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Reactions emerged soon after Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom slammed the Israeli government for its extrajudicial executions against Palestinians, with suggestions that she might be killed for expressing herself in such a manner.

Swedish Foreign Minister, Margot Wallstrom, has been receiving heaps of criticism for her accusations against the Israeli government. In response to her latest comments, Israeli former Chairman of the Pedagogic Secretariat of the Education Ministry hinted that Margot “may be assassinated”.

During a discussion at the Swedish parliament about the ongoing wave of violence in occupied Palestine, Margot said that the Israeli response to Palestinian uprising does not need to be “extrajudicial executions or disproportionate force.”

Zvi Zameret, the former head of the Education Ministry's pedagogic secretariat, wrote a stinging op-ed in right-leaning 'Makor Rishon' on Friday that was harshly critical of Wallstrom.

In his op-ed piece titled "Margot Wallstrom's source of inspiration," Zameret praises the 1948 assassination of the Swedish diplomat Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations mediator who was killed by right-wing Jewish militants opposed to his peace proposals back then, claiming that Margot’s attitude stems from the same so-called “arrogance, ignorance, and anti-Semitism” that was displayed by Bernadotte.

He allegedly claims that remarks of the current Swedish FM, who demanded that Israel be held accountable for the dozens of Palestinians killed over the past two months in the latest uprising or intifada, stem from what he claimed to be the same “Swedish anti-Semitism”, hinting that Margot should share the same fate as Bernadotte.

“The Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallstrom, in the covert anti-Semitism which characterizes her, along with her ignorance and arrogance, and anticipation of the interests of her future Muslim voters–she too is attempting to battle against the basic foundation of the State of Israel. I am certain that her intentions will be defeated, just as were those of the disreputable Count Bernadotte,” wroteZameret.

Also, Israel's Foreign Ministry described Margot’s statements as "irresponsible and delusional,” claiming that she is giving support to what the ministry described as “terror” and thus encouraging violence.

Reports had revealed that arrests, harassment and executions committed by Israeli forces against Palestinians are increasingly excessive and disproportionate, in comparison to Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem that are relatively small in number and often committed by lone youth as part of a new uprising in the face of Israeli different forms of aggression.

According to a report by Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, at least 150 Palestinians including women and minors were extra-judicially killed, while 15,759 were injured including journalists and medical personnel during a period of 3 months only.

The Palestinian death rate is still climbing as Israeli forces continue their crackdown on Palestinian protesters across the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip's border.

On October 8, 2015, Amnesty International released a report titled, "No Justification for deliberate attacks on civilians, unlawful killings by Israeli forces, or collective punishment of Palestinians".

“Amnesty International condemns the widespread use of excessive force by Israeli forces against Palestinian demonstrators across the occupied West Bank, and their failure to protect Palestinians from a wave of settler attacks. The organization urges the Israeli authorities to halt the use of excessive force and unlawful killings of Palestinians by Israeli forces, end punitive home demolitions and other collective punishment of Palestinians...” read the report.