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 == Another quite prominent source == 
 The norwegian minister of finance Kristin_Halvorsen on a tour to palestine in 2002 (before she was a minister) commented to the newspaper Dagbladet   ""It is insane that a civilized country can act like this. What I have seen and experienced down here is horrifying. So far I have abstained from calling Israel an apartheid state, but after this it is no way around it."" (my translation. original quote for those that understand norwegian:  ""Det er vanvittig at et sivilisert land kan oppføre seg slik. Det jeg har sett og opplevd her nede er skrekkelig. Jeg har hittil unngått å betegne Israel som en apartheidstat, men etter dette er det ikke noen vei utenom, sier en rystet Kristin Halvorsen til Dagbladet."" I don't know. maybe this should be added to the article?  "