Pro-Israel group’s tent vandalised at Norwegian democracy festival for second year running

A pro-Israel organisation’s tent has been damaged and broken into at a political festival in the Norwegian city of Arendal, marking the second serious incident at the event in as many years. The tent, belonging to MIFF (Israeli People for Peace), was targeted during the annual democracy festival. Police collected footage from security cameras and moved the suspects away from the scene. A spokesperson from the Israeli embassy condemned the incident, questioning what action the Norwegian government would take when ‘words fail’. Last year, the same group’s tent was defaced with graffiti reading ‘genocide’ sprayed across its surface. The recurring incidents have raised concerns about the safety of pro-Israel groups at the festival, which attracts thousands of visitors and political activists from across Norway and beyond. The Norwegian democracy festival is one of Scandinavia’s largest political gathering events, typically featuring diverse political organisations and viewpoints, though it has become an increasingly contentious venue for discussions surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Source: Ynet — Original article in Hebrew.