Jamal El-Haj, a Swedish member of Parliament, called Israel an 'apartheid state'

Peter Bergen : Jamal El-Haj is a member of Parliament for Malmö , Sweden ’s third -biggest city.

He says he called Israel an “apartheid state” rather than censure him, he was appointed to the foreign affairs committee.

Bergen says Sweden 's Social Democrats suspended him from Parliament for taking part in the “ Palestinians in Europe ” conference.

The conference organizer, a Dutch Palestinian named Amin Abu Rashid , has such damningly close links with Hamas .

Jamal El-Haj knows Abu Rashid , who raised funds for Hamas and the Gaza flotillas.

He says he sailed on flotilla with Huwaida Arraf , who, like Rashida Tlaib , slanders Israel with “genocide” and campaigns for the destruction of the Jewish state.