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Sweden pulls out of air exercise
[SIZE=2]Sweden has withdrawn its aircraft from an international air exercise after finding out Israel was taking part. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Sweden had been due to send six fighter jets to the Volcanex 2006 exercise in Italy as part of preparations for international peacekeeping operations. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The government strongly denies Israeli media speculation that there was a political reason for pulling out or that it is boycotting Israel. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The foreign ministry says it is down to appropriate use of limited resources. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The Israeli press ran headlines of a "Swedish boycott" and the National Religious Party described the move as "anti-Semitic". [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Sweden traditionally sticks to a policy of neutrality, but is involved in UN peacekeeping and Nato's Partnership for Peace programme. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Swedish Defence Minister Leni Bjoerklund said the scenario for the exercise in May, involving 10 European countries, had initially been international peacekeeping missions. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Not mentioning Israel by name, she said the armed forces were told at a late stage "that a state not belonging to the Partnership for Peace, and with which Sweden did not previously have bilateral military co-operation and which does not take part in international peacekeeping missions", was to take part. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]'Practical' reason [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]She said the government advised the armed forces that "Sweden's participation was no longer regarded as appropriate". [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson said due to the high cost of taking part and limited resources, Sweden had to focus on exercises that involved its immediate partners. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"We don't see Israel as a country that we will in all probability co-operate with in peacekeeping operations for the time being," he said. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]He said it was in no way a boycott and was "purely practical". [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Mr Eliasson said his ministry would talk to the Israeli government to reassure them of their position.[/SIZE]
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natuurlijk trekken de israelis direct de anti-semite kaart, naar laffe gewoonte
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