Kjell Erik Eilertsen
NOREF, the Norwegian Centre for Conflict Resolution, is an independent, government-appointed foundation with a secret agenda. For 18 years, it has arranged secret meetings with Hamas and Fatah, among others. It receives NOK 64 million annually from the development aid budget and has cost taxpayers NOK 716 million since 2008. Last year, salary costs for its 29 employees reached almost NOK 39 million. The Foreign Ministry provides no answers.