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Amnesty International: Frank Johansson - 'Israel' is a country of scum

On photo: members of a Jewish orthodox organization protesting the existence of "Israel" and Zionism. (Judaism against Zionism)

The head of the Amnesty International's Finnish branch, Frank Johansson, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that he stands by his statement that so-called "Israel" is a scum country.

Writing in his blog, which appears on the Web site of Finland's third largest newspaper Iltalehti, Johansson wrote on Monday:

"A friend of mine who works in Israel visited me in Finland, and while piling wood in the shed, we got to talk about his favorite topic. After several years of residence in the Holy Land, he has come to a conclusion that "Israel is a scum state". Based on my own visits, which occurred during the 1970s and for the last time in the 1990s, I agree."

Asked why he termed "Israel" a "scum state," Johansson told the Post in a telephone interview that it was because Israel has "repeatedly flouted international law," and based on his "personal experiences inside and outside "Israel" while meeting "israelis".

Johansson said that his remarks were not anti-Semitic.

"I actually praise "Breaking the Silence," he said, referring to an "israeli" organization claiming to collect and share testimonies from former jew army soldiers over human rights violations they witnessed, while rarely providing names of troops, dates and locations of these incidents.

The Zionist media immediately pounced on the head of the Finnish office of Amnesty International and this human rights organization as such , accusing them of "one-sided coverage", spreading an "anti-israel's" ideology, "false charges of committing war crimes", etc.

They demanded the Central Bureau of Amnesty International "to freeze all contacts with the Finnish department, fire Johansson and put an end to demonizing "Israel".

Department of Monitoring

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