2006 August | Norway, Israel and the jews

Document 15 calls on Jonas Gahr Støre to explain Senator Brownback’s letter
"Mowgli made leader of the Bandar-log" by John Charles Dollman On August 3rd US Senator Brownback wrote a letter, expressing concern over Israel-hatred and anti-Semitism, to Norway’s ambassador to Washington DC. While this site published the letter on August 12th, Norwegian journalists failed to find it newsworthy. Members of the opposition […]
NRK mentions Naqba-effect but omits war-cause
NRK reports on the Naqba without mentioning war which caused it Journalist Laila Ø. Bakken of the Norwegian State Broadcasting Authority NRK manages to report on how Abbas’ family fled during the “Naqba”, while completely omitting any mention of the 1948 war which caused the “Naqba”. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and […]
Letter from Minister of Defense denies boycott of Israel, claims ‘constructive dialogue’ with Israel
Hans Olav Syversen from the Christian Democrats refers to a letter from the Minister of Defense Vårt Land today reports that the Christian Democrats (KrF) and Conservatives (Høyre) aim to stop Minister of Defense Grete Faremo (Labor) from boycotting Israeli companies on an individual basis. The article (above) refers to a letter from […]
NUPI invites Freeman to speak about US-Israel relations
When Charles W. Freeman had to resign from a position with the Obama administration in March 2009, he blamed the Israel-Lobby. On Wednesday he visited NUPI in order to speak about US-Israel relations. Vårt Land reports, in an NTB article, that Freeman has as little faith in the current round of peace […]
Scandinavian democracy – a guided affair
Screenshots from Norwegian newspapers Aftenposten and DagenMagazinet Not even in Scandinavia does democracy work flawlessly. Is there an invisible hand at work? In the screenshot above (left) we see an op-ed from yesterday’s Aftenposten, with Eirik Vatnøy from Civita, a liberal think tank, asking some rather poignant questions. Vatnøy points out that it appe […]
Washington Post on terrorism in Norway
Three men were apprehended this summer on suspicion of terrorism. As the Washington Post points out, we Norwegians were told that we at no time have been in any danger whatsoever. Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls In late 2009, Jakobsen went to Norway’s Police Security Service and began providing information on Davud’s activities after what he […]
Protected: Norway suspects Israel unethical, invests in Turkmenistan
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. […]
JP mentions Norway: Has Europe learned from its past?
In material terms, being Norwegian is like winning the lottery. Intellectually it is like living in a carnival. Once groupthink sets in there is nobody left to comment upon how it affects us, and prominent citizens can act bizarrely with impunity . The JP, which editor of Aftenposten Harald Stanghelle tells us is […]
Interview with a convert reveals anti-Semitism
In Aslak Nore book “Ekstremistan” the author predicts that in the near future, Norway will be more mulit-cultural, for good and for worse. The reader is treated to some of the latter in Nore’s interview with a Norwegian convert to Islam, who reflects upon some of her formerly held beliefs. The following […]
Nous allons manger des pommes de terre israéliennes », annonce notre hôte
This blog is not about Israel or the Norwegian Jews. It is about Norway’s perception of and relationship to Israel and Jews. Yet Norway is only one little piece in a larger puzzle. It is while trying to solve this puzzle that foreigners every now and then are brought to pay attention to us up […]

Jostein Gaarder

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 Lebanon, claiming [...]

MFA offers Norwegian passport to Israel

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 forthcoming Global Inter-Media dialogue in Bali, Indonesia, on [...]

Klassekampen: Yehuda Bauer and intellectual anti-Semites

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 order to participate in the [...]