Violent protesters clash with Swedish police during Israel tennis match
By Haaretz Staff and AgenciesHundreds of violent anti-Israel protesters clashed with police in the Swedish city of the Malmo yesterday, outside the near-empty arena in which the Israeli and Swedish Davis Cup teams were playing a first-round match. Protesters pelted police with stones, firecrackers and paint bombs and police said they had detained 10 people.
On the court, Sweden gained the initiative by winning the doubles rubber yesterday, after Friday's singles matches were split 1-1. "We knew there were going to be a few thousand people screaming out there," Israel's Andy Ram said. "Inside here we didn't feel anything." Ram also reiterated his criticism of the decision to play the match behind closed doors.
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