Jacob Risberg

Vore det inte enklare om vi ändrade det officiella svenska namnet till Sveitch än att lära alla sportkommentatorer att uttala Schweiz korrekt?

Så Liberalerna och Sverigedemokraterna går alltså till val med en gemensam valplattform. Didn't see that one coming.

@FranceskAlbs @Maersk Wonderful! Now the question is if they will also refuse to load goods coming from occupied Western Sahara to prevent Morocco from profiting off of the occupation?

Politicians should not interfere with, nor criticise independent courts judicial work. No matter if you're a Swedish or foreign politician. https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sverige/jd-vance-kritik-mot-sverige-skyddar-inte-friheten/

Politiker ska inte lägga sig oberoende rättsväsendens arbete, oavsett om man är svensk politiker eller politiker i ett annat land. https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sverige/jd-vance-kritik-mot-sverige-skyddar-inte-friheten/

Thank you for excellent insights and also a nice chat at the lunch. Hope to talk more when you're back in Sweden the next time.

2. When will the world put serious pressure on Israel to end this senseless war? The Swedish gov. must do more, NOW, so that no more lives are lost. The Green Party is calling for a permanent ceasefire, the war in Gaza is an unprecedented humanitarian disaster. sverigesradio.se/artikel/spad...

1. While drinking my morning coffee, Swedish Radio is reporting about how babies are freezing to death in the tents in Gaza, at least seven are dead. Read that sentence again - babies are freezing to death. It is a sentence that is wrong in every way imaginable. When is enough?

2. När ska världen på allvar sätta press på Israel för slut på detta meningslösa krig? Sveriges regering måste göra mer, NU, för att inte än fler liv ska gå förlorade. MP kräver en permanent vapenvila, kriget är en humanitär katastrof utan motstycke. https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/spadbarn-fryser-ihjal-i-talten-gaza-minst-sju-doda

1. Medan jag dricker mitt morgonkaffe berättar Sveriges Radio om hur spädbarn fryser ihjäl i tälten i Gaza, minst sju är döda. Lyssna på den meningen - spädbarn fryser ihjäl. Det är en mening som är fel på alla tänkbara vis. När är det nog?

@johanssonmorgan @MagnusWalan @Utrikesdep @KerstinLundgren @JanKEliasson @hsvenneling Och samma dag blir det interpellation om lagen mot UNRWA.

Hela idén med R2P, Responsibility to Protect, försvinner dessutom om det först krävs en juridisk process för att avgöra om krigsbrott, brott mot mänskligheten och folkmord begås.

23. But that is not the case, and it shows that we have a weak and right-wing populist government in Sweden that so easily falls for the propaganda of the extreme right-wing Israeli government. Shame on you, Benjamin Dousa!

22. If the Swedish government had simply raised the rights of these Palestinians and put pressure on Israel's responsibility for them when choosing to end support for UNRWA, there would have been at least an ounce of credibility in the government's policy.

21. both for all Palestinians living in the occupied territories but also to contribute to the right of return or financially compensate the 6 million Palestinian refugees who are currently in Gaza, the West Bank including Jerusalem, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.

20. UNRWA continues to exist and is needed because the outside world and Israeli and Palestinian leaders have not managed to find a sustainable solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and because Israel does not take the responsibility it has,

19. who are dependent on UNRWA's healthcare, education and other assistance. And when the damned genocide in Gaza has been stopped, and Gaza's schoolchildren are to return to school, who does the Swedish government intend to run these schools?

18. And although it will of course have consequences for both the 1.5 million refugees who are there, as well as the other 700,000 to whom UNRWA has contributed to distributing food and supplies over the past 14 months, the decision will also affect an additional 4.5 million Palestinian refugees

17. So, back to today's idiotic decision by the government. A week ago, Sweden voted to renew UNRWA's mandate until 30 June 2026, but is now choosing to stop all financial contributions to that mandate. The statements made so far basically refer only to Gaza and UNRWA's work there.

16. who choose not to do so should be financially compensated for loss or destruction of property.

15. Having said that, the UN has already stated from the beginning, in Resolution 194, and as reiterated over the years, that the Palestinian refugees have the right to return to their homes and live in peace with their neighbours as soon as possible and that those

14. UNRWA does not have a mandate to try to find a permanent solution for the Palestinians, but was formed to provide services while waiting for a permanent solution or the possibility of return.

13. And UNHCR has a responsibility to try to find permanent solutions for refugees through either repatriation, i.e. returning to their homes, or permanent resettlement in a new homeland (but with the refugee's own consent).

12. with a slightly different mandate, and with a fatal difference for the Palestinians. UNHCR is responsible for refugees all over the world, except for the Palestinian refugees who fall under UNRWA's mandate in the five regions where UNRWA operates.

11. UNRWA does not run these camps themselves since it is not part of their mandate, but is responsible for healthcare, education and other social services. The problem is that at the same time as UNRWA is being formed, the UN is also working on another refugee agency, UNHCR,