Following Iceland’s decision to become the first, and so-far only, Western nation to officially recognise the Palestinian State, the disputed nation’s foreign minister will tomorrow touch down in Iceland for a two-day official visit. Read the full story

The Parliament of Iceland has approved a resolution put forth by the Minister for Foreign Affairs,  Össur Skarphéðinsson, in which the government is entrusted with recognising an independent and sovereign State of Palestine within the pre-1967 Six Day War borders. Th Read the full story

Denmark’s foreign minister has criticised a decision by Israel to start building a new settlement in East Jerusalem. Read the full story

The Icelandic government next week intends to put a parliamentary resolution for debate before Althingi that Iceland should recognise Palestinian independence, the country’s foreign minister told the UN yesterday. Read the full story

Activists on the Swedish Ship to Gaza have claimed that a cyber attack on their website is the latest attempt to sabotage the aid mission of the Freedom Flotilla II. Read the full story

Ossur Skarphedinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, and his entourage had their trip to Gaza interrupted yesterday when Israeli soldiers obstructed the path of their cars with large rocks. Read the full story

Iceland’s foreign minister is on his way to Gaza and the West Bank for a visit that is not scheduled to take in Israel. Read the full story

Birgitta Jonsdottir, an Icelandic parliamentarian for The Movement, is the first MP from any country to visit the Gaza Freedom Flotilla this year. Read the full story

A Swedish ship, which was set to sail to Gaza as part of an aid flotilla at the end of the week, has been sabotaged, according to reports. Read the full story

Danish activists have announced that they will join a new flotilla of boats to the Palestinian Gaza Strip, just over a year after nine civilians were killed on-board a Turkish vessel that tried to break the Israeli blockade. Read the full story