Via Washington Post:
Israeli officials have a blunt message for Margot Wallstrom, the Swedish foreign minister: You are not welcome here.
“We decline to host the Swedish foreign minister in Israel,” Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s deputy foreign minister, told reporters on Wednesday. “The State of Israel is closing its doors to official Swedish visits.” An Israeli spokesman later clarified that the move did not apply to all Swedish officials, just the foreign minister. “It’s just Margot Wallstrom,” Emmanuel Nahshon told the Swedish news agency TT.
Wallstrom had been due to visit Israel on Thursday to attend an event in honor of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swede who saved tens of thousands of Jews during World War II, but the trip was canceled at the last minute. The Swedish Foreign Ministry says there was a scheduling conflict, though Swedish Radio News reports that Israeli officials had refused to meet with her.