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Israel placed curbs on Swedish journalists on Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Sweden's government to condemn a newspaper article that Israeli officials say recalled historic hatred of Jews in Europe. Israel's foreign minister compared it to the Dreyfus Affair - the trial of a Jewish officer in the French army a century ago.

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