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Almost a third of Norway's 2026 State Budget agreement is about Gaza, Israel

Norway's three main parties signed 17 clauses: the first 12 addressed general issues, while clauses 13 to 17 focused on Israel and Palestine.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
People attend a demonstration in support of Gaza and Palestinians, near the Royal Palace and the building of the Norwegian parliament, Stortinget, in Oslo, Norway, November 4, 2023
Carrier named airline of the year 2025 by AirlineRatings.com.

Norwegian airline to resume Copenhagen-Tel Aviv route from April

The low-cost airline announced that its renewed service between Denmark’s capital and Ben-Gurion Airport will initially operate twice a week, with the possibility of adding more flights.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Norway police investigate explosion near Israeli embassy in central Oslo, September 23, 2025.

Norway police investigate explosion near Israeli embassy in central Oslo

There were no report of injuries at the site, located in the immediate vicinity of a university campus and some 500 meters (yards) from the royal palace and the Israeli embassy.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS
Norwegian flags flutter at Karl Johans street in Oslo, Norway May 31, 2017.

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

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