• Muslim offer Intifada against anti-Semitism
    The Palestine-lobby is facing a problem. Anti-Semitism in Norwegian schools has become too obvious a problem to ignore. But it is difficult to handle since the perpetrators are mainly muslim students and people are recognizing that the boundaries between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism are blurred. So the anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian crowd is facing a problem […]
  • 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 [...] […]

NTNU academic questions virtue of boycott

Far from all NTNU academics are convinced of the necessity of imposing an academic boycott on Israel. Here is the stance of NTNU academic Bjørn K.Alsberg.

Unauthorized translation:

A boycott of Israel? (14.9.09, 13:37)

An academic boycot of Israel? In May 2009 some employees at NTNU and HIST wrote an open letter to their respective boards where they [...]

Criticism against imbalanced NTNU seminars

Is it correct for a university to host a series of seminars on a conflict, with only one side of the story being told? Say that an American university was to host seminars on Norway’s war in Afghanistan – ought the seminars only to focus on the sufferings of the Afghan population, or ought the [...]

Spanish reader on Danish special forces

For a long time Scandinavia was a faraway nowhere-land of plenty. Nothing much happened up here, except maybe Volvo would produce a new model or there would be a delightful abundance of snow for christmas. Then the milk and honey went to our leaders’ heads. They decided to export Scandinavian virtues to the rest of [...]

Mearsheimer endorsed by Bin-laden, speaks at NUPI

Professor John J. Mearsheimer co-authored “The Israel Lobby” with Stephen Walt. Little could they have known that after writing this book they would first be endorsed by Osama Bin-Laden, and then afterwards invited to speak at prestigious institutions in faraway Norway.

While Mr. Walt will be lecturing at NTNU’s autumn seminar-series on Israel, Mr. Mearsheimer is [...]

On Norwegian journalism

Back in March, the Jerusalem Post published an erroneous article on anti-Semitism in Norway. Now we Norwegians, as opposed to Israelis, are not used to having erroneous articles printed about us in foreign newspapers. So naturally there was a legitimate outcry and the JP retracted their article. Some Norwegians had the decency to point out [...]

Israeli director-general: Norwegians are “tough vikings”

The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has accused Norway of upholding anti-Israel and anti-Semitic policies. Lieberman is to have mentioned especially Norway’s “quiet support” of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and commemoration of Nazi-affiliated author Knut Hamsun. Lieberman is vaguely right, but for the wrong reasons.

Jonas Gahr Støre would listen to the Devil himself, [...]

Sri Lanka accuses Solheim of gun-running

Allegations against other countries should not be made with ease. Yet for Norway, so quick to condemn Israel, it is difficult to cry “foul” over allegations made against Norway by Sri Lanka.

Unauthorized translation from Verdens Gang, Norway’s largest daily:

A Sri Lankan newspaper writes that Norway is to have contributed to meetings between the guerilla organization [...]

UK school fearful of teaching about Holocaust

A UK school appears to have avoided selecting the Holocaust as a coursework topic out of “…fear of confronting anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial” among its students. From what we understand this is one school in the UK – one single incident. No, it’s not all UK schools. Just the one, but an example worth studying.

How [...]

American University Lecturer asks Digernes to apologize

Norwegian universities are in general eager for international recognition. Yet the particular kind of foreign attention rektor Torbjørn Digernes is attracting to NTNU is hardly of the desired kind. The latest comment on Rektors side (Rektor’s page) is made by Tammi Benjamin, an American university lecturer:

In no other country in the civilized world has a [...]

Media reports on criticism of imbalanced NTNU seminars

This autumn NTNU, a prestigious Norwegian university, is offering a series of seminars on Israel. The seminars have attracted widespread criticism for being imbalanced, and it has been claimed that the sole purpose of the seminars is to set the stage for a push for academic boycott in 2010.

Two of the mainstream channels to have [...]

Is Norway becoming Extreme-istan?

Aslak Nore is a young Nowegian journalist who just will not stop rocking the boat. He now appears to have picked up a cue from Melanie Phillips’ (author of Londonistan) and is now publishing a book in which he claims that Norway will become more extreme – we will both get more true excellence and [...]

Al Aqsa TV tells kids “Slaughter the jews”

Norway supports the Palestinian people (pr.capita) more than any other people on earth. Yet this support appears to be completely unrelated to the actual behavior of the regimes of Hamas and Fatah. Blatant racism and incitement to murder goes virtually unnoticed by the red-green coalition government, although it has been questioned by the opposition (Progress [...]

Norwegian development aid and Al-Aqsa TV

Norway supports the Palestinian people (pr.capita) more than any other people on earth. For left-of-centre Norwegians with political aspirations, a tour in the Palestinian territories is almost compulsory. As for the programs on Al-Aqsa TV, the protests of the Progress and Christian Democratic parties have fallen on deaf ears – Norwegian support continues unabated.

The program [...]

The New Republic on Sweden’s Free Speech Charade

Look through copies of Swedish Aftonbladet from the 1960’s and you will find articles lauding Pol Pot, who killed of one fourth of his own population. USA, it was believed, was ultimately to blame. Here is a excerpt from Benjamin Birbaum’s reflection on free speech in Sweden, in The New Republic:

Criticism of Norway is welcome gift to Kristin Halvorsen

Norway is in many ways such a splendid little country, it’s dazzling. Yet same as with any other nation, have a closer look and you will unavoidably find rats in the basement, cockroaches in the drains, skeletons in the closet and forgotten evils in dark nooks and crannies throughout the realm.

The manner in which Norway [...]