"Sweden's Controversial Bible Burning Sparks Israeli Outrage"

Israeli officials have protested to Sweden after local police approved a request to burn a Bible outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, calling it a "hate crime." The decision comes after Quran burnings took place in the city. Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned the act, stating that permitting the defacement of sacred texts is not freedom of expression but blatant incitement and an act of hate. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Eli Cohen also condemned the plans, calling it a hate crime and a provocation causing grave harm to the Jewish people. The European Jewish Congress strongly condemned the act, stating that such actions have no place in any civilized society.