Poll: More Than 40% of Norwegians in Favor of Boycotting “Israel”

More than 40 percent of Norwegians are already boycotting "Israeli" products or are in favor of doing so, according to a poll published Wednesday, two days after "Israel's" deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. 

The survey, conducted on Tuesday by the InFact institute and published Wednesday showed that 9.5 percent of the Norwegians questioned were already boycotting "Israeli" products, while 33.5 percent said they would like to. 

Only 29.4 percent of the 1,028 people polled said they were opposed to such a boycott, while 27.6 percent said they had no opinion on the issue. 

Kristin Halvorsen, Norway's health minister and head of the Socialist Left party, called on Tuesday for the international community to boycott arms trade with "Israel", in line with Norway's existing policy. 

Norway on Monday summoned the "Israeli" ambassador in Oslo, condemning the raid as "unacceptable" and calling for "an immediate, independent international inquiry." 

Three Norwegians were among the 682 people from 42 countries aboard the six ships that were towed to an "Israeli" port after Monday's bloody raid that left nine pro-Palestinian activists dead.