The Guardian June 5, 2025
One politician, Marian Hussein, was asked by the speaker to remove her keffiyeh, which she kept on in protest.
During the debate, sounds of shouting protesters outside echoed in the chamber.

Hussein, the deputy leader of the Socialist Left party, which brought forward one of the proposals, said in response: “Speaker, I will not take off my Palestinian scarf. Those standing outside are shouting right now: ‘Stop Norwegian involvement, withdraw the oil fund.’”

She added: “Why do we still show double standards in this hall? Why are some people worth less than others?”

After quoting from a famous Norwegian poem, Du Må Ikke Sove (Dare Not Sleep) from 1936, she cited Jens Stoltenberg, the former NATO secretary general who is now the finance minister in Norway’s minority Labour government.

We are a small nation which constantly talks about the need for a world order,” she said.
“We have a finance minister who has been a former NATO chief and prime minister. He knows very well what this means in foreign policy.”

During the debate, Stoltenberg said Norway had “an established ethical regime for the fund”. He added: “We divest from the companies that contribute to Israel’s breach of international law, but we do not divest from all companies that are present on the ground.”