https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Israel’s combative Prime Minister reportedly subjected Norway's foreign minister to a 50-minute verbal tirade during her diplomatic visit to Israel on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20180807/israel-pm-slams-norway-for-backing-anti-israel-ngo Tue, 07 Aug 2018 18:53:25 +0200 israel-pm-slams-norway-for-backing-anti-israel-ngo The captain of a Norwegian boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists en route to Gaza has accused Israeli authorities of violating the law by boarding the vessel in international waters and using violent force against its crew who were arrested. https://www.thelocal.no/20180803/norwegian-captain-of-seized-gaza-ship-accuses-israel-of-breaking-international-law Fri, 03 Aug 2018 11:21:26 +0200 norwegian-captain-of-seized-gaza-ship-accuses-israel-of-breaking-international-law Both Israeli and Palestinian leaders want Norway to facilitate future peace talks, says Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide, who met with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20180109/norway-wanted-to-assist-israel-palestine-peace-process-sreide Tue, 09 Jan 2018 11:19:55 +0100 norway-wanted-to-assist-israel-palestine-peace-process-sreide Norway has agreed to host former Israeli nuclear technician and whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, his Norwegian wife has told local television. https://www.thelocal.no/20171001/norway-agrees-to-host-israeli-nuclear-whistleblower Sun, 01 Oct 2017 13:03:21 +0200 norway-agrees-to-host-israeli-nuclear-whistleblower Norway's biggest trade union voted Friday in favour of a boycott against Israel, a decision immediately condemned by Israeli diplomats who judged it "immoral". https://www.thelocal.no/20170512/norways-biggest-trade-union-angers-israel-with-boycott Fri, 12 May 2017 19:19:35 +0200 norways-biggest-trade-union-angers-israel-with-boycott Israel on Thursday paid tribute to four Norwegians who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during World War 2. https://www.thelocal.no/20170126/israel-honours-norwegians-for-helping-jews-flee-in-world-war-2 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:30:59 +0100 israel-honours-norwegians-for-helping-jews-flee-in-world-war-2 The Trondheim City Council on Thursday approved a plan to boycott all Israeli goods and services that are produced in settlements in the the occupied Palestinian areas, Addresseavisen reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20161118/trondheim-approves-boycott-of-israeli-settlement-goods Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:44:11 +0100 trondheim-approves-boycott-of-israeli-settlement-goods A video purporting to be an official apology from the National Theatre of Norway for its “shameful collaboration” with the Israeli national theatre Habima has been slammed as “sick” and reminiscent of Nazi “propaganda”. https://www.thelocal.no/20160926/fake-norway-apology-video-angers-israel Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:10:20 +0200 fake-norway-apology-video-angers-israel Israeli customs officials have found ten kilos of ancient coins and statuettes in a search of a Norwegian diplomatic car at the Allenby Bridge crossing into Jordan, authorities said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160607/norwegian-diplomatic-car-used-for-contraband-in-israel Tue, 07 Jun 2016 10:35:06 +0200 norwegian-diplomatic-car-used-for-contraband-in-israel Israel has demanded an apology from a Norwegian newspaper, arguing a cartoon putting oranges from Israel side by side with pizza from Nazi Germany constituted "hate speech". https://www.thelocal.no/20150929/israeli-embassy-protests-norway-anti-israel-cartoon Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:54:14 +0200 israeli-embassy-protests-norway-anti-israel-cartoon An Israeli court has put nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu under house arrest for a week, after he gave a TV interview in which he said he wanted the chance to live with his wife in Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20150910/israel-jails-nuclear-activists-for-tv-norway-plea Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:37:23 +0200 israel-jails-nuclear-activists-for-tv-norway-plea The young people killed in 2011’s brutal terror attack on the island of Utøya deserved to die because their organisation was too critical of Israel, a new book by a US evangelical Christian has claimed. https://www.thelocal.no/20150903/utya-attacks-gods-payment-for-opposing-israel Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:18:44 +0200 utya-attacks-gods-payment-for-opposing-israel Israel's ambassador to Norway has hit out at what he calls "activist journalists" and their pro-Palestinian bias. https://www.thelocal.no/20150716/israel-hammers-norways-biased-gaza-coverage Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:54:20 +0200 israel-hammers-norways-biased-gaza-coverage Mordechai Vanunu, the man jailed for 18 years for leaking details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press, has married his long-term Norwegian girlfriend Kristin Joachimsen. https://www.thelocal.no/20150520/man-who-israels Thu, 21 May 2015 01:05:40 +0200 man-who-israels Israel has blocked Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert from entering the country and thereby accessing the Gaza Strip, but denied on Monday it had imposed a lifelong ban on the outspoken medic. https://www.thelocal.no/20141117/mads-gilbert-israel-deny-lifelong-ban Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:46:00 +0100 mads-gilbert-israel-deny-lifelong-ban Norwegian Doctor Mads Gilbert has vowed to overturn his Israel ban and return to Gaza to help victims of the troubles, it was reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141114/mads-gilbert-vows-to-return-to-israel Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:27:00 +0100 mads-gilbert-vows-to-return-to-israel A Norwegian doctor, Mads Gilbert, has been hit with a lifetime ban from entering Gaza by the Israeli government. https://www.thelocal.no/20141114/israel-shuts-gilbert-out-from-gaza-for-life Fri, 14 Nov 2014 02:30:00 +0100 israel-shuts-gilbert-out-from-gaza-for-life Norway said on Tuesday that a planned meeting of an international donor group for the Palestinians had been delayed, with tensions running high after the abduction of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank. https://www.thelocal.no/20140618/norway-delays-palestinian-donor-meet Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:43:38 +0200 norway-delays-palestinian-donor-meet Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Tuesday that he hoped for a return to talks with Palestinians which were suspended in April. https://www.thelocal.no/20140513/israeli-president-hopes-for-renewed-peace-talks Tue, 13 May 2014 23:56:33 +0200 israeli-president-hopes-for-renewed-peace-talks Israeli President Shimon Peres was met by protests throughout the day over his country's policies in the occupied territories during a visit to Norway on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140512/no-alternative-to-peace-israeli-president-visits-oslo Mon, 12 May 2014 11:15:00 +0200 no-alternative-to-peace-israeli-president-visits-oslo