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  • Israel warns of boycott over art flap

    01/19/2004 5:07:31 PM PST · by SJackson · 4 replies · 212+ views
    IHT ^ | 1-19-04
    JERUSALEM Ignoring accusations of censorship, Israel warned Monday that it would boycott an international genocide conference in Stockholm next week unless Sweden disowned an exhibit at a related art show Israeli participation will depend on the Swedish government's willingness to "disassociate itself" from the art work, which depicts a smiling Palestinian suicide bomber, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said at a Jerusalem news conference. "Then and only then will I consider positively what needs to be done," he said. The conference organizer, Krister Kumlin, has ruled out the exhibit's being removed, saying the Swedish government would never agree to such an...