• 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 […]
  • 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 [...] […]
  • Opposition gently demands action plan against anti-Semitism
    Syversen of the Christian Democrats Hans Olav Syversen of the Christian Democrats is asking that the authorities take anti-Semitism seriously. Mr.Syversen has a good track record of doing so himself, although there are those who say that he is too much of a gentleman to be a match for the brawlers he faces. Unauthorized translation [...] […]
  • Klassekampen and Islamic Council join in against anti-Semitism, sort of
    Communist daily Klassekampen Communist daily Klassekampen has little love for Israel but is pitching in against anti-Semitism – in its own way. Unauthorized translation from “We need to clean house“, with General Secretary Shoaib Sultan of the Islamic Council - We need to know more, says Sultan to Klassekampen. - Concrete measures demand a better mapping of […]
  • Oslo bookshop offers Saudi-sponsored anti-Semitic litterature
    Bookshop sells Saudi-sponsored anti-Semitism Sara Azmeh Rasmussen says to Vårt Land (above) that she recently purchased a vehemently anti-Semitic book at a bookstore in Oslo. The bookstore in question is located in the same building as a mosque and the Islamic Council.  The book is allegedly subsidized by Saudi-Arabia, and goes for NOK 55. She is [...] […]
  • το πρότυπο του ισπανού μπλόγκερ είναι η νορβηγική ιστοσελίδα Norway, Israel and the jews
    This keeps happening. Blogs in foreign languages hook up. The reason is not that people necessarily are all that interested in Norway, or that NIJ is such a fantastic blog people just cannot stay away, but rather that people all across the world are starting to recognize the international obsession with Israel for what it [...] […]
  • La Croix-Rouge veut que les Juifs norvégiens soient jugés pour crimes de guerre commis en Israël
    Decades of one-sided information has made many prominent Norwegians incapable of recognizing their desire to punish Israel for what is is – a malign obsession. Even as anti-Semitism is being uncloaked, Bernt G. Apeland is only to happy to step up to bat, speaking of investigating Norwegian Jews for war-crimes. Perhaps one of these days [...] […]
  • Un blog norvégien inspire trois bloggeurs (belge, espagnol, suédois)
    During the NTNU boycott-proposal debate there was one academic who suggested that this blog was part of a powerful conspiracy attempting to “stifle all debate”. Another NTNU academic wrote a furious letter to the university newspaper suggesting that this blog is financed by the state of Israel. As luck has it there are others who [...] […]
  • Anti-Semitism at the barber shop
    The above is a screenshot from the blog Muslimprosjektet, which describes itself as “Searching for the truth about muslims in Norway”. This is perhaps not the most exact mission-statement ever made, but the author of the blog appears to be a sensible, well-educated sort of person. In his latest post he writes about his experiences [...] […]

Christian Democrats quarrel over Israel

Christian Democrats

Can a suitably critical perspective on Israel be a decisive factor for a Norwegian political party? In order to fix steadily dropping ratings, segments of the Christian Democrats are looking to reinvent themselves. Second deputy leader Inger Lise Hansen has seven points of change on her list – three of which are on [...]

Norway ignores Malmö

Actually Malmö is getting a fair bit of attention from the Norwegian medai – as Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård is residing there. As for the debate concerning anti-Semitism in Malmö, the only Norwegian media to touch it are the bloggers at Document.no.

Ilya Meyer, a Swedish blogger, presents the situation very well in Sweden at [...]

Israeli PM share experiences

The clip above is from Hildegunn’s. The blog is in Norwegian but drop by for the clips. You do need a laugh from time to time.

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Støre talks the talk

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is as quick to criticize Israel for human rights transgressions as he is to kow-tow to the slave-owning sheikhs of UAE in the hope of opening up the emirates for Norwegian Statoil. The media lets him get away with this. The intellectuals go “ah, well, anti-Semitism is a great evil [...]

