Tag Archive for Jonas Gahr Støre

MFA: Blockade of Gaza is in accordance with international law

by admin • July 2, 2011 • 3 Comments

The Norwegian government finds the blockade of Gaza to be unacceptable, but not in violation of international law. Things change. It’s back and forth and to and fro. Now Norwegian newspapers are reporting that the Norwegian MFA has taken the…

by admin • June 23, 2011 • 0 Comments

Norway is a perfectly normal democracy in which the opposition gets to post critical questions to government. Sometimes, the media even picks up on them. Norway FM Jonas Gahr Støre has now replied to a question from member of the…

by Kafka • June 22, 2011 • 5 Comments

Question from Torkil Åmland of the Progressive Party to foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre: Will the foreign minister retract his previous condemnation of Israel’s reaction to the border violation on June 5th this year, and instead condemn the Syrian government’s…

by admin • June 16, 2011 • 5 Comments

Jerusalem Post runs an open letter, penned by Shimon Samuels, to Norway FM Støre. Will Støre reply? Visit JP for the entire letter. Excerpt: Mr. Foreign Minister, your statement seems to fly in the face of both your training as…

by Kafka • June 15, 2011 • 4 Comments

Clearly, we have underestimated Støre’s political acumen. In Dagsnytt 18, he (of course) expressed great consternation at reports of antisemitism but (of course) wanted to separate antisemitism and anti-Israeli attitudes. It was for the sake of the Norwegian Jews, he…

by Kafka • May 26, 2011 • 2 Comments

Foreign minister Støre wrote an article for Dagsavisen that was also published on the government website. Here follows an unauthorized translation: Dialogue: upheavals in the Arab world could also provide a framework for a new spring between Palestinians and Israelis.…

by Kafka • May 12, 2011 • 1 Comment

Morten Høglund in the Progress Party posed a perfectly reasonable question to foreign minister Støre, namely whether the Norwegian government would demand from both the provisional Hamas-Fatah government, and a future Palestinian government, that it comply with the quartet requirement…

by admin • April 15, 2011 • 0 Comments

Foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Labor) is Norway’s most popular politician and the appointed successor to Labor leader and prime minister Jens Stoltenberg. His stance is to be critical of Israel and enthusiastic about Palestine. Regarding Richard Goldstone’s recant, Støre…

by admin • April 14, 2011 • 3 Comments

Støre replies to a question raised by Hans Olav Syversen of the Christian People’s Party. From the Parliament’s own website: A response to the question of the Goldstone report. MFA of Norway 2011 04 13 Jonas Gahr Støre Response to…

by admin • April 11, 2011 • 0 Comments

Change is in the air: Now FM Jonas Gahr Støre is warning over participation in the “Gaza convoys”. Communist Klassekampen (Class war) is seething with anger. Verdens Gang runs the article “Støre issues warning to his own Gaza activists“, by…

by admin • March 17, 2011 • 0 Comments

Yesterday saw a frisk debate in Parliament, on the issues of dialogue with extremist organizations and an air exclusion zone over Libya. Summary, from the MFA: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING DIALOGUE AND AN AIR EXCLUSION ZONE OVER LIBYA. The FM…

by admin • March 4, 2011 • 1 Comment

Press release from the MFA: Norway condemns assassination of Pakistani Minorities Minister Sahbaz Bhatti Sahbaz Bhatti, who was Minister of Minorities in the Pakistani federal government, was assassinated today in Islamabad. Mr Bhatti was a fearless champion of human rights…

by admin • March 3, 2011 • 0 Comments

Norway has cultivated contacts with the Palestinians for decades, and has preciously little influence with them to show for it. The PA cannot account for how Norwegian development aid is spent, and they would not attend the Nobel Peace Prize…

by admin • February 19, 2011 • 0 Comments

Dagsavisen’s Roger Hercz once summed up Norway’s policy versus the Palestinians as “if it’s good for Palestine, it’s good for Norway”. Parliamentarian Øyvind Vaksdal (Progress Party) calls for a more balanced approach, pointing out how the PA, a major recipient…

by admin • February 16, 2011 • 0 Comments

The Egyptian MB has political power. Should Norway develop contacts with them? If yes, to what extent? Aftenposten runs an NTB article under the heading “Norway has contact with Muslim Brotherhood”. Summary: Norway has for a long time been in contacts with…

by admin • February 2, 2011 • 0 Comments

Øyvind Vaksdal (Progress Party) is asking a lot of questions the government would prefer not to answer. His latest question is directed at FM Jonas Gahr Støre. See below: Document no. 15: 791(2010-2011) Delivered on 2011 01 31 Sent on…

by admin • January 28, 2011 • 0 Comments

There is much to be said for Jonas Gahr Støre. There is much to be said for the political elite to which he belongs. But he has, albeit perhaps unwillingly, being giving out the wrong signals to Hamas and thereby…

by admin • January 28, 2011 • 0 Comments

Yesterday TV2 confronted FM Jonas Gahr Støre with his telephone conversations with Hamas. The MFA has rushed in a press release to explain. Now Støre probably had the best of intentions in mind when he picked up the telephone. He…

by admin • January 28, 2011 • 0 Comments

Norway FM has been very naughty and admits to have enjoyed telephone-chats with Hamas leader Mashaal in Damascus in 2007. In Dagbladet above we see Støre trying to conclude the interview as he is confronted with the issue of the…

by admin • January 12, 2011 • 0 Comments

Unless there is progress in the peace process, Norway might acknowledge a Palestinian state this year. This position provides incentives for Israel, but not the Palestinians. NRK reports that FM Støre has stated that if there is an internationally coordinated…

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