# As Sweden heads to polls, Israel and Palestine policies are on the ballot

https://mins.news/en/item/49598

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-08 11:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/8/as-sweden-heads-to-polls-israel-and-palestine-policies-are-on-the-ballot?traffic_source=rss

> Sweden is heading into a knife-edge general election that could shift its position on Israel. A Novus poll put the left-wing coalition at 50.3 percent, ahead of the right-wing government at 47.9 percent, while the Sweden Democrats want Sweden to revoke its recognition of Palestine.

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