• No Press Accreditation for PR-woman Yngvild Mortensen
    Qassam rockets: from Ynet news Dagbladet reports on how freelancing journalist Yngvild Mortensen has her knickers in a twist as Israel refuses to grant her press accreditation. The reason for Ms.Mortensen is not getting one is because she is a freelancer, and not in steady employ. When one looks back upon the long series of [...] […]
  • Is Dagbladet confusing Gaza with the Westbank?
    Dagbladet attributes this picture to Gaza, by Reuters, Elilana Aponte and Scanpix. The picture above is from an article in Dabladet titled “New peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians“. The first half hour the picture did not have any explaining subtext, which easily might have lead readers to believe the picture shows an Israeli kicking [...] […]
  • FM Støre, Dr Mads, Syversen on the Bishops’ Boycott
    Norwegian Bishops have come up with the idea that boycotting Israel just might be a fine idea. Foreign Minister Jonas Ghar Støre is opposed to a boycott and says so in today’s Verdens Gang – Norway’s largest daily. Unauthorized translation: – It is good that the Church speaks out for the opprssed, but the Church’s main [...] […]
  • Editor slams Bishops’ Boycott
    DagenMagazinet For Vebjørn Selbekk “freedom of expression” is more than just words, as is “courage”. After publishing an article on the cartoon-war in 2006, he became embroiled in it himself, receiving only luke-warm support from the Norwegian intelligensia and political establishment as he stood up for his editorial right to publish news-stories on relevant […]
  • Johan Galtung finds Gaza ‘a replay of the Warsaw ghetto’
    The Russel Tribunal for Palestine is supported by among other Ilan Pappe, Ken Loach and John Pilger. There is also a Norwegian onboard, Mr. Johan Galtung – above behind the rostrum at what appears to be a Turkish university. Below you see a section from a transcript from his lecture, where Mr.Galtung identifies Israel’s policies [...] […]
  • France horrified by Silfur Egills
    Iceland - a great little island society Iceland is a great little island mainly populated by decent and hardworking people. It is also home to a talk-show host who is “horrified” by Israel, refuses to elaborate on why, and calls NIJ an “idiot-site” for asking. Meanwhile the French are watching, wondering what on earth [...] […]
  • Aftenposten centrefold on anti-Semitism in Malmö
    Aftenposten: Norway's second largest newspaper Aftenposten today covers anti-Semitism in Malmö in Sweden with the article “Jew-hatered has reappaered in Malmö“. The article tells of how; a) a Holocaust survivor has been called a lier by Malmö-schoolchildren b) the mayor Ilmar Reepalu has denied that Jews have been attacked, that it is no business of [.. […]
  • Bishops bellow ‘boycott’
    Bishop Solveig Fiske finds it "natural" to contemplate a boycott of Israel Here we go again. Virtually every week, some Norwegian will demand that action be taken against Israel. Not against Saudi Arabia, no. Not against Egypt or Syria or Bahrain, no. Iran, sometimes. Israel, always. Politicians, newspapermen and activists… the number of people hor […]
  • Communication break-down:Icelandic talk-show host ‘horrified’ by Israel
    Egill Helgason is the best paid talk-show host on Iceland. He runs a literary program as well as a weekly program on the State Television RUV called Silfur Egils (The silver of Egils), to which all major Icelandic players aspire to be invited, even though an Icelandic source informs us that many Icelanders [...] […]
  • Oslo: Støre to meet Syria FM on Monday 8th
    The screen-shot above is from the MFA website and announces – in Norwegian only – that Norway FM Jonas Gahr Støre is to meet with Syria FM Walid Muallem, in Oslo on Monday 8th. It also says: “The purpose of the meeting is to exchange viewpoints on the political situation in the Middle [...] […]

Document.no: A different kind of anniversary

Document.no is a news-site which covers stories and perspectives Akersgata – Norway’s Fleet Street – and state broadcasting prefers to ignore.  While the Norwegian establishment pretends that Document.no does not exist, it is becoming increasingly evident that the little website is a valid expression of popular discontent which – in a democracy – ought not [...]

Mads Gilbert with Pål Steigan with Pol Pot

The photo above, from Frontlinjer (Front-lines) show us a young Mads Gilbert with Pål Steigan. At the time Mr.Steigan was a leading figure in the communist party AKP-ml, an organization which had a tremendous impact on Norwegian society until it crumbled in the 1980-ies. Mads Gilbert was a young acolyte in those days, but has [...]

