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Yeshiva World News · Nov 9, 2026

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Norway's chief prosecutor has thrown out the complaint against Prof. Bassam Hussein, the Trondheim university lecturer who called the Hamas terrorists' October 7th massacre "the most beautiful thing that has happened in our century," ruling his words are protected political speech. Prosecutors said the hate speech law does not apply because he did not target a specific group. On Elpeleg, who filed the complaint, vowed to appeal and take the fight to the EU and UN. Norway still does not designate Hamas a terror group.

Norway's chief prosecutor has thrown out the complaint against Prof. Bassam Hussein, the Trondheim university lecturer who called the Hamas terrorists' October 7th massacre "the most beautiful thing that has happened in our century," ruling his words are protected political speech. Prosecutors said the hate speech law does not apply because he did not target a specific group. On Elpeleg, who filed the complaint, vowed to appeal and take the fight to the EU and UN. Norway still does not designate Hamas a terror group.

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