CAM Demands ‘Strong and Coordinated’ Swedish Police Response to Open Displays of Antisemitic Incitement

In the aftermath of an anti-Israel demonstration in Gothenburg earlier this month where flags of EU-designated terrorist groups and banners inciting violence targeting Jews were openly displayed, the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) alerted Swedish and European officials and launched an international petition campaign demanding an investigation and future preventive action.

At the July 5th protest, marchers carried flags of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and images of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar — the October 7th massacre mastermind who was killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in 2024 — and a sign bearing the slogan “Death, Death to the IDF” were also seen in the crowd.

Responding to CAM this week, the office of Gothenburg Mayor Jonas Attenius said the city administration condemned “any displays of antisemitism or violent extremism,” but noted that public protest permitting was a policing issue outside its legal jurisdiction.

Following the mayor’s response, CAM escalated the matter to Swedish National Police Commissioner Petra Lundh and Swedish Special Envoy for Antisemitism Isak Reichel.

In a letter to Special Envoy Reichel, CAM said it “appreciated” Mayor Attenius’s response, but “we remain concerned that the broader response of the Swedish authorities does not yet reflect the scale of the problem.”

To Commissioner Lundh, CAM wrote, “We recognize the challenges of balancing public order with freedom of expression. However, the growing visibility of terrorist symbols, extremist rhetoric, and antisemitic incitement underscores the need for a strong and coordinated response.”

This is Gothenburg, Sweden. It used to be a nice city. Today it hosts open support for terrorism.

At an antisemitic, anti-Western demonstration, we monitored Hamas, PFLP, and Islamic Jihad flags, along with pictures of Sinwar and more.

How could a city, a nation of freedom,… pic.twitter.com/Ti6kzYdeh5

— Sacha Roytman (@SachaRoytman) July 10, 2026

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