This blog saw life three months ago, and has existed as a cursory investigation of the allegations of anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli sentiment made by Manfred Gerstenfeld in the book “Behind the humanitarian mask”. My investigations have been haphazard and amateurish. My translations have been fast and crude. I am not convinced that my blog has served any meaningfull purpose. The [...]
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Waage is circling the wagons The Jerusalem Post has printed and withdrawn articles on anti-Semitism in Norway. Twice. The first version of the article claimed that the Norwegian Minister of Finance, Kristin Halvorsen from the Socialist Left (SV), had taken part in a pro-Gaza march where she shouted “Death to the jews”. Of course she [...] On March 22nd the House of Litterature in Oslo arranged a dialogue meeting about hatred, inviting among others spokesmen from the jewish, muslim and gay communities. One of the speakers was Muhammed Ali Chisti, whose speech was titled “Why I hate jews”. Here are some titbits from his speech: “…I hate jews, and how [...] - Muslims are the jews of today, stigmatized, generalized and presented as a threat to society, says a spokesman for Arbeiderpartiet (Labor) on March 26th. It is not uncommon to find different aspects of xenophobia and persecution examined through the Holocaustic lens. If so-and-so is being persecuted, this line of reasoning goes, then so-and-so is the [...] In the hope of curtailing yobster violence, England has invested in a massive amount of surveillance cameras. The theory was if people knew they might be on camera, they would think twice before committing a crime. What really happened was that criminal activity went on pretty much as usual. Social psychologists however, all of a [...]
Norwegian soldiers from the Telemark Battalion training in Afghanistan Norway is at war in Afghanistan. Militarily Norway contributes with 700 soldiers in the NATO led ISAF-force. In 2007 Norwegian contributed with NOK 450 million in humanitarian and development aid. For a career officer in the Norwegian army, it’s become almost compulsory to spend a term in what [...] Norway does not get a lot of attention from the outside world. We’re just like New Zealand with more snow. Things more or less work and we coexist peacefully with our neighbors so there isn’t much to write about. For example, Norway is a member of NATO and has been allied to the USA for more [...] January 8th and 11th : Anti-Israel riots turn Oslo into a warzone “Khyber khyber” the mob chanted during the riots in Oslo on January 8th and 11th. There were cries of “Kill the jews!”. In the background, young people from the publicly financed youth activity house of Blitz were banging drums to create the appropriate atmosphere. Bottles spun through [...] The two main Trade Union Confederations in Norway are LO and YS, with the former having strong ties to the Labor movement. LO’s description of itself on its website: ” The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) is decidedly the largest and most influential workers’ organisation in Norway. LO has a strong position in society and has set its stamp [...] Gry Larsen attending a "boycott Israel" demonstration Gry Larsen is a Norwegian politician representing Arbeiderpartiet (Labor). She holds a bachelors degree in the humanities and political science and has previously been leader and deputy leader of the AUF, the youth wing of Arbeiderpartiet. As reported on in this blog AUF cooperates with Fatah Youth. In the AUF election in 2002, [...] On Saturday the mayor of Trondheim applauded painter Håkon Gullvåg for the “brave” political commitment of his next exhibition, where he displays a painting of a blood-splattered Israeli flag and a 9 metres wide canvas titled “Requiem for the children of Gaza”. The film clip below is from the annual meeting of Trondheim Arbeiderparti on February 8th [...] On February 5th 2009 in Qabatiya on the West Bank., Israeli soldiers shot Ala a-din Abu Rop, a leading member of Islamic Jihad. The three news agencies Reuters, NTB (Norwegian News Agency) and TT (Swedish News Agency) reported on the event under the following headlines: “Israel kills Islamic Jihad militant in West Bank” (Reuters), “Palestinian activist [...] Still no articles on neither Fatah’s recent refusal to accept Israel nor the preparations for Durban II, which Norway is to attend. But the Norwegian painter Håkon Gullvåg is in the news for focusing on Israel in his exhibition next weekend. The “Requiem for the children of Gaza” is 9 metres wide. In ”The flag” above, the flag of Israel is splattered [...] Støre funds the PA On February 5th several Norwegian newspapers reported on how the Israeli navy had seized the supply ship “Tali”, on its way to Gaza with supplies, in tow. No media reported on how the ship turned out to be carrying no supplies at all. On February 18th Aftenposten, a larger Norwegian daily, [...] |
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