Icelandic foreign minister Ossur Skarphedinsson has told his Palestinian colleagues at their meeting this week in Ramallah that the Icelandic government is enthusiastic to support Palestinian independence, should the proposed motion be put before the United Nations this autumn. 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

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

Ismael Hanieh, first minister of the Palistinian home government in Gaza and a leader of Hamas, has formally invited the Icelandic President and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an official visit to Gaza. Read the full story

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

The spokesman for Danish association Foreningen Opror has been sentenced by a district court to a suspended six-month prison term over allegations of supporting terrorism. Read the full story

Speaking on his visit to the Middle East, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store has voiced his country’s concerns over the situation in East Jerusalem, claiming that increasing pressure is being placed on the region’s Palestinian population. Read the full story

Danish pension funds are indirectly investing billions in firms involved in settlements that have been declared illegal by the United States and United Nations, it has come to light. Read the full story

The Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store has advised that Norway will be actively following up on a UN Human Rights Council report, which came after a fact-finding mission during the recent Gaza conflict. The report claims human rights and humanitarian law violations. According to the Norway Post, Gahr Store has deemed the allegations very serious. Read the full story