“Eyes in Gaza” sold to Jordan, Sweden, Italy, Finland, UK

A highly distorted tale

“Eyes in Gaza” by NORWAC doctors Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse has as its purpose to make the reader disgusted with Israel and supportive of the “Palestinian cause” – and by extension Hamas. You will soon find the book, highly illustrated with colorful photographs of maimed and dying children, in a [...]

Dagsavisen: Gilbert compares Israel to Nazis - again

From Gilbert and Fosse's book "Eyes in Gaza": Mads Gilbert honestly believes this is how Jewish doctors had breakfast in the Warsaw ghetto during WWII

While we are witnessing what appears to be a return to solid reporting in both Aftenposten and Verdens Gang, moribund Dagsavisen is still sniping away. Today, an interview with NORWAC [...]

Erik Fosse - "from Marxism to Islam"

The article above, by Jørgen Eliassen on October 19th in 1985, summarizes a debate in communist daily Klasskampen. The title runs “KK-debate on Iran: From Marxism to Islam“. The white text in the black block says: “The main debaters have unquestionably been Trond Lindstad and Erik Fosse – they are the ones [...]

Erik Fosse stabbed in Gaza - understands frustration

NORWAC doctor Erik Fosse was stabbed yesterday while partaking in a rally in Gaza. He appears to have sustained a minor wound.

Unauthorized translation from Aftenposten:

– I take it as a sign of how desperate people are. They have cause to be dissatisfied with [...]

Extremists sully Norway’s reputation

When prominent Norwegians such as Mads Gilbert compare Cast Lead to the Warsaw ghetto of WWII this contaminates the entire debate. Consequentially other people jump on the bandwagon, assuming that if popular heroes like Mr.Gilbert does it, “so can I”. Desperate Measures has picked up on one example of how this attitude comes into expression:

Норвежские [...]

Russia learns about Dr.Mads

From "Eyes in Gaza" by NORWAC doctors Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse

Russian Desperate Measures is keeping tabs on anti-Israel propaganda in contemporary Norway. They Russians know all too well what political extremists can do to a nation:

В государстве Норвегия мирно проживает скромный (и явно недооценённый мировой общественностью) герой наших дней д-р Мадс [...]

Mads Gilbert: Israel deliberately targeted children

From Erik Fosse and Mads Gilbert's book "Eyes in Gaza" on Israel's allegedly "deliberate" war on children

NORWAC doctors Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse have written an entire book, “Eyes in Gaza”, richly illustrated with photographs, on how the IDF allegedly “deliberately targeted children” throughout the recent war in Gaza. The book is a best-seller [...]

Fosse:

p.219, by Erik Fosse
While talking to some other surgeons at the hosptial, all of which have worked and lived in Europe.

“- Hamas controls Gaza now, and it is safe, said dr.Sobhi. – Erik, you have noe idea of how it was here in 2004 and 2005. It was complete anarchy. People were subjected to griveous [...]

Gilbert on how to identify an insurgent

Eyes in Gaza page 168

“Most of the men we receive, are civilians. How I can know? On the few occasions when we do receive a fighter, Hamas’ intelligence of course comes and identifies (him). Yesterday there were one hundred percent civilians.
We have still not seen a single western journalist here, but many very skilled Palestinian and arab.
I [...]

Arab Media Lobby praises Norway

Ask a Norwegian journalist about the Arab Media Lobby and you will be waiting a long time for an answer. Regardless, the AML has good words for the Stoltenberg government. Excerpt below, read more here:

Norway’s fellow Europeans fall short of its moral clarity and political self-confidence, but nevertheless they are making small but meaningful steps [...]

Aftonbladet: Organ trade outside of Israel? No thanks!

Editor Jan Helin of Swedish Aftonbladet was only too happy to publish Donald Boström’s science fiction story about Israeli soldiers killing Palestinians in order to steal their organs. The same editor completely disregards real-life stories about organ trade involving destitute Palestinians selling their organs at flesh-markets in Jordan and Egypt. Why is this, one might [...]

“Eyes in Gaza” – the politics of emotion

Doctors Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse worked in Shifa hospital during the Gaza war, and also doubled as news reporters. After the war they proceeded to publish the best-selling book “Eyes of Gaza”, now in its fourth edition, in what with certainty must be deemed the most spectacular public relations endeavour to be [...]

Aftonbladet continues to ignore criticism of Bostöm article

Swedish Aftonbladet has been ignoring criticism of Boström’s article for a long time now. Jan Helin, editor of Sweden’s largest newspaper even refuses to reply – see letters from Andrea Levin on CAMERA or below. 

It is characteristic of the state of affairs in Norway,  neighboring upon Sweden, that reactons are more visible in the Wall Street Journal See than they are [...]