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Norway-Palestinian relations

Illustrative: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen on large screens as he addresses members of Norway's Parliament, The Storting, in Oslo, Norway on March 30, 2022. (Heiko JUNGE / various sources / AFP)
June 4, 2025, 8:57 pm
Norway rejects calls to toughen investment rules in Israeli companies
Lawmakers vote 88 to 16 against a proposal ordering its sovereign wealth fund to withdraw from companies that contribute to Israeli ‘war crimes’ in the West Bank
By AFP
Participants attend the International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 30, 2024. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
January 13, 2025, 8:04 pm
Norway to host 3rd meeting of ‘international alliance’ pushing for Palestinian state
‘There is broad support for a two-state solution, but the international community must do more,’ Norwegian FM says ahead of summit; new PA prime minister, UNRWA chief set to attend
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Left image: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. Right image: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, poses with newly appointed PA Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, in Ramallah on March 14, 2024. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP; PPO / AFP)
January 13, 2025, 12:54 am
Israel, PA ink deal to release $500 million in withheld Palestinian tax revenues
Funds will be used to pay off debt to Israel Electric Corporation; both sides declare victory after agreeing to mechanism that US hopes can be used for release of additional money
By Jacob Magid
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide talks to media as he arrives to attend an informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs at Czernin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic on May 31, 2024. (Michal Cizek / AFP)
August 18, 2024, 3:11 am
Norway shutters Palestinian office after Israel revokes diplomats’ accreditation
Norwegian foreign minister decries Israeli government’s ‘extreme and unreasonable’ decision, vows Oslo will continue working for ‘viable Palestinian state’ despite setbacks
By ToI Staff
Representatives from Norway and the Palestinian Authority sign agreements in Ramallah on November 30, 2022. (Wafa)
August 8, 2024, 2:37 pm
Israel revokes accreditation for Norwegian diplomats dealing with Palestinians
‘Those who conduct a unilateral policy against us will pay a price,’ says FM Katz, citing Norway’s recognition of Palestine and support for proceedings against Israel at The Hague
By Sam Sokol
PA Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, left, speaks after receiving a document handed over by Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, right, prior to a meeting for talks on the Middle East in Brussels, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
May 26, 2024, 6:26 pm
Norway hands papers for recognition of Palestinian state to PA prime minister
Mohammad Mustafa lauds recognition, hopes more will follow, as he holds meetings in Brussels with Norwegian and Spanish foreign ministers, EU foreign policy chief
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a statement against the decision of three European countries to recognize a Palestinian state on May 22, 2024. (Screen capture);
May 22, 2024, 9:49 pm
‘Reward for terror’: PM condemns move by 3 countries to recognize Palestinian state
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls to punish Palestinian Authority by withholding transfer of tax funds, drawing reprimand from senior White House aide
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh meets at the headquarters of the Munich Security Conference with Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide on February 18, 2024. (Wafa)
February 19, 2024, 5:40 am
Ending standoff, Norway accepts Israeli framework for transferring tax revenues to PA
Scheme will give Smotrich control over when a quarter of the funds are released by Oslo to Ramallah, but sides appear to have heeded pressure from US, which feared PA’s collapse
By Jacob Magid
The Cathedral of Bergen, Norway. (CC BY -SA Diego Delso/Wikimedia Commons)
September 25, 2021, 4:36 am
Norwegian church hosts photo exhibit saying Palestinians are ‘crucified daily’
Jewish community protests evocation of classic Christian antisemitism blaming Jews for death of Jesus
By JTA
A picture taken from the Israeli settlement of Kedar shows the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, both in the West Bank, on October 26, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
July 5, 2021, 4:43 pm
Norway’s largest pension fund divests from firms linked to West Bank settlements
KLP, which manages some $95 billion worth of assets, says investments in companies tied to settlement enterprise ‘risk complicity in international law violations’
By AFP
Illustrative: An image of a girl smiling as 'heretics' are burned in a Palestinian textbook. (IMPACT-SE)
June 4, 2020, 9:59 pm
Norway to withhold funding to Palestinians over textbooks that promote violence
Oslo says half of year’s funding to Palestinian Authority will be cut over incitement in educational material
By Marcy Oster
Soldiers stand near a car used by members of the TIPH, Temporary International Presence in Hebron on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
February 1, 2019, 11:37 pm
Countries behind Hebron observer force slam Israeli move to shut it down
6 European foreign ministers say decision to end work of TIPH in West Bank city violates Oslo Accords, deny organization acted against Israel
By ToI Staff
File: Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide in Jerusalem on January 07, 2018 (Mark Neyman/GPO)
January 30, 2019, 8:52 am
Norway says Israel’s axing of Hebron observer force may violate Oslo accords
Foreign minister calls decision to end work of TIPH ‘worrying,’ cites ‘unstable’ nature of West Bank city
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian woman walks by a sign calling for a boycott of Israel in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on February 11, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
May 13, 2018, 5:07 pm
Norway says boycotting Israeli West Bank settlements is legal, but unhelpful
Move comes as multiple Norwegian cities seek to declare divestment actions; Oslo government warns such measures do not contribute to resolving the conflict
By ToI Staff
Norwegian MP Bjornar Moxnes speaks to reporters during an interview on September 1, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
February 11, 2018, 3:05 am
Norwegian MP defends nominating ‘peaceful’ BDS movement for Nobel prize
Likud MK Sharren Haskel tells Norway’s ambassador ‘there’s nothing peaceful’ about movement aimed at destroying Israel
By ToI Staff
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