Norway: International law is worth defending, even when allies break it

Norway: International law is worth defending, even when allies break it Submitted by Sondos Asem on Wed, 06/10/2026 - 15:47 In Oslo, Andreas Kravik argues the battered global order can still be salvaged, but only if states are willing to confront their friends as readily as their enemies Norway's deputy foreign minister Andreas Kravik speaks to Middle East Eye in Oslo (MEE/Hossam Sarhan) Off International law should be defended even when the country's closest allies are the ones breaking it, said Norway's deputy foreign minister as Oslo reiterated its condemnation of the US-Israeli war on Iran as illegal. In an interview with Middle East Eye's Expert Witness podcast in Oslo, four months into the devastating war, Andreas Kravik said the war on Iran , launched on 28 February, had no basis in law. "In our interpretation of the law, it is not a legal operation," Kravik said.