Friends of Palestine in the Parliament of Norway

Friends of Palestine in the Parliament of Norway (Norwegian: Palestinas Venner på Stortinget) is a pro-Palestine caucus group consisting of members of the Parliament of Norway (Stortinget).

The initiative to form the group was taken in late 2007, and was modelled after the pro-Israel group Israels Venner på Stortinget.[1] After the 2009 election, the group convened. Torbjørn Røe Isaksen joined the groups for support of both Israel and Palestine, and was the only member from a non-socialist party.[2] The leader of Palestinas Venner is Anette Trettebergstuen.[2] After the 2009 election the group had 29 members.[2]

Present members (2013–2017)

As of August 2014, the Friends of Palestine have a total of 23 members, 19 (of 55) from the Labour Party (Ap) and 4 (of 7) from the Socialist Left Party (SV).[3]

Two members, Kari Henriksen and Sverre Myrli (both Ap) were also members of Friends of Israel.[3]

References

  1. ^ Nehru Sand, Lars (2007-11-11). ""Israels Venner" får konkurranse". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-11-24.
  2. ^ a b c Gillesvik, Kjetil (27 November 2009). "Midtøstens Ole Brumm". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). p. 9.
  3. ^ a b "TV 2 stilte politikerne i «Palestinas venner» tre spørsmål om Gaza", TV2, 10.08.2014