The Norwegian Progress party has lately drawn attention to the Swedish city of Malmö, where moslem immigrants now account for 80-90% of the population in the borough of Rosengård. The political implications of ethnic diversity is likely to increase in the near future, as the moslem population grows thoughout Europe. Below is an excerpt...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro”The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro” Brazilian Vale, which Norwegian Hydro has a tight partnership with, only accepts the bare minimum of social responsibility, according to a new poll where Greenpeace ranked the Norwegian Hydro partner as the “the world’s mo […]
- VG’s Hanne Skartveit: the great betrayalLifted from VG. Applause to Skartveit for this eminent oped The great betrayal Synagogue OSLO (AP) We were unable to protect our Jewish compatriots during the war. And today we are unable to give them the security they need. Do we simply not care? OpEd by Hanne Skartveit In the street where I lived for some years, just outside Washington, DC, we had a neighb […]
- One week after PM’s reassurance that nobody should live in fear in Norway – Justice Minister Grete Faremo to reassess Jewish community’s security needsLifted from Dagbladet, but also mentioned in other media. Faremo to reassess Synagogue security needs – Is in constant contact with police and the Police Security Services. The Minister of Justice Grete Faremo (Labour) is reviewing the safety precautions in place for the Synagogue in Oslo, and is in constant contact with the police and the police and the sec […]
- Rockets over Israel go untoldWhile the Norwegian media rightly now focuses on the ongoing atrocities in Syria, and even our FM has felt compelled to politely tell the naughty Assad regime off for the continuing blood bath, one may perhaps be sympathetic to editors’s decision to not cover news from Israel. However, since coverage of Israel continues to be tendentious and one-eyed, one mu […]
- Norwegian support for Israel at record highLifted from Vårt Land Record Norwegian support to Israel More Norwegians buy Israeli goods, provide financial support and join the pro-Israel organizations. By: Lise Marit Kalstad and Olav Solvang Norway set a new record in the import of goods from Israel in 2011. In the last year Norway purchased Israeli goods for NOK 722 million, the corresponding number f […]
- Norwegian People’s Aid failure to report on SyriaAt a time when the rest of the world are slowly, ever so gradually starting to notice the atrocities that go on in Syria (but also many other places on our beautiful planet), one would have thought that the Norwegian People’s Aid would at least have mentioned the word Syria, somewhere, anywhere, on its web pages. But nope, not a word, yet NRK, who cannot fin […]
- The PMs Holocaust Memorial Day speech in full“Dear all, This year marks 70 years since the “Danube” cast off from this quay, and embarked on a voyage of shame . 532 Jews were brutally stowed on board. Only nine returned. One of them was Samuel Steinmann. He is the last survivor. I’m especially glad you are here with us. Today we remember the millions of innocent people who were wiped out in History’s m […]
- Our deepest regret this could happen on Norwegian soilFinally, the first real step towards acknowledging our own role in the tragedy. Only after accepting responsibility, can the hard work of forgiveness and the arduous task of reconstructing relations begin. Lifted from Aftenposten (by Elisabeth Rodum and Halvor Hegtun) PM Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) deeply regretted the deportation of Norwegian Jews at the Holo […]
- Holocaust commemoration ceremony today at 1500 hrs in OsloLifted from Dagen.no, but also covered most other news outlets. For more details on the event itself, you can go to http://www.holocaustdagen.no/ Thinks Jens will apologize to the Jews Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is expected to come up with a form of apology to the Norwegian Jews during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day today. Bjørn Arild Hatle […]
- Mixed signals from Norway as Holocaust commemoration ceremony is expected to bring a much awaited formal apology from Norway to its Jewish communityToday, at 3 PM, our PM Jens Stoltenberg is widely expected to officially and formally apologize to the Norwegian Jewish community for the state sponsored persecution and murder of Norwegian citizens with a Jewish background during the WWII. Whatever form that eventual apology finally would be presented as, does not detract from the perception that Norway con […]
Archive for February, 2009
Headlines in the Norwegian media
Aim and method: What is the extent of Norwegian interest in Israel? To what extent do Norwegian media cover Israel? This rough survey consists of counting headlines in the indexing service of www.webavisen.no. Webavisen lists headlines and stories from 240 Norwegian news sources. This method is by no means exact, as it covers only...
Anti-Israeli poem
Poem by Hege Ramson, published in Klassekampen (Classwar) on May 12th, published in Dagsavisen on May 21st 2004, displayed by the Palestine committee here. Ariel Sharon’s robber-song I power on with tanks and planes when I go out a-pillaging I plunder my neighbor’s cities and lands and take more than I need Dullness lies over...
Islamic cleric reinterpreted
On February 16th several major Norwegian newspapers told their readers about how Yusuf al-Qaradawi, to whom many Norwegian moslems look for guidance on religious matters, had stated that the holocaust was a divine punishment and that Adolf Hitler had “put the jews in their place”. Many Norwegians interpreted this to mean that Qaradawi actually...
