– What we see is that Israel does not comply with decisions and resolutions. And that is why we believe it is time to put power behind the demands. This is what Ingrid Fiskaa, spokesperson for foreign policy in SV, tells news. She says what she calls “war crimes on a grand scale in Gaza” cannot continue. – Then we have to use sanctions to put more pressure on Israel, says Fiskaa. At the end of October, the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Israel on 7 October, as well as in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank after the outbreak of the war. AUF: – It’s time SV has put forward a proposal in the Storting for an international arms boycott and harsh economic sanctions against the country. – It is about an international arms embargo and freezing private assets, says Fiskaa. Åsmund Aukrust, foreign policy spokesperson in the Labor Party, is more wait-and-see. – We believe that Israel violates international law. We absolutely use every opportunity to convey that to the Israelis, the Palestinians and everyone else. Should sanctions be relevant, it is something we may have to do together with other countries, says Aukrust to news. Åsmund Aukrust on a previous broadcast of Dagsnytt 18 in October. Photo: Amanda Iversen Orlich Leader Astrid Hoem in the daughter party AUF, says the question of sanctions is always a big discussion at their national meetings. – The brutal bombing of Gaza does not seem to be stopping anytime soon. Then we must show that we do not have double standards when we introduce sanctions. I think it’s time, says Hoem. Right to defend itself Israel, for its part, believes it is defending itself and is responding to the Hamas attack against Israel on 7 October in which over 1,000 people were killed. – If a state cannot defend itself, or is criticized for doing so in line with international law, terrorist organizations will become more and more courageous and continue to use these methods, with international support. This was said by Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Meirav Eilon Shahar, earlier in October. Several countries, including Norway, have said that Israel had the right to defend itself against Hamas’ attacks, but that it must be done proportionately. Frp: – The wrong way to go Sylvi Listhaug, parliamentary representative for the Frp, believes that sanctions against Israel are the wrong way to go. – Boycotting the only democracy in the Middle East, which is exposed to the worst attack on Jews since the holocaust, we believe is completely the wrong way to go, as the situation is now, says Listhaug. FRP’s Sylvi Listhaug believes that sanctions against Israel are the wrong way to go. Photo: Simon Skjelvik Brandseth / news Israel’s ambassador to Norway, Avraham Nir-Feldklein, has previously said that he believes Norway is more critical of Israel than other European countries. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) said on Saturday that the war in Gaza must end. – They live in conditions that are now getting worse and worse day by day. So I just want to say that the humanitarian ceasefire is absolutely necessary to avoid what I think could be an enormous disaster, Støre told news.
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