Israel’s Overseas Minister Israel Katz introduced Thursday that he was revoking the diplomatic standing of Norwegian envoys to the Palestinian Authority (PA), citing Oslo’s “anti-Israel conduct” because the onset of the Gaza battle in October 2023.
In a letter despatched to the Norwegian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Katz acknowledged that the standing of eight Norwegian representatives to the PA will probably be revoked inside seven days.
“I ordered the termination of any illustration on behalf of the Norwegian Embassy in Israel vis-a-vis the Palestinian Authority,” Katz mentioned in a press assertion. “There’s a value for anti-Israel conduct,” he added, referring to the Norwegian authorities’s determination to acknowledge Palestine as a state in Might and its introduced intention to adjust to the Worldwide Legal Court docket in The Hague if arrest warrants are issued in opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Protection Minister Yoav Gallant.
The transfer got here a day after Israel introduced that it’s withholding PA funds designated for Gaza, terminating the escrow association beforehand managed by Norway. ■