25.02.09 Otto Jespersen condemned by peers
The PFU, an association for Norwegian media professionals, yesterday declared comedian Otto Jespersen’s anti-semtic monologues to be in violation of the PFU code for decent and proper conduct. Dagbladet, a Norwegian daily, runs an article under the title “Jespersen’s harassment of Israel is unproblematic”. The title is supposed to sum up the attitude of Per Edgar Kokkvold,...
Comedian Otto Jespersen
Otto Jespersen (to the left, burning the American flag) is just about the funniest man in Norway. On November 27th of 2008 his search of funny material brought him, during prime tv time, to say the following: “I would like to take the opportunity to remember all the billions of fleas and lice that lost their...
23.02.09 Netanyahu confident Livni will cooperate
The Norwegian election is coming up in another six months and Siv Jensen of the Progress Party has attracted a lot of attention to herself by warning against “subtle islamification” of Norwegian society. Jensen has pointed towards the Swedish city of Malmö and stated that the Progress Party will never allow a similar situation...
Iran not a threat
In today’s Aftenposten, Daniel Heradstveit comments on Iran’s development of rocket systems. Heradstveit, a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, says the west must not understand Iran’s president literally in his repeated threats to “erase Israel from the map”. The researchers says: “Ahmadinejad has no expectations of removing Israel from the map. What...
Lars Gule, Norwegian academic
Lars Gule is at present an academic at the Oslo University College. Before that he was the general secretary of the Norwegian Humanist Association. Lars Gule is an expert on Islam who became Norway’s very first international terrorist when he was arrested in Lebanon in 1977, carrying 750 grams of explosives on a...
Boycott Israel. Speed up the dialogue.
While most newspapers are struggling, Morgenbladet actually reports an increase in sales. This weeks’ edition of Morgenbladet (February 20-26th) runs a full page article under the title “Boycott Israel. Speed up the dialogue”. The article is written by Hege Ramson, a member of the Palestine Committee (Read one of her poems here). Ramson refers to the...
21.02.09 Extreme right-wing government in Israel
Dagbladet reports “Israeli artillery fires on Lebanon”. In the article itself it turns out that the artillery fire is a response to a rocket having been fired from Lebanon into Israel. Below, from Dagsavisen, today: ————————– President Shimon Peres yesterday asked Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government. A coalition supported by right-wing...
20.02.09 Mahmoud Abbas visits Oslo on Tuesday
An article from the Norwegian News Agency printed in Dagbladet today. While there is no need to elaborate on Mahmoud Abbas’ doctoral thesis on the connection between the Nazis and the Zionists on every single occasion, one might wonder whether Dagsavisen would act equally forgiving to an Israeli politician denying the naqba. ————————– Palestinian president...
20.02.09 Aftenposten: Latest ten articles on Israel…
Hamas – back or forth? (14.02 2009) Russian rocket system pawn in game over Iran’s nuclear program (18.02 2009) Israeli chemist charged with sale of cyanide (18.02 2009) Six wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza-strip (14.02 2009) Israel’s ethnic predicament (13.02 2009) Hamas promises truce with Israel (12.02 2009) Israel moves to the right (12.02 2009) Israeli election “conqueror” proposes...
Swedish Muslims threaten Israeli athletes
It appears that the tolerance for Israelis is extremely low in Sweden right now. Not only is the “security threat” to large to allow the Israeli tennis players to play in front of an audience next month, but according to the blog Islam in Europe, an Israeli TaekwonDo team canceled its participation in a...
A black day for the city of Malmö
The Guardian reports that Sweden and Israel will play their first-round Davis Cup tie in an empty arena next month because of security concerns. The organizers fear that if an Israeli tennis-player were to play in front of an audience, anti-Israeli demonstrators would break up the game. Swedish Conservative Catharina Elgh-Linander was one of the members of the...
The battle for existence
We’re snowing under here in Oslo these days! Today I got a letter from one of my brothers, who lives up north in Sweden. The letter contained two pages from the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen, a weekend special, containing an interview with Israeli writer Yossi Klein Halevi. My brother says sorry about being old school...
Israel – a Norwegian fetish?
It’s incredible. I’ve always though there was a conspicous amount of coverage on Israel but it’s only since I undetook this project that I see how much of it there is. There is something pretty much everyday, and that’s only in the major newspapers which I read myself. In addition there are the newspapers...
Jews blamed for financial crisis
The Norwegian News Agency (NTB) today reports in Aftenposten. Jews blamed for financial crisis Israel’s war on the Gazastrip is not the only cause for increasing antisemitism. Jews are increasingly being blamed for the financial crisis. During an international conference on antisemitism in London on Tuesday where 125 elected representatives from 40 countries participated,...
Iran to purchase Russian rockets
The Norwegian News Agency (NTB) today reports in several Norwegian newspapers (here VG) that Iran is looking to purchase S-300 anti-aircraft rockets from Russia. Iran is furthermore to request assistance in maintaining and renewing the less modern Tor-M1 rockets, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. The rockets are to be used in defence...