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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.

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: A man wearing a large backpack pretended to be a West Bank settler to enter an event honoring Theodor Herzl. Questioning revealed he was a Palestinian from Jenin.

The review began last week following media reports that the fund had built a stake of just over 2% in an Israeli jet engine group that provides services to the IDF.

The fund's investment in the Bet Shemesh Engines Ltd group is worrying, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told public broadcaster NRK.

Church of Norway membership has decreased from 85 percent to 62 percent between 1994 and 2024.

The son of Itzhak El Al, one of 28 Jewish Tunisian children who were on the plane that crashed in Norway in 1949, reflects back on his father's good fortune. 'The Norwegians even built my family's home on the moshav,' he says

While official Palestinian channels thanked Norway, Ireland and Spain for their decision to recognize a Palestinian state, some online were more questioning

  Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday it had ordered an immediate recall of its ambassadors to Ireland, Spain, and Norway in response to those nations' decisions to recognize a Palestinian state. The prime ministers of Norway, Ireland, and Spain announced this morning that they will officially recognize a Palestinian state starting next […]

Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz has ordered Israel's ambassadors from Ireland and Norway to immediately return to Israel, as the countries said they will recognize a Palestinian state as of May 28

  The Diplomatic-Security Security Cabinet approved Sunday an outline for transferring taxes collected on behalf of Palestinian Authority to Norway, as a neutral third party, instead of allowing the funds to reach the Gaza Strip. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram The only cabinet member who objected the move was National Security Minister […]