Khaberni - Israel launched a sharp attack on Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, accusing him of anti-Semitism for his preference to participate in an event supported by the Norwegian Committee for Palestine over an event organized by the Jewish community in the country.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry stated in a statement last Sunday evening that "Støre has set new records in moral degradation and hostility towards Israel and anti-Semitism," according to its terms.
According to the Ministry, the reason for this attack is Støre's participation in an event organized by the Norwegian Center for Combating Racism, supported by the Norwegian Committee for Palestine, instead of joining an event organized by the Jewish community in Norway.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry claimed that he chose to participate in a celebration that turned a horrific incident of murder and persecution of Jews, commemorated as the "Night of Broken Glass" (Nazi violence against Jews in 1938), into a weapon against the Jewish state, Israelis, and Jews, according to the statement's claim.
It considered this an insult to the memory of the victims of what is called the "Holocaust", especially since more than 750 Norwegian Jews were deported and killed by the Nazis and their local agents, according to the Ministry's claim as well.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry also claimed that this event (the date of the event was not specified), which is organized by the Norwegian Center for Anti-Racism with the support of the Norwegian Committee for Palestine, exploits the Holocaust to fuel anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism.
It stated that the Norwegian Prime Minister, by rejecting the requests of the Jewish community and joining the event, sends a dangerous message that even the memory of the "Holocaust" victims can be used for political gain, according to the Ministry.
However, contrary to what the Israeli Foreign Ministry claimed, Støre said during the event that his government "will do its utmost to protect and support Jews in Norway and all minorities," according to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
He added, "Norway should be a country where one can proudly say: I am Jewish."
Israel often attacks countries and officials who criticize the genocide it wages with American support against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
Støre has repeatedly attacked the genocide, and criticized Israel's prevention of the entry of humanitarian aid to about 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has been besieged for about 18 years.
It was hoped that a ceasefire agreement on October 10, last year would prevent the continuation of this genocide, but Israel breaches it daily, causing hundreds of martyrs and wounded, in addition to preventing the entry of enough food and medical supplies.
The genocide has resulted in 69,176 Palestinian martyrs, and 170,690 wounded, most of them children and women, and destruction that affected 90% of the civilian infrastructure, with a reconstruction cost estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars.
