Statement by Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide on the UN Security Council resolution on Gaza; ‘I welcome the Security Council’s decision. The Security Council must endorse the 20-point peace plan, which Norway also supports. It is crucial that the ceasefire in Gaza is respected and continues, and that work onContinue Reading
Jerusalem Post: Five terrorists who were hiding inside a mosque were killed during a joint IDF, ISA, and Israeli Border Police counterterrorism operation in Tulkarm on Thursday, the IDF announced. Other terrorists were arrested. One of the terrorists killed was Muhhamad Jabber, “Abu Shujaa,” the head of a terrorist networkContinue Reading
An Israel Air Force drone hit the motorcycle of Hezbollah Commander Hussein Ibrahim in the Tzur area in southern Lebanon on Saturday shortly after Hezbollah fired 55 rockets into northern Israel, the IDF confirmed. Ibrahim was a commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force – a force which has the main goalContinue Reading
Jerusalem Post: The Foreign Ministry has informed the Norwegian embassy that diplomats posted to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah can not reside within sovereign Israel, including Tel Aviv. Israel has revoked the diplomatic status of Norwegian diplomats serving the Palestinian Authority to protest Oslo’s decision to unilaterally recognize Palestinian statehood.Continue Reading
Israel was right: The UN continues to fire personnel associated with the 7. October attacks on civilian Israelians. “UNRWA is part of the problem and not part of the solution, and anyone who seeks the best interests of Israel, the Gaza Strip and the region should act to replace UNWRA’sContinue Reading
– We have been in continuous discussions with Israeli and Lebanese counterparts since the horrific attack yesterday in northern Israel that killed several children playing soccer. Lebanese Hezbollah conducted this attack. It was their rocket and launched from an area they controlled. It should be universally condemned. Hezbollah started firingContinue Reading
I want to update you on my efforts to end the crisis in Gaza. For the past several months, my negotiators of foreign policy, the intelligence community, and the like have been relentlessly focused not just on a ceasefire that would eve- — that would inevitably be fragile and temporaryContinue Reading
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met yesterday with Israeli Leader of the Opposition Yair Lapid, Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, Chief of Defense Herzi Halevi, and War Cabinet members Benny Gantz and Gadi Eizenkot to discuss the situation in Gaza and the United States’ unwavering support for Israel. (AIContinue Reading
As violent pro-Palestinian protesters are shouting their antisemitic slogans at US universities, it is time to reflect on President Joe Bidens statement regarding Passover, made only two days ago. Tomorrow night, Jews around the world will celebrate Passover, recounting their miraculous Exodus story from hundreds of years of enslavement inContinue Reading
NATO Defence Ministers wrapped up two days of meetings in Brussels on Thursday (12 October 2023), addressing the Alliance’s defence plans and operations, and meeting with their Israeli counterpart. General view of the meeting Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant briefed his NATO counterparts by videoconference on the atrocities perpetrated byContinue Reading