Violence works, and always has. That’s why it’s still around. The only people to insist that they are immune to the threat of violence are cowards who refuse to face up to themselves. Above: Screenshot from NRK showing three articles…
Monthly Archives: September 2010
NRK:’Støre stops Israeli submarine testing in Norway’
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NRK today reports that Norway is refusing to allow German submarines, intended for Israeli, to be tested in Norwegian waters. NRK writes: “MFA’s resolution is a marked tightening of Norway’s politics versus Israel“. Meanwhile FM Jonas Gahr Støre argues that…
Counting coup against the NRK
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“Counting coup” is a referral to how North American indians won prestige in battle, with the highest honor won by touching the enemy without injuring him. When braves attempted this against the white man, the white man would of course…
Aftenposten fails geography test
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Aftenposten publishes photos, carrying an accompanying text, in the series “Verden i bilder” (The world in pictures). On September 26th the photo depicted a scene from the Jordan river. An NIJ irregular points out the following: “Aftenposten shows Christian pilgrims…
Norway in Pal Ter, Israel: ‘What’s good for Palestine is good for us’
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Norway has an embassy in Israel and a representative office to the Palestinian Territory. We can note the following about the two. Norway’s embassy to Israel has a staff of seven. The representative office to the Palestinian Territory has a…
Victim of victims
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NTL is a union belonging to LO (TUC). In its redesigned member magazine, aptly named NTL magasinet, it offers a review of Susan Abulhawa’s bestselling “Morning in Jenin”. This is a novel in which Israelis are cast as hollow-eyed and…
Støre accuses Israel of ‘distorting facts’
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Norway’s relationship with Israel is unique. Here we go again. Haaretz reports: Norway: Deputy FM Ayalon “distorted the facts” about meeting with Palestinian PM” Excerpt: Norway’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accused Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon of “distorting the facts”…
Progress Party questions Støre on captivity of Gilad Shalit
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Øyvind Vaksdal (Progress Party) has questioned FM Jonas Gahr Støre (Labor) on the captivity of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped on June 25th by armed Palestinians. Vaksdal asks what the Foreign Minister is doing to fulfill the Council…
Media mistake: Oslo is in Sweden, 70% of West Bank is colonized by Jews
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The screenshot above is from an article in a Norwegian newspaper, pointing out how a Spanish newspaper mistakenly claims that Oslo is in Sweden. Which is wrong. Oslo is the capitol of Norway. Sweden is since 1905 a completely different…
Masochism and anti-Israelism
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Left-wing politician Aslak Sira Myhre (Rød Valgallianse, Rødt) is the manager of the House of Literature in Oslo. Both he and his wife, an editor and former karate champion, have repeatedly spoken out in favor of a boycott of israel.…
On the perception of squatters in Oslo, Jerusalem
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Why do Norwegians cry out over the eviction of squatters in Jerusalem, but not over the eviction of squatters in Oslo? In 2005 some fifty squatters were evicted from a residence in Mor Go’hjertas vei 23. The squatters, who claimed…
Journalism, Aftenposten style
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It appears Aftenposten is unable to relate events as they happen in Israel, at least judging by what they chose to print. Whilst it did print a story about a Hamas operative who was shot and killed when refusing to…
Moral solution to Norwegian arms industry problem – privatize it!
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The newspaper Ny Tid has recently featured some very interesting articles on the Norwegian arms industry. The articles highlight how Norway’s arms sales have sky rocketed (no pun intended!), with the red green moral supremacists issuing on average 5 new…
Susan Abulhawa visits Libris bookstore in central Oslo
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Susan Abulhawa’s “Mornings in Jenin” casts Israelis as empty-eyed thieves with no historical connection to their land, which they have stolen from the Palestinians. The novel offers a barren Jewish woman and a stolen Palestinian child, Jews who are unable…
Susan Abulhawa speaks at Norway book fair
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Susan Abulhawa is the author of “Mornings in Jenin”, a novel which has been translated into Norwegian and currently runs in its fourth edition. It’s a runaway bestseller. In her novel, Abulhawa manages the following: a) to present Jews as…
Norway divests from Israel, invests in North Korea
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Norway has for “ethical” reasons divested from Israel and denied Israeli companies the right to participate in bids. Aftenposten today reports that Norway now is investing – albeit indirectly – in North Korea. An official states that this is ethically…
Art against Israel: Cliff Hotel – an Odyssey
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A Norwegian politician is helping Norwegian artist Kjetil Finne display his art at the offices of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Finne’s art is based on the Cliff Hotel, which is claimed by a Norwegian woman employed at the…
PM sends best wishes to Norwegian Jewish community
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Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Labor) congratulates the Norwegian Jewish community on the occasion of Jewish new year, Rosh Hashana. Does anyone know if this has happened before, or if this is a first? Anyhow, it’s nice news. It was not…
Demonstration: ‘The truth about 9/11′ (pluss truth about Israel)
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A handful of activists marched in Oslo on September 11th. Visit Document.no to see a clip from it. The placards read “Islam=peace”, “9/11 inside job” and “Free Palestine”. Two short speeches were given outside Parliament. The main points of the…
Film director Løkkeberg believes Gaza is ‘shut out of the news”
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Film director Vibeke Løkkeberg’s film “Tears of Gaza” will be released in Norway on November 5th. In Dagbladet today Løkkeberg states: – This film is meant to be a sort of “wake-up call” for the West. It is a film…