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Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Israel Nixes Deal with Norway to Transfer Funds to PA

By Joshua Marks

The move is in response to Oslo recognizing a "Palestinian" state and other anti-Israel actions.

Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Government / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Israel Agrees to Transfer to Norway Frozen PA Funds Earmarked for Gaza

By David Isaac

The deal is meant to keep the money out of Hamas's hands while also reducing U.S. pressure on Jerusalem.

United Nations (UN)

U.S. Challenges Israel at U.N. Security Council While Two Longtime Israel Critics Say Farewell

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

Washington sends an early message to the presumptive incoming government in Jerusalem.

Europe / Boycott / BDS / United Nations (UN)

Norway Refuses to Boycott Travel Firm on UN ‘Blacklist’

By Ariel Kahana

The Norwegian government says it has “neither the right nor the duty” to prohibit Egencia, a subsidiary of blacklisted company Expedia, from providing services inside Norway.

Israel / Science and Tech

Israeli Drones Deployed to Save Live in Arctic Circle

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli technology was chosen by the Norwegians after they examined many alternatives, mainly thanks to the sensor system and the ability to operate in freezing conditions.

Israel / Diaspora / Chessed and Tzedaka / Judaism

Ohr Torah Stone Launches Jewish Education Grants to Small European Communities

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The first recipients of the grant will help strengthen seven small European communities in Helsinki, Finland; Riga, Latvia; Oslo, Norway; and Warsaw, Szczecin and Wroclaw, Poland.

Uncategorized

European Countries Joining Wire Transfer Platform that Bypasses US Sanctions on Iran

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The European countries are helping the Iranian regime exactly when the regime is murdering its own citizens.

Featured / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria

Arabs Express Rage and Frustration After Israel Refuses to Renew TIPH Mandate in Hebron

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

TIPH officials have been caught attacking Jews and Jewish property in Hebron, as well as violating their mandate.

Antisemitism / Europe / Kosher Food News

Belgian Jews Adjust To Shechita Ban

By Tiferet Schafler

That provinces within Belgium, the law-making capital of Europe, have passed this type of anti-religious measure is an affront to the European values we all hold so dear.

Israel / US / Global

Finland Wins First Place, Israel 11th in World Happiness Report 2018

By JNi.Media

“The most striking finding of the report is the remarkable consistency between the happiness of immigrants and the locally born.”

Featured / Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

Border Police: Leftwing Activists Shamed Terror Victim Moments Before Murder

By Jewish Press News Desk

Machsom Watch women exchanged words with Solomon Gaviriya moments before the terrorist opened fire in Har Adar, killing him.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / United Nations (UN)

Israel Among Top Five Countries on WHO 2015 Life Expectancy Chart

By JNi.Media

Only 22 countries around the globe have reached an average life expectancy greater than 80 years, so if one is planning to retire abroad, one should consider those countries most seriously.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israeli Arabs

Israel's Material Well-Being and National Wealth Stats Up Across the Board

By JNi.Media

Israeli Jews were more satisfied than Israeli Arabs — 60% vs. 48% respectively.

Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset

Knesset Pays Tribute to former Speaker of the Norwegian Parliament Jo Benkow

By Jewish Press News Desk

Benkow, a Holocaust survivor and friend of Norway’s King Olav V, fought against Anti-Semitism and strongly criticized Norwegian leaders who expressed biased views toward Israel.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

Debt-Ridden PA Owes Israel $400 Million for Electricity

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority continues to receive "free electricity," knowing that the world won’t let Israel cut off the power.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / France / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / European Union

French NGOs and Palestinian Authority behind BDS Pressure on Orange

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The boycotters submitted a 51-page anti-Israel document to Orange last month, says NGO monitor.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion / Judaism

Norway Wants to Limit Circumcisions to Hospital Rooms

By Jewish Press News Desk

Norway’s health minister said Wednesday the countryman no intention of banning religious circumcisions but should restrict the religious practice to be carried out only in hospitals. "If the children are circumcised in hospitals by competent personnel, we will prevent complications," Health Minister Bent Høie told the Aftenposten newspaper. "This is the most realistic way to […]

