Here is another interesting article on Norway by Eamonn McDonagh on Z-word: Norway favors Israeli preemptive strike on Iran. Excerpt: 1. If and when Iran acquires nuclear weapons the avoidance of nuclear war between it and Israel, the country it seeks to destroy, will depend on Israel having a second strike capability. That means...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- Happy 17th of MayOnce more, we gather under our flag to celebrate our freedom. Each 17th of May, the Jewish community in Oslo organize a formal and serene commemoration of Henrik Wergeland, the son of one of the member of the Constituent Assembly for our Constitution. In its original version, our Constitution was shamed by the exclusion of Jews and Jesuits in Norway, som […]
- “Minister of justice” to Jews in Oslo: too badThe synagogue in Oslo – already one of the most fortified structures in Norway – applied to the government for additional funds to secure its congregation. They asked for NOK 21 million but got NOK 7 million. After all the speeches Støre and Stoltenberg with no end to the flowery assurances, this is what it comes down to: Jews should be content feeling prett […]
- The Jewish Community in Oslo applied for NOK 21 million for security measures, only got NOK 7,2lifted from Vårt Land Synagogues receive NOK 7.2 million for security The money goes towards securing doors, upgrade the monitoring system and setting up a security fence. The Government proposes in the revised national budget to allocate 7.2 million forsecurity at the Jewish Religious Community (DMT). - No one should have to be afraid to exercise their rel […]
- Letter from a 17-year old Jewish boyAftenposten today published an op-ed from “Daniel,” a 17-year old Norwegian student who happens to be Jewish. He feels surrounded by antisemitic attitudes, ranging from comments by a fellow video game player (“just pretend they’re Jews when you aim at them”), to the inevitable “so you support killing babies?” when he mentions he supports Israel, to the inabi […]
- PalCom action ‘small and unsuccessful’lifted from miff.no Palestine Committee’s action was “small and unsuccessful” Only a small number of provocateurs from Palestine Committee participated in a store action against Israel’s Dead Sea products in Oslo last Tuesday (May 16) evening. The police were notified in advance and got them quickly away from the place. By Conrad Myrland Published: 16/05/201 […]
- VG’s Astrid Meland attacks Pal activists and media for unethical focus on IsraelAstrid Meland published an OpEd in VG on May 14, which currently is not online. MIFF has published a review article online, from where I have lifted the following: Astrid Meland believes Israel’s critics in Norway are victim of a collective neurosis, where you turn a blind eye to much worse breaches of human rights by other states. - Unethical focus on Isra […]
- Stand up, stand up – for the Hebrew MamitaIf I were a man, I would seriously consider inviting this lady out for dinner. Since I am not, I can only say – WAY TO GO, SISTER! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none"; […]
- Oopsie – Norwegian academia has become synonymous with academic anti-Semitismlifted from ynetnews.com This is the cost of allowing a guy like Galtung to roam free – regardless of round rejection of his recent remarks, this was by no means the first time the ‘mad professor’ let it rip, as is evident by the details of this op-ed. Why did not the Norwegian intelligentia react at an earlier stage? Did they perhaps agree with the previous […]
- Gloves are off: MIFF (With Israel for Peace) reports the PalCom to the policeLifted from miff.no What can I say? Bravo! MIFF is doing an incredibly important job and luckily their hard efforts are rewarded with a healthy growth in their memberships. Maybe readers of this blog could be entreated to find a way of supporting MIFF? By the way, I have no relation to MIFF, personally or professionally – this is just a courtesy call to reco […]
- What Karsten Tveit’s award really signifiesOdd Karsten Tveit wins the Gullruten lifetime award for his propaganda news coverage from the Middle East. When it comes to correspondents in the Middle East sent by NRK (the governmental broadcasting organization financed by a surcharge on owning a television), it’s a bit like watching the Eurovision song contest: you can endlessly discuss who is worse. Bu […]
Archive for October, 2010
Socialist politico wants to boycott successful Israeli medical clinic
Vårt Land today reports that Hallgeir Langeland (Socialist Left) wants to boycott an Israeli medical clinic by the Dead Sea. A spokesperson for the charity Dødehavsklinikken has spoken out in favor of the clinic, pointing out that the clinic provides good results for Norwegians patients. Politico Tore Nordtun (Labor) points out that his party...
Author warns against anti-Semitism, is smeared by communist daily
Norwegian author Herman Willis has warned against how anti-Israelism blends in with anti-Semitism, pointing out that being “against Israel” can be just another way of being “against Jews”. Norwegian communist daily Klassekampen (Class War) does not approve. In Klassekampen today, edior Bjørgulv Braanen writes: This (Willis’ objections) is reminiscent of the mentality and argumentation...
UEFA to take disciplinary action against Drillo?
Ought UEFA, the governing body of European football, to take disciplinary action against Egil Drillo Olsen, whe communist coach of Norway’s football team, for spearheading the most recent call for boycott of Israel? On the one hand, Drillo is an individual with every right in the world to express his political beliefs. On the...
