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In May this year, Norway decided to recognize Palestine as its own state. Ireland and Spain made the same decision, which was met with strong reactions by the Israeli government. Now Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz says that the Norwegian diplomats who staff Norway’s representative office in the West Bank will be stripped of their diplomatic status. Israel Katz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel. Photo: AFP/NTB Scanpix – Norway has a one-sided policy towards Israel, therefore they will be removed from positions that affect the Palestinian issue, says Katz, according to The Times of Israel and other Israeli media. The representation office has in practice functioned as Norway’s embassy in the Palestinian territories, but the diplomats there have operated with Israel’s blessing. – “Those who attack us” will have to pay a price, says Katz to the Jerusalem Post. Eide: – An extreme act It is not yet known how the sanctions will affect the Norwegian diplomats. According to the Israeli online newspaper, Israel has also withdrawn from the agreement in which Norway has acted as an intermediate station for Palestinian tax money collected by Israel. Norway’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Espen Barth Eide (Ap). Photo: Yann Valerievich Belov / news – This is an extreme act that primarily affects our ability to help the Palestinian population. It shows once again that the Netanyahu government actively opposes the work for a two-state solution, says Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide in a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Barth Eide does not say anything about how Norway will respond to the exclusion of the diplomats. – We are considering what measures Norway will take to respond to the situation that the Netanyahu government has now created, says Eide. Could the attack that hit a tent camp in Gaza be a turning point? Program manager Eline Buvarp Aardal. Published 08/08/2024, at 11.37 Updated 08.08.2024, at 12.36 p.m



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