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== Political views == {{Quote box |quote=We refuse to understand the significance of Islamic culture in Europe's history. We are characterized by intense ignorance. What would Europe have been without Islamic culture? Nothing. |source = Henning Mankell, ''[[Dagbladet]]'', 30 August 2007 (talking about his play ''Lampedusa'' which tells about a Muslim lesbian immigrant in Sweden)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/08/30/510512.html|title=- Teatret er i krise – Litteratur – Dagbladet.no|access-date=5 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006134503/http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/08/30/510512.html|archive-date=6 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |width = 30% |quoted = 1 }} In his youth Mankell was a left-wing political activist and participated in the [[Protests of 1968]] in Sweden, protesting against, among other things, the [[Vietnam War]], the [[Portuguese Colonial War]], and the [[apartheid]] regime in South Africa. Furthermore, he got involved with ''[[Folket i Bild/Kulturfront]]'' which focused on cultural policy studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001010046786&tag=item&words=mankell%3Bakp|title=Tekstarkiv|work=Dagbladet|access-date=5 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006203830/http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001010046786&tag=item&words=mankell%3Bakp|archive-date=6 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In the 1970s, Mankell moved from Sweden to Norway and lived with a Norwegian woman who was a member of the [[Maoist]] [[Workers' Communist Party (Norway)|Workers' Communist Party]]. He took an active part in their activities but did not join the party.<ref>{{cite book|title=De svenska maoisterna|last=Augustsson|first=Lars Åke|author2=Hansén, Stig|year=2001|publisher=Lindelöw |location=Gothenburg|isbn=91-88144-48-8|language=sv}}</ref> In 2002, Mankell gave financial support by buying stocks for 50,000 [[Norwegian krone|NOK]] in the Norwegian left-wing newspaper ''[[Klassekampen]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radioarkiv/her___na/1900095.html|title=NRK.no – Her & Nå|work=NRK|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> In 2009, Mankell was a guest at the [[Palestine Festival of Literature]]. He said he had seen "repetition of the despicable apartheid system that once treated Africans and coloured as second-class citizens in their own country". He found a resemblance between the [[Israeli West Bank barrier]] and the [[Berlin Wall]]: "The wall that is currently dividing the country will prevent future attacks, in short term. In the end, it will face the same destiny as the wall that once divided Berlin did."<ref name="pulsemedia.org">{{cite web|url=http://pulsemedia.org/2009/06/27/ending-apartheid/|title=Ending Apartheid|work=P U L S E|date=27 June 2009|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> Considering the environment the Palestinian people live in, he continued: "Is it strange that some of them in pure desperation, when they cannot see any other way out, decide to become suicide bombers? Not really? Maybe it is strange that there are not more of them."<ref name="pulsemedia.org" /> Mankell stated in an interview with ''[[Haaretz]]'' that he did not support [[Hezbollah]].<ref name="haaretz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/will-the-real-henning-mankell-speak-up-1.367761|title=Will the Real Henning Mankell Speak Up?|work=Haaretz.com|date=June 2011|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> In Mankell's opinion the state of Israel should not have a future as a [[two-state solution]] and this "will not be the end of the historical occupation". He said he did not encounter antisemitism during his journey, just "hatred against the occupants that is completely normal and understandable", and said that "to keep these two things separate is crucial".<ref name="pulsemedia.org" /> === Gaza flotilla === [[File:Henning Mankell01.jpg|thumb|Mankell in 2009]] In 2010, Henning Mankell was on board the ''MS Sofia'', one of the boats which took part in the flotilla which tried to break the [[2007–2010 blockade of the Gaza Strip|Israeli embargo of the Gaza strip]].<ref>{{cite news| first=Alison | last= Flood | newspaper=The Guardian | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/may/31/henning-mankell-israel-flotilla-gaza | title=Author Henning Mankell aboard Gaza flotilla stormed by Israeli troops | date=31 May 2010}}</ref> Following the [[Israel Defense Forces]]' [[Gaza flotilla clash|boarding of the flotilla]] on the morning of 31{{nbsp}}May 2010, Mankell was deported to Sweden. He subsequently called for global sanctions against Israel.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gaza flotilla raid: 'We heard gunfire – then our ship turned into lake of blood'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/02/gaza-flotilla-raid-gunfire-ship-blood|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 June 2010|author=Robert Booth|author2=Kate Connolly|author3=Tom Phillips|author4=Helena Smith}}</ref> In 2010 it was reported that he was considering halting [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] translations of his books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/4841-henning-mankell-may-halt-hebrew-book-version-|title=Henning Mankell may halt Hebrew book version|author=Johan Nylander|access-date=5 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005233216/http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/4841-henning-mankell-may-halt-hebrew-book-version-|archive-date=5 October 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In June 2011, Mankell stated in an article in the Israeli newspaper ''[[Haaretz]]'' that he had never considered preventing his books from being translated into Hebrew, and that unidentified persons had stolen his identity to make this false claim.<ref name="haaretz.com" /> Mankell was supposed to be one of twenty Swedish participants in "[[Freedom Flotilla II]]" which never took place.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crime writer Mankell will be on next Gaza aid flotilla|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110525/wl_mideast_afp/israelconflictgazaswedenmankell|access-date=26 May 2011|newspaper=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=25 May 2011|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|location=[[Stockholm]]|quote=Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell will take part in the next international flotilla that will attempt to bring aid to Gaza at the end of June, organisers said Wednesday.}}</ref> It was originally scheduled to sail to Gaza in June 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Freedom Flotilla 2 to sail for Gaza by end of June|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/431309|access-date=26 May 2011|newspaper=[[Almasry Alyoum]]|date=10 May 2011|agency=[[MENA (news)|MENA]]|quote=The international steering committee of Freedom Flotilla 2, a planned convoy of ships aiming to bring material and moral support to the besieged people of Gaza, announced on Tuesday that the flotilla's intended launch date is to be postponed until June.}}</ref>
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