Norway meets Israel at Ullevål on Saturday and the match is controversial given the war in Gaza.
The fact that there is a ceasefire from Friday has, for example, not made the Norwegian organization Palestine Committee change its mind about a large demonstration on Saturday outside the arena.
At a press conference the day before the match, Israel's team captain Eli Dasa also got a number of questions on the subject. In the end, he got tired.
I feel like I'm here as a politician from the Israeli authorities. Tomorrow we play a match against Norway. Maybe we should talk about football?, he said.
The security measures around the Israeli team are large and at the team's hotel, the police had set up barriers several hours before the team's arrival on Thursday evening.
We are very pleased. We feel safe and comfortable here, said Eli Dasa.
Norway leads the World Championship qualifying group and has full points, 15 points, after five out of eight matches. Second-placed Italy has 9 points in four matches and Israel is third with 9 points after five matches played.
