Editing Sweden Democrats (section)

==== Middle East ====
The Sweden Democrats are supportive of [[Israel]]. The party favors recognising [[Jerusalem]] as Israel's capital and proposes moving the [[List of diplomatic missions of Sweden|Swedish embassy]] there.<ref>{{Citation | url = https://www.timesofisrael.com/swedish-far-right-party-calls-to-recognize-jerusalem-as-israels-capital/ | newspaper = Times of Israel | title = Swedish far-right party calls to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital | date = September 2018 | access-date = 1 January 2020 | archive-date = 1 October 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191001161702/https://www.timesofisrael.com/swedish-far-right-party-calls-to-recognize-jerusalem-as-israels-capital/ | url-status = live }}</ref> A study by the ''European Coalition for Israel'' documented that SD had the most pro-Israel voting record of the Swedish parties in the European Parliament.<ref name="auto12">{{cite news |last=Harkov |first=Lahav |date=17 May 2023 |title=Swedish party with Nazi roots 'wants to be friends of Israel, Jews' |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-743376 |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=Jerusalem Post}}</ref> In 2021, the Israeli government stated that they did not maintain relations with the SD due to "its roots in Nazism"<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 October 2021 |title=Israels ambassadör: Vi vill inte ha några kontakter med SD |url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/israels-ambassador-vi-vill-inte-ha-nagra-kontakter-med-sd/ |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |language=sv |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920121454/https://www.dn.se/sverige/israels-ambassador-vi-vill-inte-ha-nagra-kontakter-med-sd/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kahana |first=Ariel |date=2021-10-26 |title= |script-title=he:זעם בימין השבדי: השגריר הישראלי הודיע שיחרים מפלגה שתומכת בישראל |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/5312119 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=[[Israel Hayom]] |language=he |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171933/https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/5312119 |url-status=live }}</ref> but by 2023 had dropped its non-cooperation stance after SD representatives signed a document of principle with Israeli ministers pledging to combat antisemitism. Between 2023 and 2024, a delegation of senior SD members visited Israel to hold meetings with [[Knesset]] politicians and discuss a cooperation pact with the [[Likud]] party.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-29/ty-article/.premium/top-members-of-far-right-swedish-party-with-neo-nazi-roots-meet-israeli-minister/0000018d-564e-d0fc-a9bd-5e5f9ff00000 |title=Top Members of Far-right Swedish Party With neo-Nazi Roots Meet Israeli Minister in Knesset |publisher=Haaretz |date=29 Jan 2024 |access-date=31 May 2024 |archive-date=8 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408204219/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-29/ty-article/.premium/top-members-of-far-right-swedish-party-with-neo-nazi-roots-meet-israeli-minister/0000018d-564e-d0fc-a9bd-5e5f9ff00000 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/06/12/seizing-on-pro-israel-stance-likud-poised-to-mover-closer-to-far-right-parties-in-europe/ |title=Seizing on pro-Israel stance, Likud poised to move closer to far-Right parties in Europe |publisher=Haaretz |date=6 December 2024 |access-date=31 May 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601191507/https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/06/12/seizing-on-pro-israel-stance-likud-poised-to-mover-closer-to-far-right-parties-in-europe/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The party has also taken a strongly pro-Israel position following the outbreak of the [[Gaza war]], supporting military action to remove Hamas and calling on the Swedish government to review all funding to Palestinian organizations which the SD accuse of spending aid money on terrorism.<ref name="auto12"/>

SD has advocated a "neutral" position on the [[Syrian civil war]] and sent a delegation to meet with Syrian officials in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dalsbro |first1=Anders |last2=Wiklander |first2=Daniel |date=2018-02-20 |title=SD-riksdagsmän kritiseras för resa till Syrien |trans-title=SD Member of Parliament criticized for trip to Syria |url=https://expo.se/nyheter/2017/11/sd-riksdagsm%C3%A4n-kritiseras-f%C3%B6r-resa-till-syrien |website=[[Expo (magazine)|Expo]] |language=sv |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-date=6 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906152952/https://expo.se/nyheter/2017/11/sd-riksdagsm%C3%A4n-kritiseras-f%C3%B6r-resa-till-syrien |url-status=live }}</ref>