Bad joke about Biden by Israeli minister’s son causes outrage

An Iranian couple was expelled from Sweden on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks against Jews in Sweden. Israel’s defense minister apologized after the remarks “humiliating” Joe Biden on his son. Le Figaro Takes stock of the situation.

Iran is suspected of plotting attacks against Jews in Sweden

Several Iranians who worked for the Islamic regime’s intelligence services and were deported to their native country in 2022 planned the murder of Jewish people in Sweden, Swedish public radio revealed on Tuesday. The man and woman in question, Mahdi Ramzani and Fereshteh Sanayfarid, were arrested in the suburbs of Stockholm in April 2021 on suspicion of criminal conspiracy to commit a terrorist offence, according to the same source.

The couple, who received asylum in 2017 as Afghans, were deported from Sweden to Iran in 2022 because they posed a threat to national security, an investigation by Sveriges Radio showed. “We are sure they were here on a mission on behalf of Iran. They were considered a very serious security threat here in Sweden. This is why he was expelled.”Hans Ihrmann, the prosecutor in charge of the case, told Sveriges Radio when the couple was arrested.

No official information has been released about the two men, but Sveriges Radio reports that the couple were instructed by Iran’s ideological army, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, to carry out attacks against Jewish targets in Sweden. These alleged agents, during their stay in the Scandinavian country, may have identified three Swedish Jews, including Aaron Verstandig, president of the official council of Jewish communities in Sweden, with an address and supporting photos. “I was worried. As a parent of young children, you have (…) a great responsibility regarding (their) safety”He responded to SR.

Aaron Verstandig was notified by domestic intelligence services that he was a target, in 2021, Swedish radio and tabloids report. Aftonbladet. “There was a mapping. There have been contacts with Iran. It was precisely how the targets were attacked that we failed to obtain the necessary evidence that would have been a prerequisite for action., Hans Ihraman explained to SR. According to the radio, the two Iranians deny the allegations. Iran and Israel have been engaged in a secret war for years.

The Israeli minister apologized after the remarks “humiliating” of his son on Biden

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir apologized on Tuesday after his son mocked him on social networks. X of US President Joe Biden, suggests he has Alzheimer’s disease. “Shuvel is my son and I love him, but last night he made a big mistake with a tweet that I really dislike”Itamar Ben Gvir wrote, but on X. “The United States is our greatest friend and President Biden is a friend of Israel”, he continued. No room for words “humiliating”he said.

18-year-old Shauel Ben Gvir posted a photo of 81-year-old Joe Biden on Monday evening, claiming that he “Important to raise awareness” for Alzheimer’s disease “which is the most common cause of cognitive decline and dementia in older adults”. The publication was subsequently deleted, and following in his father’s footsteps, Shauel Ben Gvir apologized to his approximately 2,800 subscribers on his account.

The age of Joe Biden, who is running for a second term, has already been the subject of jokes in the past. Itamar Ben Gvir is one of the ministers in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, one of the most right-wing in Israel’s history. The leader of the Jewish Labor Party, he himself is accustomed to making outrageous and sometimes mocking pronouncements.