Norway, Israel and the Jews
Jostein Gaarder was born in Oslo in 1952 and became famous when his book Sophies World, a philosophy-made-easy volume for children, became a bestseller in the mid nineties. In August 2006 Mr. Gaarder wrote an op-ed in Aftenposten, one of Norway’s leading dailies. Here Mr. Gaarder critisized Israel for the war against Hezbollah in...
A reader writes to Haaretz about how Norway offered him a Norwegian passport. Covered in Verdens Gang. August 26, 2006 To: The President of Indonesia Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg Your Excellencies, About two months ago I was pleased to receive your joint invitation to take part in the...
Unauthorized translation from Klassekampen, by journalists Christiane Jordheim Larsen (text) and Greg Rødland Buick (photo). Intellectual anti-semites According to professor Yehuda Bauer the contemporary debate on anti-Semitism has led to a resurgence of the perception of jews as a homogenous group. Saturday 26. august, 2006 Yehuda Bauer has arrived from Jerusalem to Oslo in...
Israel is attacked because of Israel’s security policies, informs Director of Human Rights Centre Nils Butenschøn, who adds that Israel is behaving like a “wounded bear”. This article is pretty typical. It’s on Israel, it runs in Dagsavisen (Title: Israel’s failed war) and it is based on the statements on the same old crowd....