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Israeli soldiers blocked Icelandic FM’s car with rocks
Ossur Skarphedinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, and his entourage had their trip to Gaza interrupted yesterday when Israeli soldiers obstructed the path of their cars with large rocks....
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Ship to Gaza website in ‘cyber attack’
Activists on the Swedish Ship to Gaza have claimed that a cyber attack on their website is the latest attempt to sabotage the aid mission of the Freedom Flotilla II. The organisation’s server company...
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Iceland FM tells UN his country may recognise Palestine
The Icelandic government next week intends to put a parliamentary resolution for debate before Althingi that Iceland should recognise Palestinian independence, the country’s foreign minister told the...
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Denmark condemns new Israeli settlement plans
Denmark’s foreign minister has criticised a decision by Israel to start building a new settlement in East Jerusalem. Villy Sovndal said plans to construct new homes in the Givat Hamatos district are...
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Iceland parliamentary resolution on an independent and sovereign Palestine
The Parliament of Iceland has approved a resolution put forth by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, in which the government is entrusted with recognising an independent and...
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Palestinian foreign minister due in Iceland
Following Iceland’s decision to become the first, and so-far only, Western nation to officially recognise the Palestinian State, the disputed nation’s foreign minister will tomorrow touch down in...
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Iceland-Israel art exhibit opens in Reykjavík Culture House
Work continues as usual at the Culture House in Reykjavík, including the opening of a new exhibition this week — despite also being the location of the biggest show in town: the trial of former Prime...
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Finns not told about Israeli settlement products
Finnish citizens are unwittingly purchasing goods imported from contested Israeli settlements because there is no set procedure on how products must be labelled. Finnwatch, which monitors the impact...
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Iceland sends humanitarian relief to Gaza
Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson has announced that the North Atlantic nation is to donate around 12 million kroner in relief funds to Gaza. The funds will be sent to two UN programmes...
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Eurovison: Hatari merchandise selling out
The popularity of the Icelandic Eurovision sensation Hatari seems to be taking off, after making to the finals yesterday their online store appears to have grown in popularity and people are buying...
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Will hate prevail in Israel or will the world dare to dream of peace?
As the dust settles after this year’s Eurovision Song Contest controversy, different voices and opinions are emerging that are as varied as Europe is, and indeed a variety of Eurocentric fans flocked...
View ArticleHatari partners up with Bashar Murad and shoot a video in Palestine
Icelandic band Hatari partners up with Bashar Murad and shoot a video in Jericho, Palestine during their Eurovision trip. With less than a week since their waving of the Palestinian flag at Eurovision...
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Swedish-Norwegian-Greek Gaza ship ‘sabotaged’
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. The Juliano’s propellers were badly damaged while in its berth...
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Ship to Gaza website in ‘cyber attack’
Activists on the Swedish Ship to Gaza have claimed that a cyber attack on their website is the latest attempt to sabotage the aid mission of the Freedom Flotilla II. The organisation’s server company...
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Denmark condemns new Israeli settlement plans
Denmark’s foreign minister has criticised a decision by Israel to start building a new settlement in East Jerusalem. Villy Sovndal said plans to construct new homes in the Givat Hamatos district are...
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