Israel revokes the diplomatic accreditation of eight Norwegian diplomats based in Tel Aviv who dealt with the Palestinian Authority, APA reprts citing The Times of Israel.
A Foreign Ministry statement said the move is in response to “a flurry of recent anti-Israel and unilateral steps taken by the government of Norway,” including recognizing a Palestinian state and recent “severe comments by senior Norwegian officials.”
The Norwegian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem and informed that the diplomats would have their accreditation revoked in seven days and their visas in three months.
Israel gave them the option to apply for new accreditation to the embassy in Israel.
“There is a price for anti-Israeli conduct. Instead of fighting Palestinian terrorism after October 7 and supporting Israel’s fight against the Iranian axis of evil — Norway chose to award the murderers and rapists of Hamas in the form of recognition of a Palestinian state,” said Foreign Minister Israel Katz.
Oslo also “joined the unfounded lawsuit against us at the ICC,” Katz noted.
“Norway conducts a unilateral policy on the Palestinian issue – therefore I ordered the termination of any representation toward the Palestinian Authority on behalf of the Norwegian embassy in Israel. Those who attack us and conduct a unilateral policy against us will pay a price,” he said.
Norway’s foreign minister said that Israel’s decision to revoke the diplomatic status of Oslo’s envoys to the Palestinian Authority was an “extreme action” that would “have consequences.”
“Today’s decision will have consequences for our relationship with the Netanyahu government. We are considering what measures Norway will take to respond to the situation that the Netanyahu government has now created,” Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said in a statement.
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