• Document.no: Pogroms in Oslo
    Document.no is more than a blog, it is a community. Whatsmore it is intelligent, well-mannered and subsequently growing, which makes a lot of people somewhat worried. Document.no now offers a lengthy post on Norwegian author Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-jewish riots in Oslo”. Unauthorized translation from Pogroms in Oslo: Researchers and the police can say: […]
  • Malmö: Ever since I came here people have been shouting ‘fucking Jew’ at me
    Anyone concerned for the re-emergence of anti-Semitism in Scandinavia who is not reading Sweden, Israel and the Jews is robbing themselves blind. If you follow Sweden, this is the place to go. Ilya Meyer has a larger archive. On the other hand Norwegian newspapers, with exception being made for Aftenposten, are not particularly interested in [...] […]
  • ‘Jews themselves wrote lists of whom were to die in concentration camps’
    The University of Oslo wants to fire a history professor – appearently for having violated its health, environment and safety (HES) code. Protesters say this has nothing to do with HES and everything to do with the Univeristy curtailing the freedom of expression of its staff. One of the protestors is Professor of Law Jan [...] […]
  • Norwegian funnymen fearful of insulting Muhammed
    Norwegian comedian Thomas Seltzer. Picture from NRK P3. In 2006 funnyman Otto Jespersen demonstrated his courageous wit by torching the Bible. When asked why he did not burn the Koran, he replied: “We considered that too, but could not get hold of a copy. What is more I am 52 years old now and reckon [...] […]
  • Støre and Syria, Bishops’ Boycott
    FM Jonas Gahr Støre met with Syria’s FM Muallem on Monday8th. Nothing much in the media about that, not at all. Syria hardly registers at all. In the clip above you see a program from Syrian television. Does not this look like the kind of society Norwegians ought to be worried over? Remember [...] […]
  • VG on Bishops’ Boycott
    Verdens Gang (VG) - Norway's largest daily Verdens Gang (VG) is Norway’s largest daily. In today’s editorial the newspaper claims that the Bishops Boycott is, pretty much, a walk down nonsense street. Unauthorized translation: We believe that the Bishops ought to bury the though of a boycott of trade as soon as possible. They receive the [...] […]
  • No Press Accreditation for PR-woman Yngvild Mortensen
    Qassam rockets: from Ynet news Dagbladet reports on how freelancing journalist Yngvild Mortensen has her knickers in a twist as Israel refuses to grant her press accreditation. The reason Ms.Mortensen is not getting one is because she is a freelancer, and not in steady employ. When one looks back upon the long series of biased [...] […]
  • Is Dagbladet confusing Gaza with the Westbank?
    Dagbladet attributes this picture to Gaza, by Reuters, Elilana Aponte and Scanpix. The picture above is from an article in Dabladet titled “New peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians“. The first half hour the picture did not have any explaining subtext, which easily might have lead readers to believe the picture shows an Israeli kicking [...] […]
  • FM Støre, Dr Mads, Syversen on the Bishops’ Boycott
    Norwegian Bishops have come up with the idea that boycotting Israel just might be a fine idea. Foreign Minister Jonas Ghar Støre is opposed to a boycott and says so in today’s Verdens Gang – Norway’s largest daily. Unauthorized translation: – It is good that the Church speaks out for the opprssed, but the Church’s main [...] […]
  • Editor slams Bishops’ Boycott
    DagenMagazinet For Vebjørn Selbekk “freedom of expression” is more than just words, as is “courage”. After publishing an article on the cartoon-war in 2006, he became embroiled in it himself, receiving only luke-warm support from the Norwegian intelligensia and political establishment as he stood up for his editorial right to publish news-stories on relevant […]

Doctor Mads Gilbert (NORWAC)

Mads Fredrik Gilbert (born in 1947)is a Norwegian doctor who became a politician in the Rødt (Red) party after first having spent some time in AKP-ml (Workers’ Communist Party – the marxist leninists). Gilbert attracted some attention in 2006 when he criticized the organization medicine sans frontiers for working on both sides of a conflict without taking sides [...]

Asgeir Drugli: “Israel is the new Wehrmacht”

Asgeir Drugli is a politician in Rødt (Red), a socialist party to the left of the Sosialistisk Venstreparti (Socialist Left). Rødt is four times as popular among Norwegian journalists as it is with the population in general. Drugli aspires to be elected to parliament in the elections in 2009. In an interview in the regional [...]

“Are there any jews there?”

 

“Noman Mubashir is quite right when he writes in the daily Aftenposten for January 10th that there were many hooligans rampaging the centre of Oslo last week. But he does not mention that some of the activists unfortunately had more ideological reasons for their riots, violence and shouts of hatred. Jewish communities report more threats [...]

NORWAC doctors claim no indication of Hamas presence in Shifa hospital

Below, an excerpt from Aftenposten Morgen (Morning edition, paper), on Janury 13th, page 4, section:news, by journalist Anne Hafstad. On NORWAC doctors Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse, who worked and reported from the Shifa hospital in Gaza. Caveat: this is an unauthorized translation. For an authorised translation please contact the newspaper – Aftenposten.

The two doctors who [...]

Mads Gilbert says Gaza is worse than Warsaw ghetto

Norwegian doctors Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse are quoted in an article in Dagsavisen, a smaller Norwegian daily. Here is an unauthorized translation from the article by Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth on January 12th:

The two believe conditions in Gaza are reminiscent of the ghetto in Warsaw during the second world war.

– Gaza is the Warsawa-ghetto again, only worse. There [...]

The flag of Hezbollah

Anti-Israeli and anti-semite sentiment is running high here in Oslo.  Now please look at the photograph below. This photo of anti-Israeli protesters was taken on January 8th in downtown Oslo, right in front of the Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament building), during a peaceful, pro-Israeli rally. I remember this particular poster very well because I was standing [...]

Diplomatic envoy Trine Lilleng

Trine Lilleng, first secretary at the Norwegian Embassy in Riaydh, Saudia Arabia, first attracted attention in 2007 through blogging about her meetings with members of the Saudi monarchy (VG). In January 2009 she made headlines across the world by equating Israel’s actions in Gaza to the Holocaust.  Mrs.Lilleng sent out an email to friends, where [...]

Socialist politician: Jews suffer from empathy deficiency

Trond Andresen is an academic working with cybernetics at NTNU in Trondheim. He was a longstanding member of the socialist RV/Rødt but left the party after attracting negative publicity for, among others, a letter to the communist daily Klassekampen (Class war) on Saturday, January 3rd. There are limits then, even for a party where prominent [...]