Tag: Israel
Israeli forces halt a new ‘Ship to Gaza’
A 70-foot trawler being used by a Swedish and Norwegian group to carry solar panels and medical equipment to Gaza was stopped and boarded by Israeli...
Palestinians win aid but no recognition
Lots of people turned up and the sun was even shining, but the message at a rally in front of the Norwegian Parliament this week...
Party leaders condemned anti-Semitism
Just a day after his own party voted to recognize Palestine, Labour leader Jonas Gahr Støre gathered all his fellow party leaders to issue...
Gaza doctor now barred from Israel
Israeli authorities now say they haven't barred Dr Mads Gilbert from Gaza but from Israel itself. The Norwegian physician has treated injured Palestinians in...
Doctor vows to return to Gaza
Norway's foreign ministry and Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert, who has treated wounded Gaza residents for more than 30 years, are both calling Israel's sudden refusal...
New Israeli envoy met with hatred
Raphael Schutz, Israel's new ambassador to Norway, has received a mixed welcome to Oslo, to put it mildly. In the week since the Israeli...
Brende pleased by ‘solid’ aid for Gaza
Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende, who co-led Sunday's top-level meeting to re-build Gaza after Israel's bombing last summer, said that the "solid" amount of...
Police braced for pro-Israel rally
UPDATED: Police patrols were extensive around a demonstration in support of Israel in Oslo on Sunday. The demonstration took place in front of the Norwegian Parliament...
Church leaders denounce Israeli offensive
Norwegian church leaders joined the latest demonstration in Oslo this week against Israel's military attacks on Palestinians living in Gaza. They demanded that charges be...
Doctor, politician square off on Gaza
Dr Mads Gilbert, a surgeon and high-profile Norwegian political activist, returned to a hero's welcome in Oslo on Wednesday after yet another voluntary trip...
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