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / European Union

PA Allocates $46 Million More for Terrorists

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Palestinian Authority announced last week it will be giving an additional $46 million a year to released prisoners, including hundreds of murderers of civilians, according to the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). This new funding is an addition to the tens of millions the PA already gives in salaries and other benefits to terrorists in […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Anti-Israel NGOs

Norway Orders Divestment from 2 Israeli Firms

By JTA

Norway’s government instructed a state-run pension fund not to invest in two Israeli firms because of their activity in eastern Jerusalem. The decision regarding the Government Pension Fund Global, or GPFG, appeared Thursday on the website of Norway’s finance ministry. It named two Israeli construction firms, Africa Israel Investments and Danya Cebus, as well as […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Business and Economy

Norway’s Fund Reinstates Boycott of Israeli Firms Linked to Yesha

By Jewish Press News Desk

Norway has reinstated its 2010 boycott of two Israeli companies because their operations included activities in Judea and Samaria, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Finance Ministry of Norway also said it secluded an Indian copper and metal producer due to "an unacceptable risk of serious environmental damage and serious violations of human rights." […]

News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Assimilation

Netanyahu Says His Son and Non-Jewish Girl only ‘Study Together’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The difference between Yair Netanyahu and Anthony Weiner and Hillary Clinton is that Israel is a Jewish state.

News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Assimilation

Anti-Assimilation Group Begs Bibi: Break up Son’s Dating Non-Jew

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Lehava Organization for the Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land appealed to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday to break up his son Yair’s relationship with a Norwegian non-Jew. Yair Netanyahu is dating Sandra  Leikange a fellow student, Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, The Jewish Press reported here earlier today. Citing the Prime Minister’s late […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Judaism

Netanyahu’s Son Dating Norwegian Gentile

By Tibbi Singer

Yair and Leikanger met at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion / Judaism

Norway Official Wants to 'Educate' Jews against Circumcision

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

There is nothing worse for Jews than a good looking and do-good non-Jewish woman doctor who sees the world through her stethoscope and thinks Jews are ignorant of health because they circumcise babies.

News Briefs / Europe / Judaism

Norway to ‘Control’ Circumcision with Respect for Jews and Muslims

By Jewish Press News Desk

Norway appears to be on the way to protect circumcision for Jews and Muslims so long as they are performed in hospitals. The Conservative-Progress government is considering suggesting regulations to control circumcisions but with taking into account religious freedom, the Norwegian Foreigner newspaper reported Monday. A Conservative leader of the committee on health care said […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion / Judaism / European Union

Council of Europe Says Ritual Circumcision Won’t Be Banned

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Sometimes anti-Semitism is its own best antidote because it makes its sewage makers look as ignorant as they are. After a Council of Europe body said circumcision violates human rights, its leader rejected the idea.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

Daily Compares Jewish Ire on Circumcision Cartoon to Muslim Riots

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Oslo daily that published a blood libel caricature of circumcision now pours salt on Jewish wounds, stating that the angry reaction of Jews is just like the Muslim riots to cartoons mocking Mohammed.

Israel / Antisemitism / Europe / Religion

Norwegian Daily Published Blood Libel Caricature of Circumcision

By Jewish Press Staff

The Middle Ages have returned to Europe, or maybe they never left. Jews dipping matzos in blood is old hat. Now a Norwegian newspaper depicts circumcision as a violent and bloody religious custom.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Norwegian Police Apologize for Deporting Jews to Auschwitz

By Malkah Fleisher

On November 26, 70 years after the rounding up and deportation of over 500 Jewish Norwegians to Auschwitz, the Norwegian Police Service issued an apology for taking part in the murder of Jews.

Terrorism / Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists

Islamist Held for Offering to ‘Guard’ Norwegian Jews With AK-47

By JTA

Norwegian police have increased security around Oslo’s main synagogue after an Islamist extremist threatened to “protect” the Jewish community with an “AK-47 assault rifle and a hunting permit.”

News Briefs / Religion

Make-Believe Bris: Norwegian Official Suggests Jews, Muslims Do 'Symbolic' Circumcision

By JTA

Norway’s ombudsman for children's rights has proposed that Jews and Muslim replace male circumcision with a symbolic, non-surgical ritual.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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