(JTA) An appeals court in Sweden overturned a deportation order against a Palestinian man who firebombed a synagogue, saying he’d be in danger from Israel because of his crime if sent to the Palestinian Authority.
The ruling Wednesday by the Court of Appeals for Western Sweden was on a motion filed by one of the three men convicted in June of the attempted arson in December of a synagogue in Gothenburg, hours after a march in the southern city against the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
The appellant, who was not named in the Swedish media, was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to be deported after serving that term. The court upheld the conviction while overturning the deportation order, citing Israel, the SVT broadcaster reported.
