Israel recalls ambassador to Sweden
By Associated Press
Oct 30, 2014 12:26 PM CDT
Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom talks to the media Thursday Oct. 30, 2014, at the government building Rosenbad, in Stockholm, after Sweden's new government officially recognized a Palestinian state. Wallstrom said the Scandinavian country had decided on the move because the criteria of international...   (Associated Press)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has recalled its ambassador to Sweden to protest Stockholm's recognition of a Palestinian state.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Paul Hirschson said Thursday the ambassador was being recalled for consultations, but declined to say how long he would remain in Israel.

Hirschson said the move was made "because of the recognition of the Palestinian state."

Earlier Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman had called it "a miserable decision that strengthens the extremist elements and Palestinian rejectionism."

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