Swedish Foreign Minister supports Goldstone.

After the recent blood libel published in Swedish tabloid Aftonbladets why am I not surprised at this story in today’s Jerusalem Post.

Sweden supports Goldstone report

Sweden supports the Goldstone Commission’s report into Operation Cast Lead, the country’s foreign minister, Carl Bildt, said Thursday.

No real surprise there, remember Bildt at the time of the blood libel refused to condemn the series of lies published in the tabloid on the grounds of freedom of speech.

Bildt told reporters in Stockholm that South African judge Richard Goldstone was a person with “high credibility” and “high integrity” and that his report carries weight. He said the probe, which alleged that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes during last winter’s Israel offensive against Gaza, is worthy of consideration.

Goldstone might have had credibility before he drank the kool-aid but as Elder of Ziyon has shown in a series of posts, Goldstone has no problem with ignoring evidence and publishing lies as truths.

An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman called Bildt’s remarks “disappointing,” and said they demonstrated his “lack of reading comprehension skills,” since anyone who read the report would know that it was biased.

Disappointing is a bit of an understatement, but I guess in diplomatic speak it’s quite substantial.