Monday, February 9, 2009

Norway: Trondheim Labour Party demands economic boycott against Israel

This weekend, at a meeting of the Trondheim branch of the Norwegian Labour Party (the main governing party in the country), a motion calling for economic boycott against Israel was passed by 30 votes in favour, 9 against. The motion will be presented at the annual party district conference of Sør-Trøndelag in mid-March. If approved at the party district conference, the motion will be presented at the national party assembly in April.

The Trondheim party branch has also demanded that a public pensions fund (Statens Pensjonsfond Utland) gets rid of its investments in the Israel Electric Company, in line with the Ethical Guidelines of the fund.

The Labour Party has a separate Gaza theme page at its website.

1 comment:

  1. Hey, Trondheim! I'm in Seattle and I'm so proud to have Norwegian relatives, especially after Dr. Mats and now seeing this blog.

    Visit my blog sometime. www.siratyst.blogspot.com

    Cheers for Palestine!

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