Document.no on Malmö: The Jews are again the canary-birds

The establishment ignores not only Document.no’s Hans Rustad, but the issues that he deals with. This is hugely unfortunate. An excerpt from The Jews are again the canary-birds:

It is true: Jews are leaving Malmö and many are leaving Sweden. They dare not live there, first [...]

Bergen rector: No boycott of Israel

Logo of the University of Bergen

Rector Sigmund Grønmo of Bergen University was recently quoted in the media for having said that the was “open” for a debate on boycotting Israel. He was criticized by some and supported by others. Now he writes on the University Website that:

I was invited as a speaker at the [...]

LO, COSATU and the Socialist Left

COSATU

LO is Norway’s largest TUC. When Minister of Development Erik Solheim (Socialist Left) visited South Africa in February 2009, LO wrote him a letter asking him to meet with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). In terms of Norway’s relationship to Israel and the Jews, we see the following:

LO

In his May 1st [...]

Newspapers on Jews in Malmö

Hits on Webavisen when searching for "Malmö"

Jews in the Swedish city of Malmö are made to feel insecure. They are threatened and the authorities are unable, or unwilling, to help. Swedish newspapers such as Skånskan.se are covering the situation. Here is an excerpt from Israeli Haaretz, which is doing the same:

Malmo’s Jewish community has [...]

Oslo: l'ambassade d'Israël gêne et est obligée de déménager

Posted on Philosemitism and Juif.org:

Le quotidien Aftenposten a publié un article (consultable sur lesite du journal) sur les raisons pour lesquelles l’ambassade d’Israël à Oslo est obligée de quitter l’immeuble qu’elle occupe au Parkveien (Avenue du Parc) et de chercher à se loger ailleurs. Ont-ils fait quelque chose de répréhensible ? Mais pas du tout. Le problème est qu’on continue à [...]

Cyber Solidarity Post – NIJ is Seismic Shock

Z-word reports that blogger Seismic Shock has exposed a clergyman’s association with extremists and holocaust deniers. The British Police have responded by paying the blogger an informal visit, during which they persuaded him to delete his blog. Their efforts were to no avail. They pounced on the wrong blogger. Seismic Shock is not [...]

Jews leave Malmö, Sweden

In February 2009 the Progress Party pointed to the Swedish city of Malmö as an example of how integration is more challenging than it is political correct to observe.  More to the point, Progress Party leader Siv Jensen claimed that Malmö was an example of how also Norway may be stealth-Islamized in the future.  Siv [...]

More talkbacks on Israel than on Afghanistan

Dagsavisen: Norwegian soldier killed by road-bomb in Afghanistan

Above we see Dagsavisen’s article “Norwegian soldier killed by road-bomb in Afghanistan” by journalist Nils-Inge Kruhaug. Obviously this is highly relevant news for Norwegian readers. There are approximately 600 Norwegian soldiers in Afghanistan and their families and friends are worried for them and eager to read about [...]

Media reports Israeli grunts to receive ´miracle socks´

The extent to which Norwegian newspapers follow Israel is quite remarkable. Several newspapers are now publishing an NTB article on how Israeli soldiers are being issued odorless socks. From Adresseavisen, a regional newspaper servicing the Trondheim area:

All new infantry recruits are to receive the new socks in March, the Israeli military informs.
- It may sound [...]

Victory for Palestine-Lobby as Israeli Embassy forced from premises

Aftenposten article "Israel will leave Parkveien"

Aftenposten today printed an article (above – also on internet) on how Israel’s embassy to Norway is being forced to evacuate their current residence in Parkveien (Park Road) and seek a new venue elsewhere.  If they have done anything wrong? Oh, no, not at all. But people keep showing [...]

Zealots in power

Photgraph from Dagens Næringsliv April 1st 2009, Photo by Lise Åserud/Scanpix

Historian Tarjei.J.Vågstøl writes that when Nils Butenschøn assumed leadership of Palfront in 1969 it was with the vision of winning “entire organizations and parties” for Palestine. A brief look at the Socialist Left (SV), combined with a glance at Labor, suggests that Mr.Butenschøn has [...]