Erlend Loe (see screenshot above) is one of Norway’s most popular authors. Perhaps he is even more popular than his colleague Jostein Gaarder, who made himself popular with the Palestinakomiteen when he famously stated in 2006 that Israel had “lost its right…
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Flotilla companion
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Tom Gross supplies the following, no credit to this blog whatsoever for this, it is all Tom Gross’ work: As mentioned in my dispatch last week, because I am traveling for work at present I am unable to produce full-length…
NIJ irregular captures demonstration outside Israeli embassy
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The photo above is supplied by one of the NIJ irregulars and shows a crowd of Norwegians assembling outside the Israeli embassy in Parkveien in Oslo. None of these young people seem to have any idea of what operations Norway…
Flotilla chant: ‘Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews! The army of Mohammed will return!’
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The chant of “Khaybar, khaybar” is not well known to Norwegian journalists. It ought to be. Read more here. Norwegian author Eirik Eiglad tells of how he and a friend observed a sign lauding the massacre at Khaybar outside the…
Why NUPI director Egeland is wrong to compare Israel to North Korea
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Did Israel, in enforcing the blockade of Hamas-run Gaza, violate international law? Jan Egeland, the Director of the Norwegian institute of International Affairs, states to Verdens Gang today: Only North Korea behaves in international waters in the same manner as…
Aftenposten on flotilla incident: ’20 activists killed’
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Journalist Lars Akerhaug is a former leader of the Palestinakomite who now works for Aftenposten, which is headed by former Maoist Hilde Haugsgjerd. Akerhaug’s article above, headed “Unknown destiny for Norwegians on Gaza-boat” , which deals with exactly that, claims…
Flotilla activists chant ‘khaybar, khaybar…’
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The chant of ‘khaybar’ is well known to us – the picture above is from a riot in Oslo on January 8th, 2009. According to Eirik Eiglad, author of “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo”, the same sign was also seen…
Palestinian narrative popular with Norwegian journalists
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Norwegian journalists are receiving Palestinian author Susan Abulhawa with open arms. Here is a perspective to their liking! Abulhawa has written the book “Morning in Jenin“, where a Palestinian child is stolen by an Israeli soldier whose wife is unable…
FM Støre on Gaza convoy, Israel’s blockade of Hamas
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The screenshot above is from a news item – in Norwegian only – on the MFA’s web-site. Unauthorized translation: Foreign Minister Støre: – Blockade of Gaza undermines the Palestinian Authorities A fleet consisting of passenger and freight vessels is on…
Asle Hansen’s nuclear story debunked, round II
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Journalist Asle Hansen recently published a story (post) in Dagbladet under the title “Israel offered to sell nucelar weapons to South Africa”. Hansen’s story piggy-backs on an article by Chris McGreal in the Guardian, and has been debunked by CIF…
Norway ESC singles out Israel for special treatment, omits map
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This is just typical. Israel sends a contestant to ESC in Oslo, Norway, and his country is singled out for special treatment. From Jerusalem Post: The Foreign Ministry sent complaint to the organizers of the Eurovision contest after they failed…
Dabladet disseminates Palestinian narrative in ESC context
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Dagbladet’s article “Wants Israel out of ESC” covers anti-Israel protestors who are campaigning for the exclusion of Israel from the ESC. Demonstrator Sarah Salameh tells Dagbladet: “Our goal is to state that we do not desire that Israel be seated…
Editorial on media self-censorship
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An interesting editorial by Helge Øgrim on how self-censorship, at times, hurts the Norwegian media and reduces its significance. Some interesting examples are mentioned, among them a recent attack on Lars Vilks.
Anti-Semitic clowns in Belgium, Norway
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The situation in Norway could be better. That said, much of what we see in Norway is uncritical acceptance of the Palestinian narrative, even when it comes from Hamas and Palestinakomiteen, and extreme Israel-phobia. Anti-Semitism blends into this mix, as…
Book: ‘Jews on the run’
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736 Norwegian Jews, almost half the population, were sent to the killing fields of WWII. Only a few survived. In the book “Jews on the run” WWII hero Ragnar Ulstein commemorates the heroes of the saga. And yes, there were…
Qu’est-elle devenue la population juive d’Arabie Saoudite ?
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Good old Philosemitism “Ni les journaux ni les intellectuels norvégiens ne se sont posé la question de savoir la raison qui amène la Norvège à entretenir de si excellentes relations avec le régime despotique saoudien, alors que ses relations avec…
NRK casts Harel Scaat as human being
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The screenshot above is from an NRK article on the ESC where Israel’s contestant Harel Skaat is cast as, well, just that – Israel’s contestant to the ESC. This is extremely rare in Norway, where the media corps largely endorse…
ESC: IKAJ rallies for Israel
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Idag.no writes that The International Christian Embassy (IKAJ) will attend the ESC on Saturday in order to support Israel’s contestant. This means that the Palestine Committee, although it probably get more media attention, will not monopolize the event.
FM Støre jaw-jaws with Saudi prince, ‘agree on much’
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Norwegian newspapers are disseminating an NTB report on Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre’s talks with Saudi prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, during which they have discussed the Middle East peace process. The screenshot above is from Adressa.no, a regional Norwegian…
ILPI patient with threats against Israel, impatient with Israeli embassy security fence
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In 2006, synagogue-shooter Arfan Bhatti plotted to blow up Israel’s embassy to Oslo. In 2009, it was attacked by mobs of angry Norwegians shouting “Death to Jews“. Now ILPI director Njål Høstmælingen thinks the embassy has become so much of…