[Jerusalem Post] Herb Keinon - Some officials in Jerusalem saw the defeat Sunday of Sweden's Social Democratic government as an opening for a change in the Swedish government's unabashedly pro-Arab, anti-Israeli position. Former Israeli Ambassador to Stockholm Zvi Mazel said that the center-right parties, headed by prime minister designate Fredrik Reinfeld, made supportive comments about Israel while in the opposition. Gunnar Hokmark, a Swedish member of the European parliament and chairman of the Israel-Swedish Friendship League, said he thought the new government would "chart a more balanced policy" toward Israel.
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