Norway, Israel and the Jews
Let us all boycott Israel now, shall we? The latest Norwegian to ponder the pros and cons of boycotting the state in the Middle East which rates highest for democracy, freedom of speech and women’s rights is Bishop Tor B.Jørgensen. Norwegian daily Vårt Land (Our Nation) informs us that the good bishop is contemplating...
The Tablet – “A new read on Jewish Life” – runs an interesting piece by Asgeir Ueland titled Oslo Discord. Ueland observes that Norway has shifted from being staunch supporters of Israel to a pro-Palestinian stance, and attempts to identify how this change has come about. In an interview with the well-known Israel-critic Lars...
Bestselling Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård is working on a six-volume autobiography titled “Min Kamp” which translates quite nicely into the German “Mein Kampf”. This is worthy of attention not only because “Mein Kampf” is the title of Adolf Hitler’s autobiography, but because Mr.Knausgård works and writes out of the Swedish city of Malmö...
The Swedish city of Malmö is increasingly becoming an example of how the multicultural society is not intended to work. Rather than getting along nicely, Malmö has lately been witnessing increasing levels of muslim anti-Semitism. According to Mayor Ilmar Reepalu, who previously has compared racism to Zionism, this is all the work of the...
Aftenposten‘s Jørgen Lohne today writes an interesting piece on how Israel’s enemies are, at least in part, motivated by racist hatred. This is not something which the Norwegian media often reports on. Lohne’s article tells of how conspiracy theories concerning 9/11 and the like fester and about how Europe exported anti-Semitism to the Middle...
The Progress Party is Norway’s second largest and will often be found in fierce resistance to the red-green coalition government. On the party’s website politician Øyvind Vaksdal now voices discontent over how Foreign Minister Støre wrote the back-cover praise for NORWAC doctors Gilbert and Fosse’s book “Eyes in Gaza”, in which it is alleged...
Iceland is popularly though to be populated by the descendants of Norwegians who refused to accept the teachings of Jesus Christ, son of God, opting out for the traditional ways and the ancient gods of Odin, Tyra and Tyr, etc. Actually though, the history of the island go a bit beyond this. Modern Iceland...