Here’s one piece of news from late March which escaped us at the time. Source. Taking into consideration the upcoming Græsvik vs. Gerstenfeld PFU hearing, it is still of interest today. Vaksdal challenges the foreign minister In a written question…
Monthly Archives: May 2009
He has blessed the murder of all adult Israelis. Here he meets Queen Sonja.
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From the paper edition of Norway’s largest daily today, Verdens Gang, on Saturday, May 30th, in an article by Karoline H.Flåm and Jan Ovind. No link available as of today. He has blessed murder of all adult Israelis. Here he…
May 1st in Trondheim – Palestine most important cause
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Adressa.no, the internet edition of the Norwegian daily Adressa, writes about the May 1st parade in Trondheim: Altogether there were around 4000 people in the area around Trondheim and Trondheim Square on Friday at 13:00 pm. 2500 of these took…
No survey shows proliferation of anti-Semitism
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Unauthorised translation from an article by journalist Lars Akerhaug in Norway’s largest daily – Verdens Gang. No survey on proliferation of anti-Semitism (VG Nett) The center despairs over the lack of surveys of anti-Semitism in Norway. – It is shocking,…
Neo-nazi organization VIGRID runs for Parliament
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It is with great regret that this site now sees the neo-nazi organization Vigrid submit a list of nominees for the parliamentary elections in September. There is some relief to be found in the absolute certainity that the organization will…
Queen of Norway visits mosque aligned with Jamaat-e-Islami and Yusuf al Qaradawi
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The queen of Norway yesterday visited a fundamentalist mosque in Oslo associated with Jamaat-e-Islami. Jamaat-e-Islami is Pakistan’s oldest religious party and one of the organizations which Ed Hussein, the author of the book “The islamicist”, was a member of. It is interesting to…
“Lament in Oslo” – Elana Bonner, wife of deceased Andrei Sakharov
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Yelena Georgevna Bonner, born February 15, 1923, is a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and widow of the late Andrei Sakharov. She comments upon Norway in a recent article in the Jerusalem Post. Here is an excerpt:…
Scandinavian naivité in the twillight of stupidity and criminality
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Every once in a while a Scandinavian is able to step out of himself and think “outside of the box”. Here is a refreshing insight by Danish author Carsten Jensen, from Danish DR. It is part of the common scandinavian…
Håkon Lie, friend of Israel, has passed away
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Håkon Lie has passed away. Lie was a Labour-man who fought against Franco in Spain and the Nazis in Norway during WWII. After the war he worked tirelessly to tie Norway to the west. He was a staunch supporter of…
Gaza internet cafes same as Warsaw ghetto internet cafes
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Both doctor Mads Gilbert and Mayor of Tromsø Arild Hausberg like to compare the situation in Gaza to that of the Warsaw ghetto during WWII. In this film from News from China it appears that the situation is somewhat different.…
ECJ and the European Parliament
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Is Christianity a spent force in Europe? There are those who think otherwise. Here is a message from Tomas Sandell in the European Coalition for Israel: Dear friends, We are now less than two weeks away from the European Parliament…
Columnist upset over non-existent Israeli “anti-arab” weapon
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Morten Ströksnes is a respected Norwegian journalist and author. Like many other respected Norwegians of his trade he is willing to believe most accusations made against Israel without any unneccessary contemplation or query. In 1998 The Sunday Times reported…
The western front of the jihad against the jews
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Norway’s red-green coalition government is not marketing the nation in a very favorable way. International attention is scarce, but increasingly also drawing attention to some rather disappointing aspects of Norwegian foreign policy. From Melanie Phillips, columnist in The Spectator, here: Egypt, you…
A lethal double standard
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Melanie Philips is a columnist in The Spectator who primarily covers the anglo-american world. Much of what she writes is equally valid for Norway, however. Here is an excerpt from her article “A lethal double standard“: Sure, there are some…
Media covers Israel more than any other ME nation
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The Norwegian anti-Israel lobby and the media repeatedly claim that Israel is being criticized just like “any other country”. There is reason to doubt the validity of this claim. NIJ has a new woman onboard, Sophie, who in her line…
On jews and seal hunting
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In an effort to curb seal-hunting the EU has imposed a ban on all sales of seal-products. Norwegians, who have hunted seals since the dawn of time, rightly find this absurd. It just does not stand to reason to ban one form of…
“Ageing, right-wing Israeli man” takes Norwegian star-journalist to task
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On May 20th, seven Norwegian news sources run an NTB (Norwegian News Agency) article on how TV2 is taken to the The Norwegian Press Complaints Commission (PFU). According to Webavisen, a Norwegian news service, the news sources are: Demokraten Lokalt,…
Israel, Burma and the boycott campaign
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Even as the anti-Israel lobby is mustering for boycott, the average Norwegian is increasingly questioning the wisdom of singeling Israel out for critizism. One enlightened reader of Dabladet, a Norwegian daily, writes in a letter which is as short as it…
The European Parliament and the christian vote
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The European Coalition for Israel is launching a campaign to “mobilize, inspire and inform Christians about the upcoming European Parliament elections”. Read more about ECI on their website. From their newsletter: The primary concerns of ECI and its supporters are…
Archive 2006: Synagogue was terror target
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Norway is, due to the language barrier, a largely inaccessible country. People in the outside world have little ken of events in Norway and most Norwegians rely on Norwegian newspapers to inform them about international events. This situation became even more expressed when Aftenposten, a major…