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
Posted on 29 June 2011.
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
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Posted on 25 June 2011.
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
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Posted on 08 October 2010.
Norway has told a German shipbuilding firm that it will no longer be able to test Israel-bound submarines in its waters. Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) has been asked to find somewhere else to carry out its checks as Norway continues its ban on security exports to Israel. Read the full story
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Posted on 29 August 2010.
Two Israeli firms have been excluded from Norway’s USD 450 billion sovereign wealth fund for building Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Both the Africa Israel Investments holding firm and its construction subsidiary Danya Cebus have been blacklisted by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. Read the full story
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Posted on 10 August 2010.
Icelandic artist Snorri Asmundsson is set to visit Palestine and Israel this September with his meditation pyramid. Read the full story
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Posted on 04 August 2010.
A Swedish novelist could be excused for getting his knickers in a twist after he received his confiscated bag back from the Israeli government, only to find it full of women’s clothes. Henning Mankell had his belongings seized in June when Israeli troops raided the Gaza-bound ship he was travelling on. He has since had his bag returned, but to his surprise, he found most of his possessions had been replaced with female attire. Read the full story
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Posted on 12 July 2010.
The head of the United Nations Human Rights Council is likely to request that former Icelandic foreign minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir head up an investigation into the Israeli attack on Gaza-bound aid ships. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 June 2010.
Iceland has grounds for cutting diplomatic ties with Israel, according to a parliamentary committee which met yesterday. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 June 2010.
The Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt, has demanded an explanation from the Israeli ambassador over the controversial attack on the Gaza-bound ‘Freedom Flotilla’. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 June 2010.
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Ossur Skarphedinsson told media last night that Iceland criticises Israel’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla much more harshly than many other nations. Read the full story
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