Despite considerable protests, the Norwegian authorities decided to close down their office in Gaza during the term of the last government. The reasons for so doing so thin and few savings have been made. Norwegian People's Aid and a number of other organisations argued that this was the wrong signal to send to the hard pressed population of Gaza and the Palestinian independent authorities.
It is therefore good news to hear that the sitting government has resolved to open an office in Gaza once again (as a sub-division of the representational office in Al Ram on the West Bank).