Norway Israel

Norway quietly redefines minority status, puts Jewish organizations at risk

A new law says persons who have moved to Norway after 1950, or their descendants, are not considered to belong to or constitute a national minority.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Norwegian flags flutter at Karl Johans street in Oslo, Norway May 31, 2017.
Norwegian flags flutter at Karl Johans street in Oslo, Norway May 31, 2017.

Norway wealth fund to announce measures on Israeli investments on Tuesday

The government this week launched an urgent review of the investments over ethics concerns linked to the war in Gaza and the West Bank.

|ByREUTERS
A Norse Atlantic Airways Boeing 787-9 aircraft is pushed back from a gate carrying passengers on an inaugural flight to Oslo, Norway from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on August 10, 2022.

What is the airline with the cheapest tickets from US to Israel?

The route connects LAX with Athens International Airport (ATH), located just a two-hour flight from Tel Aviv, making it a cheaper and quicker option for reaching Israel.

|ByZIV REINSTEIN
Haakon Sengsvoll, TV Producer at Television Norway

A Norwegian who loves Israel - interview

"I support Israel because it is the right thing to do."

|ByJANE KIEL

Israel nixes Norwegian FM visit over Oslo's Palestinian statehood policy

Israel has also taken issue with Norway’s refusal to recognize Hamas as a terror group.

JULY 16, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Norway visit to Israel banned as protest for their recognition of Palestinian state

Norway PM sees imminent deal to transfer tax funds between Israel and Palestinians

Norway is part of an international effort to build a broad, Palestinian unity government, with Western nations aiming for the PA to play a key role in it.

FEBRUARY 17, 2024ByREUTERS
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and PA head Mahmoud Abbas shake hands at the funeral of Shimon Peres on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, in 2016.

Iran urges Norway to investigate Israel’s war on Hamas

In the wake of the October 7 attack on Israel in which Hamas massacred 1,400 people, Iran sent its foreign minister to meet Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Doha.

NOVEMBER 5, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
People attend a demonstration in support of Gaza and Palestinians, organised by the Palestine Committee, outside the building of the Norwegian parliament, Stortinget, in Oslo, Norway, November 4, 2023.

Norwegian Cruise Line courts Israeli market

Do you want to explore the world without having to fight the lines at the airport and be informed on the way to the airport that your flight has been canceled? Go by boat.

JULY 11, 2022ByHERB KEINON
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE’S ‘Norwegian Epic’ ship.

Fish lovers celebrate 30th anniversary of Norwegian salmon in Israel

Salmon grow in the wild in Norway, in clean and cold water — the perfect conditions for fish development.

MAY 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the Norwegian salmon in Israel, marking a record year of exports from Norway to Israel and an increase in the demand of Israelis for the Norwegian salmon.

Netanyahu: Paris confab 'is rigged'

The Paris peace conference, which is expected to host officials from 72 different countries, is slated to take place on January 15.

JANUARY 12, 2017ByRINA BASSIST, HERB KEINON
Netanyahu with Norwegian FM Børge Brende

Report finds Norwegian government funds organization supporting BDS campaigns

Oslo responds that they don’t back NGOs whose “main goal is to promote the BDS campaign” and they oppose delegitimization of Israel.

AUGUST 29, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV
Protesters call for boycott of Israel [file]

Kahlon resigns from Knesset, to be replaced by Hasson

Internal UTJ fight stalling party’s use of Norwegian law, former MK Yaakov Asher yet to re-enter Knesset.

JANUARY 27, 2016ByJEREMY SHARON, LAHAV HARKOV
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party sits with other ministers in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government during a Knesset session, November 23

Liberman, Norwegian FM visit punctuated with air raid sirens

Foreign Ministers run for shelter twice in what Liberman called the strongest way to show a visitor what Israelis are experiencing.

JULY 16, 2014ByLAHAV HARKOV
Foreign ministers Avigdor Liberman and Brende Borge in an Ashkelon bomb shelter due to Gazan rockets being fired at the city.

Out there: Finding friends In Norway

I went to Norway expecting to be inspired by the scenery. I returned uplifted as well by the knowledge that we are not as alone as we often feel.

JUNE 26, 2014ByHERB KEINON
Finding friends In Norway

‘Norway is friendlier than Israelis think’

Ambassador Svein Sevje is looking forward to Peres’ reception in the Royal Palace in Oslo, hopes to rectify his country’s bad rap in the Jewish state.

MAY 4, 2014ByLAHAV HARKOV
Ambassador Svein Sevje