The Gothenburg District Court sentenced three men in this incident on Monday. One of the men, a 22-year-old Palestinian who had his asylum application revoked following this decision, then he received a two-year sentence in prison and will be deported after serving his sentence.
The incident, which took place in the wake of protests against US recognition of Al-Quds as the capital of Israel in December.
The other two men, a 19-year-old Syrian and a 24-year-old Palestinian, both have Swedish residency permits and cannot be deported. The Palestinian man will serve a two-year sentence while the Syrian man will only serve 15 months. The three are the only people that have been charged for supporting Palestinian.
People all over the world took to the streets to voice their outrage after US President Donald Trump recognized Al-Quds as the capital of Israel in December 2017. In Sweden, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters staged a demonstration in the Swedish city of Malmo, shouting anti-Jewish and anti-American slogans.
