Tag: Israel

Norway protests Israeli boarding of Gaza boat

UPDATED: Norway's foreign ministry has asked Israeli authorities to explain how they can justify halting and boarding the Norwegian fishing boat Kårstein in international...

Israeli ambassador challenged on NRK

Israel's ambassador to Norway, Raphael Schutz, agreed to an exclusive interview with Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) on its national nightly newscast Dagsrevyen on Wednesday. Schutz...

Hundreds marched against Israel

Several hundred people turned out Tuesday evening for a demonstration in Oslo against Israel's occupation of Palestinian areas. After gathering in front of the...

Israeli ambassador offends Norwegians

Israel's ambassador to Norway, Raphael Schutz, has stirred up protests from Norwegian political leaders on both the right and the left after he described...

Palestinian dislikes LO’s Israel boycott

A Palestininan human rights activist who was in Oslo this week is urging Norway's largest trade union confederation, LO, to drop its boycott of...

Members quit LO over Israel boycott

Norway's largest trade union confederation LO has never seen so many members leave the organization because of disagreement over a single politial issue. In this...

Norwegian leaders mourn Peres’ death

UPDATED: Prime Minister Erna Solberg, her foreign minister Børge Brende and leaders of the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo were among those mourning the...

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...
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