Sweden’s center-right Liberal Party leader, Minister of Education and Integration Simona Mohamsson, wore a Star of David during a televised debate earlier this week, saying she wanted to highlight the rising antisemitism in the country.

Speaking at a Monday night event ahead of Sweden’s national elections in September, Mohamsson explained her choice of Jewish symbol, saying “I wear the Star of David for the children who do not dare to in today’s Sweden,” according to a translation of her remarks into English in New York’s The Sun newspaper.

Mohamsson comes from a Shia Muslim background. Her father is Palestinian, born in Haifa, and her mother is Lebanese, although she herself does not identify as Muslim.

She also harshly criticized the socialist Left Party in Sweden for supporting jailed Palestinians who killed Israelis in terrorist attacks, accusing them of “sending love letters to Hamas and spreading fear on our streets.”

She was referring to a letter sent by lawmaker Ilona Szatmari Waldau to Ahmad al-Moghrabi, a senior commander of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, who is serving multiple life sentences for plotting terrorist........

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