Communist football coach believes ninety percent of world agrees boycott of Israel is useful strategy
Many Norwegian media channels are today reporting on how one hundred more or less prominent Norwegians have signed a call for boycott of Israel. Communist football coach Egil Drillo Olsen, who works with the national football team, seems to be the designated leader of the pack this time. This will give prominent Israel-basher Dr.Mads...
Football coach ‘Drillo’ spearheads call to boycott
Aftenposten today reports that a number of prominent Norwegians are spearheading a call to boycott Israel which you can see here, (and on NRK)with 100 names already signed up. The posterboy for the call appears to be Egil Drillo Olsen, coach of the national football team. The rest of the names are the usual...
Parliament Q&A: Minister Halvorsen “awaits recommendations” on how to proceed against anti-Semitism in the schools
Anti-Semitism has reappeared in Norway. One of the measures taken in order to limit anti-Semitism in the schools consists of a working group set down by Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left – see photo above). On September 27th opposition politician Øyvind Vaksdal (Progress Party) posed a question (top) to Minister Halvorsen where...
NRK publishes censored version of the cartoon Adresseavisen did not dare print
On October 5th NTB (Norwegian News Agency) reported that Adresseavisen had burned 90 000 copies of the newspaper, as it offered a cartoon by Jan O. Henriksen depicting Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, and Adresseavisen feelt the cartoon might be offensive to Muslims. On October 8th trade journal Journalisten (The Journalist) published the cartoon under...
Dagbladet offers photo of settler-leader running down kids
Norwegians are constantly being showered with stories like the one above, this one from Dagbladet on October 9th. The heading runs: “Here the settler-leader runs down kids”. Settlers, we are brought to believe, are evil people indeed. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";
Journal norvégien: offenser les Juifs c’est bien, mais pas les musulmans
Philosemitism keeps the French-speaking world updated on the cowardice of Norwegian Adresseavisen (see below). The same story has been noticed by Bivouac ID and France-Israel: Le 18 mars le quotidien régional norvégien Adresseavisen publiait la caricature ci-dessus . Elle représente un Abbas humilié qui se tient à genoux devant Netanyahou. Derrière...
Politics of emotion: Israel makes children cry, humiliates women
Norwegians are ceaselessly presented with stories such as the one above and below. The NRK story above reports on Vibeke Løkkeberg’s soon-to-be-released film on Gaza. This film focuses on the suffering of children and places the blame on Israel. The VG article below is on how a Palestinian woman has been humiliated by an...
Adresseavisen burns 90 000 newspapers rather than risk offending Muslims
On March 18th Adresseavisen published the cartoon above, depicting Abbas on his knees, pleading in front of Netanyahu who is building a concentration camp for Palestinians. The cartoon was made by Adresseavisen’s cartoonist Jan O. Henriksen. Today NTB (Norway’s News Agency) reports that Adresseavisen has burned 90 000 copies of the newspaper, as it...
Media: ‘North-Ireland Nobel prize winner deported from Israel’
The Norwegian media writes more about Israel than they do about all her neighboring states combined. Most of the copy – on Israel – is severely critical. This is, we are told, for humanitarian reasons. The last story to do the rounds is on how Nobel prize-winner Mairead Corrigan Maguire is being deported from...
Norvège: Kjetil Finne ou l’art de diaboliser Israël par l’art
From Philosemitism: Une politicienne norvégienne entreprend des démarches pour que l’artiste norvégien Kjetil Finne présenter ses oeuvres anti-israéliennes au siège du Conseil de l’Europe à Strasbourg. Il ne s’agit pas d’une seule oeuvre, mais de toute une collection qu’on peut consulter ici. Selon le quotidien NRK: “L’exposition “Cliff Hôtel – Une Odyssée” est une attaque virulente contre l’occupation israélienne et...
Current stories on Israel in the Norwegian media
A BBC survey recently showed that the public perceives North Korea more positively than Israel. It is difficult to understand how this can be, seeing as how the two countries rate on the opposite ends of the spectrum on democracy indexes. Here are the latest four stories on Israel to do the rounds in...
NRK: Norwegian UN soldiers helped Lebanese prisoners escape from Israelis
In a stunning display of one-sided reporting public broadcaster NRK news yesterday spent fifteen minutes on an episode from NRK journalist Odd Karsten Tveit’s new book “Farewell Lebanon – Israel’s first defeat”, telling of how Norwegian UN soldiers in 1992 helped two Lebanese prisoners escape from an SLA jail. The extensive news flash told...
Ynet: Norway: Israel-bound subs banned from testing in our waters
Ynet has a story on the submarine issue: Norway: Israel-bound subs banned from testing in our waters . See excerpt below, visit Ynet for the entire story. Scandinavian country tells German company building submarines for Israel it can no longer test them in its territory; local media say measure from Israeli Navy’s role in...
Parliament Q&A: Opposition questions Minister on anti-Semitism in schools
Øyvind Vaksdal (Progess Party) has put the following question to Minister of Education and Knowledge Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left): “At what point did the Ministry of Education and Knowledge set up a specific group to combat anti-Semitism and racism in the school, who participates in this group, what is the group’s mandate, and which...