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*Demonstrations have now been held in at least 28 cities:*
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Oslo, Stavanger, Sandnes, Fredrikstad, Trondheim, Hamar, Sortland,
Namsos, Arendal, Norheimsund, Mosj?en, Bergen, Sarpsborg, T?nsberg, Harstad,
Troms?, Kristiansand, Notodden, Vads?, Mo i Rana, Alta, Kirkenes, R?ros,
Volda, Halden, Gj?vik, Lillehammer, Selbu.

The numbers of participants have never been bigger.


*Union activities:*
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*POLITICAL STRIKE:* Thursday ALL trains in the whole of Norway, and
all trams and subways in Oslo, will stand still for two minutes as a result
of a political strike organized by the Norwegian Locomotive Union and the
Oslo Tram Workers Union in protest of the Israeli invasion of Gaza.

A large selection of Norwegian trade unions and organizations has
endorsed a *new campaign for the withdrawal of all State investments in Israel.*
The call is endorsed by so far 6 of the largest national trade unions.

*The Union of Trade and Office Workers calls on all members to ask
their employers to remove Israeli produtcts from stores. *The union is the by
far largest union of workers in all types of private and public stores in
Norway.

The confederation of Norwegian Trade Unions (LO), with apr. 1/5 of the
whole Norwegian population as members, condemns the Israeli bombing and
invasion in Gaza and calls for demonstrations.

*The Norwegian Church* has protested Israels invasion of Gaza and was,
according to media, "called to the carpet" by the Israeli embassador.

22.000 supports the Facebook-group *demanding the embassador* to be
expelelled from Norway. The Facebook-group has got attention in all
major newspaper and was hacked by a Zionist hacker-group but is now back on
track.

*31% of Norwegians supports the boycott of Israel*, in a survey by the
pro-Israel tabloid VG today. The question was politicaly charged "Do
you support the Socialist Left's boycott of Israel?" If not mentioning the
Socialists the number would probably be much higher. The vast majority
in all groups in the survey is against the Israeli invasion of Gaza.

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