Svenneling demands that the government increases pressure on Israel, both for what is happening in Gaza and in Lebanon.
The Swedish government's tired talking points don't work, he says in the debate requested by V.
The debate is being held three weeks after Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) was attacked in the chamber by Palestinian activists, and since then security has been increased.
The Social Democrats' spokesperson Morgan Johansson says that the government has only come up with "words, words, words" during the past year and no action. Millions of people in Gaza are traumatized for decades to come, he continues.
A whole generation of children has lost the will to live.
He also wonders if what is happening in Gaza can even be called a war.
Rather a bloodbath where only one party, the Palestinians, dies.
"It's not worthy"
Jacob Risberg, spokesperson for the Green Party, also thinks that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
It's not worthy of a Swedish government to be so paralyzed. Where is Sweden's condemnation of Israel's disproportionate violence against the Palestinian population?
Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard points out that 1,200 people were killed by Hamas on October 7 and that a hundred people are still being held hostage by the terrorist organization. It's uncertain how many of them are still alive.
We wouldn't be having this debate today if it weren't for the terrorist organization Hamas' heinous attacks. That must never be forgotten, she says.
Calling for reflection
Sweden demands that the hostages be released, at the same time, the consequences of the war for civilians in Gaza are unimaginable, Malmer Stenergard continues. She doesn't agree that the government only talks and doesn't act to put an end to the suffering.
This government is not just looking on, as some would like to give the impression.
We are now seeing a regional escalation that is deeply worrying. The government calls for reflection.
The government wants to see increased humanitarian access to Gaza and an immediate ceasefire in accordance with the UN Security Council's resolution.
Malmer Stenergard also doesn't want to see violence and threats on Swedish streets that originate from the Middle East.
We shouldn't make the Middle East's conflicts our conflicts, she says.
