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Will Donald Trump's Hamas disarmament endgame make Israel safer? - analysis

The great game has begun for Israel, Hamas, the US, Qatar, Turkey, and others to try to reframe the future of Gaza conflict and the Middle East.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a reception with business leaders, at the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026.
Oslo Airport; illustrative.

Oslo airport briefly closes one runway due to drone detection

 Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures as she addresses supporters at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela January 9, 2025.

María Corina Machado reveals she fled Venezuela with help from US government - report

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store meets Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado during her visit to the Storting, in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025.

Venezuela's Nobel laureate Machado says she aims for peaceful transition after Maduro


When Scandinavians try Middle East peace

Scandinavian Diplomacy and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, a deeply researched and scholarly work, throws new light on an under-explored byproduct of the long Israel-Palestinian saga.

 US SECRETARY of state Condoleezza Rice (C) speaks with Peres Center for Peace director-general Ron Pundak in Herzliya, 2007. At R: ambassador Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the UN.

Oldest known runestone discovered by archaeologists in Norway

The discovery was made in 2021, when researchers that were excavating an ancient burial ground near the lake, found it among one of the burial sites.

A general view over a valley in the mountains of south Norway from beside Lendbreen glacier is seen in this undated picture

Ehud Banai show sells out in Oslo

The audience was diverse, consisting of Norwegians and out-of-towners who enjoy live, international music, members of the Jewish community, and Israeli expatriates living in and around Oslo.

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Arallu extreme metal band rocks Norway

Israeli heavy metal band Arallu performance at the Garage Festival was the first of its kind by an Israeli heavy metal band in Norway.

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Oslo shooting suspect named as police advise against Pride gathering

Intelligence services said they had been aware of Matapour since 2015 and that he had been part of a network of Islamist extremists in Norway.

 Security forces stand at the site where two people were killed during a shooting outside the London pub in central Oslo, Norway

Archeological dig unearths medieval-age runes in Oslo town

Two runes were unearthed in December in the Norwegian city's Medieval Park. While one probably indicated the name of its owner, the other included a well known Christian prayer.

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Norwegian killer Breivik begins parole hearing with Nazi salute

He also carried signs, printed in English, including one that said "Stop your genocide against our white nations" and "Nazi-Civil-War."

Anders Behring Breivik raises his right hand during the appeal case in Borgarting Court of Appeal at Telemark prison in Skien

Netanyahu, unilateralism and the Palestinian conflict — 13 takes

Netanyahu began on a high note, with an outstretched hand to the Palestinians in 2009, but by the time he left office, a two-state solution seemed unfeasible.

People walk in front of a picture of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israel's parliament voted in a new coalition government, ending Netanyahu's 12-year hold on power, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 13, 2021.

HBO’s ‘Oslo’ captures back-channel Israeli-Palestinian negotiations

The movie is being broadcast in Israel on Yes, Cellcom TV, HOT VOD and Next TV starting on May 30 and on HOT HBO on May 31 at 10 p.m.

A SCENE from ‘Oslo,’ beginning next week in Israel.

City OKs Holocaust survivors’ request to move to Oslo Jewish nursing home

Last month, the community helped reverse another refusal by a district of Oslo that declined to refer a survivor to the city’s Jewish Senior Center.

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