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Norway: Israeli embassy must move

February 21, 2011 17:22

By

Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

The municipality of Oslo has demanded that the city's Israeli embassy is moved to a different location because of concern that its current address poses a security risk and is a nuisance.

Embassy staff have been given a year to find a new building, according to Israeli newspaper Ynet.

However they have found it difficult to find a suitable place and, in a cable sent to Jerusalem, ambassador Michael Eligal claimed no one wanted to sell to them.

A spokesman for Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned the Norwegian authorities for “capitulating to public opinion that is hostile to Israel."

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