Norwegian business tycoon Olav Thon has decided that due to the politicizing of NTNU he will no longer finance a professorate at that institution. From Vårt Land, which refers to today’s paper edition of Aftenposten: The board resolved on November 12th to reject the proposal of academic boycott of Israel. In the letter which...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- Happy 17th of MayOnce more, we gather under our flag to celebrate our freedom. Each 17th of May, the Jewish community in Oslo organize a formal and serene commemoration of Henrik Wergeland, the son of one of the member of the Constituent Assembly for our Constitution. In its original version, our Constitution was shamed by the exclusion of Jews and Jesuits in Norway, som […]
- “Minister of justice” to Jews in Oslo: too badThe synagogue in Oslo – already one of the most fortified structures in Norway – applied to the government for additional funds to secure its congregation. They asked for NOK 21 million but got NOK 7 million. After all the speeches Støre and Stoltenberg with no end to the flowery assurances, this is what it comes down to: Jews should be content feeling prett […]
- The Jewish Community in Oslo applied for NOK 21 million for security measures, only got NOK 7,2lifted from Vårt Land Synagogues receive NOK 7.2 million for security The money goes towards securing doors, upgrade the monitoring system and setting up a security fence. The Government proposes in the revised national budget to allocate 7.2 million forsecurity at the Jewish Religious Community (DMT). - No one should have to be afraid to exercise their rel […]
- Letter from a 17-year old Jewish boyAftenposten today published an op-ed from “Daniel,” a 17-year old Norwegian student who happens to be Jewish. He feels surrounded by antisemitic attitudes, ranging from comments by a fellow video game player (“just pretend they’re Jews when you aim at them”), to the inevitable “so you support killing babies?” when he mentions he supports Israel, to the inabi […]
- PalCom action ‘small and unsuccessful’lifted from miff.no Palestine Committee’s action was “small and unsuccessful” Only a small number of provocateurs from Palestine Committee participated in a store action against Israel’s Dead Sea products in Oslo last Tuesday (May 16) evening. The police were notified in advance and got them quickly away from the place. By Conrad Myrland Published: 16/05/201 […]
- VG’s Astrid Meland attacks Pal activists and media for unethical focus on IsraelAstrid Meland published an OpEd in VG on May 14, which currently is not online. MIFF has published a review article online, from where I have lifted the following: Astrid Meland believes Israel’s critics in Norway are victim of a collective neurosis, where you turn a blind eye to much worse breaches of human rights by other states. - Unethical focus on Isra […]
- Stand up, stand up – for the Hebrew MamitaIf I were a man, I would seriously consider inviting this lady out for dinner. Since I am not, I can only say – WAY TO GO, SISTER! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none"; […]
- Oopsie – Norwegian academia has become synonymous with academic anti-Semitismlifted from ynetnews.com This is the cost of allowing a guy like Galtung to roam free – regardless of round rejection of his recent remarks, this was by no means the first time the ‘mad professor’ let it rip, as is evident by the details of this op-ed. Why did not the Norwegian intelligentia react at an earlier stage? Did they perhaps agree with the previous […]
- Gloves are off: MIFF (With Israel for Peace) reports the PalCom to the policeLifted from miff.no What can I say? Bravo! MIFF is doing an incredibly important job and luckily their hard efforts are rewarded with a healthy growth in their memberships. Maybe readers of this blog could be entreated to find a way of supporting MIFF? By the way, I have no relation to MIFF, personally or professionally – this is just a courtesy call to reco […]
- What Karsten Tveit’s award really signifiesOdd Karsten Tveit wins the Gullruten lifetime award for his propaganda news coverage from the Middle East. When it comes to correspondents in the Middle East sent by NRK (the governmental broadcasting organization financed by a surcharge on owning a television), it’s a bit like watching the Eurovision song contest: you can endlessly discuss who is worse. Bu […]
Archive for December, 2009
VG: “Besieged by enemies”
Today’s editorial, December 5th, in Norway’s largest daily Verdens Gang (VG), by Hanne Skartveit is about Israel and titled “Besieged by enemies”. Unauthorized translation: Israelis feel threatened on their lives. They do not desire a Palestinian state without leaders they can trust. It is odd how almost nobody in Norway will see the conflict...
LMD: “Jewish lobbies compete”
Norwegian Middle East pundits worry excessively over how the US Israel-Lobby affects US foreign policy, while simultaneously completely disregarding how the Norwegian Palestine-Lobby influences Norwegian foreign policy. The reason they manage to do so is because Akersgata – Norway’s Fleet Street – lets them. Dagsavisen, a Norwegian daily, offers its readers a supplement in...
Rector Digernes (NTNU) writes hypocritical letter to Aftenposten
NTNU rector Digernes’ letter above, from Aftenposten on December 5th, is written in reply to Dr.Gerstenfeld’s op-ed of November 28th, which was written in response to Aftenposten’s editorial of November 22nd, which slammed the seminar in Jerusalem on Anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism in Norway. Unauthorized translation of Rector Digernes’ letter: Wrong about NTNU and Israel...
NTNU professor under scrutiny for opposing boycott
One would think that after all that has happened, NTNU’s newspaper Universitetsavisa would be scrutinizing the political influences at work at the university. After all the would-be-boycotters had enough pull not only to organize and finance a comprehensive and biased seminar-series on Israel and to have the rector “applaud” it, but they also managed...
Reader’s response after Aftenposten’s attack on Dr.Gerstenfeld
We Norwegians are used to a lot but even for us, there are limits. Many of us cheer when we read a letter like the one below (Graphic by Tundra Tabloids, a Finnish blog), by NTNU Professor Alsberg to Norwegian daily Aftenposten, published on Desember 1st: linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor =...