Israel lashes Norway after PM attends Kristallnacht memorial organized by anti-Israel groups

The Foreign Ministry summons Norway’s Ambassador Per Egil Selvaag for a diplomatic dressing down after Norway’s prime minister participates in a Kristallnacht memorial event organized by anti-Israel groups, including the Norway Centre Against Racism, the Norwegian Palestine Committee, and the Action Group for Palestine.

“The participation of the Norwegian prime minister in this particular event, despite explicit requests from the leadership of the Jewish community in Norway not to do so, due to concerns that the event could become a platform for promoting antisemitism, is particularly troubling in its insensitivity and moral distortion,” the Foreign Ministry says in a statement.

Yossi Amrani, head of the ministry’s Political Division, tells Selvaag that Norway’s policies toward Israel fuel antisemitism, and says the anniversary of the 1938 pogrom against German Jews was “turned into a weapon against the Jewish state, its citizens, and the Jewish people as a whole.”

I kveld gjorde Jonas Gahr Støre en grov feilvurdering…
Da han skulle markere Krystallnatten, valgte han nazistenes side og ikke jødene – som vitterlig var ofrene på Krystallnatten.
Dette er faktisk skammelig! ????????
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— Egil Andreas Aasheim ???????????????????? (@eaaasheim) November 9, 2025

“Israel expects European countries to demonstrate moral integrity, reject antisemitism in all its forms, oppose historical distortion, and take a firm stand against attempts to delegitimize or deny the legitimacy of Israel,” says the ministry.

Selvaag lived in Bat Yam in his youth, and has deep personal connections to Israel.