President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's transition team adviser, Becky Dunlop, joined a group of Republican and European lawmakers in boycotting a meeting with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday.



According to the report, Dunlop and other lawmakers boycotted the scheduled briefing with the Israeli official after they learned that Israel refused to allow Kristina Winberg, a member of the European Parliament for the Sweden Democrats, to join the event. Dunlop and the lawmakers are in Israel for three-day Jerusalem Leaders Summit of conservative parliamentarians.



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The Israeli officials justified their decision to ban Winberg due to her "neo-Nazi tendencies."“The Swedish representative is a member of a party with neo-Nazi tendencies and therefore the Foreign Ministry decided not to include her in the meeting with Hotovely,” Emmanuel Nahshon, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, said in a statement, according to the publication.

“Unfortunately the entire group decided to cancel the meeting,” he added.



Israel has had a strained relationship with Sweden in recent years, following Stockholm's recognition of Palestine in 2014.



In response to that act, Israel recalled its ambassador to Sweden.

The newspaper also noted that Israel refused to meet with Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström during her visit to Israel and Palestine last week.