“Basically, I think it comes down to domestic politics in Finland and the approaching elections,” Dr. Timo Stewart, senior researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, told the Post.

The agreement was signed in 2024, during the height of the war in Gaza, and despite strong criticism from Finnish opposition

Part of the Finnish opposition has strongly criticised the extension of a defence cooperation memorandum with Israel, which was reportedly renewed “secretly” until 2034, Israeli…