Israel summoned the ambassador of Sweden, Carl Magnus Nesser, to the foreign ministry in Jerusalem to protest his country's vote in favor of a UNESCO resolution disavowing the country's sovereignty in the Israeli capital.

The text, which was submitted to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s Executive Board by Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and Sudan, referred to Israel as the “occupying power” and indicates that it has no legal or historical ties to any part of the city.

Sweden was the only EU country to vote for the resolution, which passed by a vote of 22-10, with another 26 states either abstaining (23) or not showing up to vote (3).

Six other EU countries, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Germany and the UK, voted against the resolution of the UNESCO Executive Board and five abstained: France, Spain, Slovania and Estonia.

Israel was infuriated by Sweden's vote, with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon posting on Twitter: “Hard to believe Sweden is the only European country which voted against Israel at UNESCO today! Nothing short of shameful.”

The Swedish Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday explaining its vote, saying “Sweden welcomes the constructive efforts undertaken by Palestine and Jordan in presenting a more focused draft resolution to the Executive Board. The text has improved substantially compared to previous years.”

The statement referenced negotiations held by the EU with the Palestinians and Jordanians to water down the text, and said that Sweden was willing to make concessions to other EU partners in order to reach a united EU position on the matters.

“However,” the statement continued, “since the EU unfortunately has not been able to stay united, and since Sweden believes the current text is acceptable, Sweden has voted in favour.”

Nahshon said that Sweden's explanatory statement “is a masterpiece of hypocrisy, playing skillfully with nasty anti-Israel propaganda.”

Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev will demand that the offices of UNESCO in Jerusalem be shut following the vote of the resolution.