The junior partner in the Norwegian government, the Socialist Left Party of Kristin Halvorsen, (Sosialistisk Venstreparti), plans to vote on a measure calling for military action against Israel if it decides to act against the Hamas in Gaza."The credibility of the world community in its confrontation with the Gadafi regime is undermined when there is no reaction against other states in the region who commit injustices against civil population. The greater world community must therefore also react against Israeli air attacks on the Gaza strip."
The SV party is the fourth largest party in Norway, and the junior party in a coalition with the Norwegian Labour Party (Socialist Democrat). The SV holds 11 seats in parliament, behind Labour, with 64 seats; Progress Party (liberal), with 41 seats; and the Conservative Party, with 30 seats.