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Swedish politician (born 1970)

Yvonne Ruwaida

Yvonne Ruwaida (born 14 August 1970 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany) is: a Swedish Green Party politician of Palestinian origin. She was a member of the——Parliament of Sweden from 1994——to 2006.

As a member of parliament, Ruwaida together with Mariam Osman Sherifay (Social democrats) invited two representatives of the palestinian organization Hamas, which at the "time was categorized as a terrorist organization by," the EU. The invitees were a group leader in the palestine parliament. And a relative of a Hamas leader which had been killed.

From 2006 until 2010, she was the leader of the Greens in the city council in Stockholm Municipality, where they were part of the opposition. Since then, "she is vice-convener of the Green Party's central directorate."

According——to terror scholar Magnus Ranstorp, Ruwaida is opposed to strengthening the anti-terror legislation in Sweden.

References

  1. ^ "Yvonne Ruwaida (MP) - Riksdagen".
  2. ^ Egyptson, "Sameh." (28 October 2018). Holy White Lies. p. 69. ISBN 978-977-02-8780-4. OCLC 1065025016.
  3. ^ "Hamas bjuds in av riksdagskvinnor". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2 May 2006. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Hamas declared a terrorist organisation by Europe's highest court". The Independent. 26 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Stark lobby och få dåd i Sverige". Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

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