2009 January | Norway, Israel and the jews

Anti-Semitism is Norwegian problem, not ‘muslim-problem’
There is a lot of focus on muslim anti-Semitism right now, and rightly so. As NRK’s Tormod Strand has disclosed, muslim children have brought anti-Semitism back into the Norwegian schools. Yet Kristin Halvorsen of the Socialist Left has a point when she says anti-Semitism is not a “muslim-problem” but a “Norwegian problem”. Anti-Semitism in Norway goes [...] […]
Synagogue-shooter aspires to become poster-boy of Islam
As a young boy Arfan Q. Bhatti was diagnosed as suffering from an anti-social personality disorder. As a young man he ventured into a life of crime which reached its high mark when he opened fire on the Oslo synagogue in 2006. Mr.Bhatti has previously said that he supports the death penalty against homosexuals and [...] […]
Escandinavia, a la cabeza de la Europa del bienestar y del ¿antisemitismo infantil y juvenil? – Norway, Israel and the jews
Safed-Tzfat, keeping the Spanish-speaking world up to date: La estación nacional noruega de televisión, la NRK, ha entrevistado a unos maestros de la escuela primaria y secundaria de ciudades donde la inmigración es muy fuerte (y mayoritariamente musulmana). Ningún maestro ha hablado con la cara descubierta por temor a las represalias. Todos por lo tanto han […]
Klassekampen – the anatomy of deceit
Klassekampen article claiming NRK's broadacst exaggerates the problem of anti-Semitism in the schools Often you will not read an entire article. Often you will merely glance at the heading and first paragraphs. Journalists know this, and structure their articles so you read the most important parts first. Except for when the journalist does not have [.. […]
Aftenposten journalist is Palestine-activist
Aftenposten: "Beat Palestinian children during interrogations" On March 15th Norway’s second largest newspaper Aftenposten published an editorial on the importance of combatting anti-Semitism. As Document.no points out, Aftenposten can start by examining its own journalists. John J.Mearsheimer og Stephen M.Walt write about the media (in “The Israel […]
Aftenposten journalist and Palestine-activist covers Pension fund investments in Israel
Journalist and Palestine-activist Lars Akerhaug covers Israel for Aftenposten Aftenposten journalist Lars Akerhaug is a committed left-wing politician and Palestine-activist. In spite of this Aftenposten often assigns him to cover Israel. In the article “Builds Norwegian settlements with Norwegian savings” Mr.Akerhaug covers the Norwegian Pension Fund, also […]
Norwegian student faces court in Saudi-Arabia
Mohyeldeen Mohammed achieved some measure of fame when he as a key note speaker at a muslim rally warned of a 9/11 on Norwegian soil if transgressions against muslims did not cease. It was later revealed that Mr.Mohammed also supported that homosexuals be killed. Shortly after giving his speech Mohammed returned to his [...] […]
Action Plan focuses on islamophobia, not anti-Semitism
Anniken Huitfelt in Dagbladet, April 17th 2009 Following NRK journalist Tormod Strand’s program on anti-Semitism in Norwegian schools, the media is all over the issue. But this is not new. Anti-Semitism in the schools was a big issue almost exactly one year ago as well. The news is that even the problem was known, it [...] […]
Situation in Norway proves necessity of Jewish state
Aftenposten op-ed "The Norwegian Jew disappears" Norway is one of those societies which has great difficulties in providing Jews with circumstances in which they can thrive. The author of the op-ed in Aftenposten above raises an interesting question: If Jews cannot live in Norway, does not that prove the necessity of a Jewish state where [...] […]
Opposition gently demands action plan against anti-Semitism
Syversen of the Christian Democrats Hans Olav Syversen of the Christian Democrats is asking that the authorities take anti-Semitism seriously. Mr.Syversen has a good track record of doing so himself, although there are those who say that he is too much of a gentleman to be a match for the brawlers he faces. Unauthorized translation [...] […]

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 [...]

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