Tromsø is the biggest city in Northern Norway with approximately 54 000 inhabitants. It boasts a state of the art hospital and favors itself as ”the Paris of the north”. During winter Tromsø is as dark as death but in summer the city springs to life as the…
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Secular, gay politician boycotts Jerusalem gay pride
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Regulars at this site will remember how Anette Trettebergstuen founded the network “Friends of Palestine” in the Norwegian Parliament as a counterweight to the “Friends of Israel” network. Stating that a parliamentarian perfectly well could be member of both networks…
Norwegian Ambassador gilds the rose
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On April 2nd the Norwegian Ambassador to Israel, Jakken Bjørn Lian, writes to the Jerusalem Post (see below) about the Gaza-march in Olso on January 8th, in which the Norwegian Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen took part. Lian describes the march as…
Archive 2007: Police cadet alleged to have threatened jews
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Here is a translation from Norway’s largest daily Verdens Gang, November 25th 2007. Taking into consideration the statements of Yusuf Qaradawi, the opinions of Muhammed ali Chisti and Trond Ali Lindstad, the riots in early January and the theories of…
Business editorial states “There is a difference between Singalese and jews”
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Dagens Næringsliv is Norway’s largest business daily. Yesterday many readers found the following editorial a refreshing change from the same-same of Akersgata (Norway’s Fleet Street): Social commitment The tragedy of Sri Lanka is entering its temporarily last act. During the next few…
Sri Lanka not as interesting as Gaza
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Norwegian tamils demonstrated in Oslo again yesterday, this time outside the central government offices in Akersgata. This is the latest in a series of demonstrations which all look the same: hundreds and thousands of tamils marching to and fro, and…
Archive: 2006 article in Dagbladet on Gry Larsen, political adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Here is an unauthorized translation from Dagbladet on January 8th 2006. Observe that following the conflict the article covers, adviser Gry Larsen retracted her support for a boycott of Israel and toed the official party line. Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas…
Halvorsen’s march on January 8th “Less than peaceful”
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The Tundra Tabloids picks up on Manfred Gerstenfeld’s latest op-ed to the Jerusalem Post, which concerns Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen and her participation in a march on January 8th (Covered here, here and here). Gerstenfeld’s op-ed is in reply to…
Norway hammers Israel
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Many Norwegians claim that Norwegian criticism of Israel is legitimate, that Israel has to stand scrutiny just like any other nation, and that pro-Israel allegations of such criticism being anti-Semitic has no foundation in reality and is solely intended to silence critical voices. But let…
Muslim convert calls for “extermination” of Israel’s regime
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In a letter to Aftenposten today muslim convert Trond Ali Lindstad calls for the “extermination” of Israel’s regime, placing the word extermination in brackets. Linstad is a doctor and for a decade also a member of Arbeidernes Kommunistiske Parti (AKP -Workers Communist Party) as…
To the right
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Document.no runs an interesting post today on the American writer Bruce Bawer. Here’s an excerpt from Document.no’s introduction: Bruce Bawer is making an important contribution in enlightening the Americans about events in Europe: even well informed, educated Americans have no…
Israel disappointed by Støre
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From an NTB (Norwegian News Agency) article in Dagsavisen today: Israel’s ambassador Michael Eligal today met at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to express disappointment over how Norway reacted to the speech made by president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Israel…
Norwegian lawyers file complaint against Israel for war-crimes
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A number of newspapers today run the following NTB (Norwegian News Agency) article – here from Verdens Gang, Norway’s largest daily: Norwegian lawyers file complaint against Israel A group of Norwegian lawyers are filing a complaint against Israel for the…
The public voice and the anti-Israel lobby
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Dagsavisen, a smaller Norwegian daily, today ran an article under the heading: “Media gullible in Islam-debate?“. Ulf Andenæs, a journalist in Aftenposten, states: “In spite of the broad spectrum of journalists covering islam, I do not know a single person…
Durban II and the Norwegian “jaw-jaw”
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Winston Churchill once said he would rather “jaw-jaw than war-war”, meaning he preferred negotiation to conflict. Aftenposten, a larger Norwegian daily, writes today: Several western nations with the USA leading the way have boycotted the conference, while EU-countries and some…
Norwegian political party blames Mossad for 9-11
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A new political party, the Independent Labour Party, has been established in Norway. ILP is led by Ghufoor Butt, who will run for parliament in this year’s elections. As you can read in the excerpt from Dagbladet below, Butt has…
Legitimate criticism of Norway?
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Norwegian Middle East expert Hilde Henriksen Waage touched a nerve with her suggestion that “something similar to a smear campaign” is being conducted against Norway. We have read similar suggestions in Klassekampen, Dagsavisen and Bergensavisen. Only yesterday Professor Morten Levin…
“Jew” – an insult
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The Norwegian daily Dagbladet today covers anti-Semitism in the schools under the heading “Jew” has become an insult. Government initiates plan against religious-based bullying – When “jew” becomes an insult among certain youth-groups and muslims are called terrorists, we need to take…
The propaganda machine
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Hilde Henriksen Waage is not the only Norwegian academic who believes in the power of the pro-Israel propaganda machine. In today’s Adresseavisa, a daily focusing on the Trondheim area, Professor Morten Levin writes: The attacks against Rita Ottervik and Håkon…
Serve no foreign prince
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The European Council for fatwa and research is heeded by Norwegian muslims, who look to the council for deliberations upon theological issues. One of the clerics at the institute is Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who made headlines in the Norwegian media on February…