Norway, Israel and the Jews
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 on the issue of self-censorship in the wake of the cartoon-wars, which started in...
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 this has little to do with Israel, and everything to do with Norwegian restrictions...
“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 gun them down. Today in Norway, braves will sometimes write letters of protest to...
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 during “a mass baptism in the Jordan river by the city of Yardenit”. Welcome...
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 staff of nine. This makes Norway the only country to have more diplomats in...
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 barren thieves with no historical connection to the land, while Palestinians are cast as...
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” in regards to his Tuesday meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in New...
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 of Europe resolution 1748, which calls for Shalit’s immediate release. FM Jonas Gahr Støre...
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 country, bordering to Norway. Norwegian newspapers make the same kind of mistakes about Israel....
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. In an interview in Dagsavisen (above) Mr.Myre explains how he still can wear a...
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 they were homeless, awoke little public sympathy. An article in Nettavisen captures the general...
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 cease approaching soldiers during a raid in the West Bank , it totally ignores...
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 licenses a day, pushing sales upwards over 50% more than previous government. Challenged on...
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 to operate an olive press or work the land, and terrified Palestinian children who...
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 empty eyed, violent, barren thieves who have no historical connection to the land of...
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 unproblematic. Aftenposten reports that Norway has invested NOK 60 million in the Egyptian telecoms...
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 Representative Office of Norway to the Palestinian Authority. It’s not one piece either, but...
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 quite as nice when the PM congratulated Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse. Or when...
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 first speech: 9/11 was an inside job, carried out by the US authorities. US...
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 much larger than myself, and it is my opportunity to let these childrens’ voices...