Yvonne Ruwaida (born 14 August 1970 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany) is a Swedish Green Party politician of Palestinian origin. She was a member of the Parliament of Sweden from 1994 to 2006.[1]
As a member of parliament, Ruwaida together with Mariam Osman Sherifay (Social democrats) invited two representatives of the palestinian organization Hamas, which at the time was categorized as a terrorist organization by the EU. The invitees were a group leader in the palestine parliament and a relative of a Hamas leader which had been killed.[2][3][4]
From 2006 until 2010, she was the leader of the Greens in the city council in Stockholm Municipality, where they were part of the opposition. Since then, she is vice-convener of the Green Party's central directorate.
According to terror scholar Magnus Ranstorp, Ruwaida is opposed to strengthening the anti-terror legislation in Sweden.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Yvonne Ruwaida (MP) - Riksdagen".
- ^ Egyptson, Sameh. (28 October 2018). Holy White Lies. p. 69. ISBN 978-977-02-8780-4. OCLC 1065025016.
- ^ "Hamas bjuds in av riksdagskvinnor". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2 May 2006. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Hamas declared a terrorist organisation by Europe's highest court". The Independent. 26 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Stark lobby och få dåd i Sverige". Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
External links edit
- Yvonne Ruwaida at the Riksdag website
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