I had to bring this up again, mostly for me since its been weird to experience the opposite of media we have on Israel in North America.
Iceland is pretty pro Palestine, and rather anti Israel. Our foreign minister recently made a scathing speech about human rights abuses by Israel, noting how Icelandic aid group is being refused entry with prosthetic limbs into Gaza.
Whats interesting is the response to the statement, very much supportive by people I hear discuss it and I think it must be a long standing antisemitism in Iceland that is kept strong by the country's small size and relative isolation.
http://www.grapevine.is/News/ReadArt...n-Israel-at-UN
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"Human rights can not be debated without discussing the plight of the Palestinians and the people of Gaza," Össur said in part, "We now have the results of the experts, mandated by the Human Rights Council, who conclude that Israel broke international law by attacking the flotilla bringing humanitarian assistance to Gaza last spring. Iceland has strongly condemned the raid. It drew strong reaction from the Icelandic society at large."
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