up for a strengthened Jewish life and I strongly oppose all forms of anti-Semitism”, he writes.

Alexander Christiansson states that the criticism will not shake him:

“On the contrary, my commitment is further strengthened after reading my comment fields since I together with the government had this debate article published.”

The new post has received a large number of new critical comments.

“Enough about the Jews, how is it going to stop mass immigration?” writes one user.

“I thought I was touching you because you would care about us Swedes!” reads another answer.

I stand for a strengthened Jewish life and I strongly oppose all forms of anti-Semitism . pic.twitter.com/s2QNVRLUPl

— Alexander Christiansson – SD (@AOchristiansson) September 23, 2024