Norway parliament to consider proposal for national terror list naming Hamas, IRGC - exclusive
The Norwegian Christian Democratic Party's Joel Ystebø told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that his party is proposing that Norway create an independent designation system for terrorist organizations.
Norway's parliament is set to discuss a proposal for establishing a national terror blacklist, explicitly naming Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Currently, Norway relies on the UN sanctions framework for identifying terrorist organizations. The Christian Democratic Party (KrF) is pushing for this change, citing concerns about the influence of these groups, particularly Hamas, on Norwegian society, especially among young people and radicalized communities.
While the proposal does not call for the immediate designation of these groups, it aims to instruct the government to develop and submit a system for creating such a list, which could enhance Norway's homeland security and protect its Jewish community.
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