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 oppf re seg slik Det jeg har sett og opplevd her nede er skrekkelig Jeg har hittil unng tt 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