Norway, Israel and the Jews
The screenshot above shows us page 85 from “Sykling på vannet”, a book on the history of Klassekampen (Class struggle). The underlined parts tell us of how Harald Stanghelle, today an influential editor of Aftenposten, sometime in 1984 got to hug (or was hugged by) Yassir Arafat. Israelwhat.com wonders whether Stanghelle also got to...
Does Norway have a reasonable stance on Jewish ritual slaughter? Abraham Cooper thinks not, and argues his case in Reformatorisch Dagblad. For most of us Norwegians, Norway is a good country to live in. But we do seem to impose a double standard on the state of Israel, holding the Jewish state to a...
The prestigious House of Literature is hosting the Saladin-days in March. A session on Israeli history is part of the program, during which Norwegians will be treated to a discussion between Avi Shlaim and Ilan Pappe. The Norwegian MFA is sponsoring this. Read more about this event here. Quote: Ilan Pappé and Avi Shlaim...
When Israel is at war with her enemies the Norwegian media carpet-bombs the Norwegian population with images of death while simultaneously telling us that ultimately, Israel is to blame. Ghadaffi’s war on his own people, on the other hand, is deemed to be a less important matter. This set of double standards has nothing...
In the old days it was just the radical left and the radical right. Then the radical right disintegrated and was replaced by a new radical group: the Islamists. Now the police say the radical right is gaining ground again, and that this will radicalize the radical left and the Islamists further. Nice prospects,...
Here is something we do not see very often, a Norwegian academic singing the praises of Israeli universities. The clip above is from “Some domino-tiles fall” (Noen dominobrikker faller) an op-ed by historian Geir Lundestad in Aftenposten on February 28th. Lundestad writes that he is often asked why so many Jews, and so few...
The Norwegian left-of-centre is conditioned to despise Israel from a tender age. For them, Israel is no laughing matter. Although they will laugh at Israel, they will most certainly not share a chuckle with Israel. The young hipsters of the Maghreb – or at least a good few of them – are less dogmatic....
The anti-racist organization SOS Rasisme has been infiltrated by Tjen Folket, a revolutionary maoist movement which views Israel as a fascist state. Dagbladet today reports that the Mosaic Faith Congregation is now ceasing to cooperate with SOS Rasisme. The turning point seems to have been the recent event in Trondheim, where members of Tjen...
Blitz casts itself as an autonomous movement, but is funded with public money. Blitz claims to be anti-fascist, yet demonstrates obvious fascist traits itself. In the screenshot above we see Blitz calling sympathizers to arms against the Norwegian Defence League (NDL). NDL appears to be inspired by the English movement with a similar name,...
The Norwegian left-of-centre is infatuated with the psychology of violence. Move hard and decisively, like Chavez and Castro, and they will love you for it. Now our Minister of Development Erik Solheim (Socialist Left) has stated that Deng Xiaoping deserves a peace and development prize. It would not be so bad if this was...
Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld is the author of nineteen books and an acknowledged authority on contemporary anti-Semitism. In Norway the establishment is receiving him as if he were Emmanuel Goldstein from George Orwell’s dystopian 1984. In 1984, Emmanuel Goldstein is the reviled figurehead of the opposition against which the authorities channel popular hatred. Manfred Gerstenfeld...
Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld is the only foreign author to have published a book on contemporary anti-Semitism in Norway. He has volunteered advice on how Norway ought to fashion an upcoming survey on anti-Semitism in Norway. Now Odd-Bjørn Fure, director of the Holocaust Center in charge of the survey, rages against Gerstenfeld, claiming he...
In Norway criticism of Israel has become axiomatic and consequently, speaking up for Israel is often considered a heinous act in itself. In Trondheim two days ago, a gang of communists overpowered a few pro-Israelis and stole their flag. Somewhat surprisingly, both state broadcaster NRK and Dagbladet are covering the event. It turns out...
If Israel had been doing what Libya is doing now, the Norwegian left would have been baying for blood. Libya does not evoke quite the same emotions. This double standard, we are told, has nothing to do with anti-Semitism. As has been the pattern throughout this week, very little has been written on Israel...
The Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities has received funds to carry out a study on perceptions of Jews and anti-Semitism in Norway. Some are skeptical of the Center’s ability to carry out such a study. The letter below is written by one such concerned citizen. He is however wrong about...
In an interesting turn of events, Dagen informs us that the notice served on Israel embassy in Oslo to vacate premises in 1 year has been withdrawn. For bureaucratic reasons. Which apparently surfaced after Ynet wrote a story on the case. Now it seems there is a question of incompetence (yes, the double pun...
Apparently, Aftenposten needs to send its staff urgently to geography class. They seem unable to locate Israel on a map, even if they have amended some of the mistakes from yesterdays blooper. A pretty astonishing level of ignorance in these days, I would say! Unless of course, omitting Israel from the map of trouble...
J’post informs us that IDF has issued warning to kindergardens in towns near Gaza to keep kids indoors. This in the wake of mortars, rockets from peace loving Gaza the last few days. Although the Saladin-days purported agenda is to talk about peaceful religious co-existence in Jerusalem, may we propose that this topic be...
The nonsense and abuse you have to put up with from the anti-Israeli crowd is just endless. They will stop at nothing. Some of them are communists, others are socialists while others again are just plain anti-Semites. What they have in common is a complete and utter lack of respect for people holding other...
Erudite Norwegians are expected to despise Israel and to laud her enemies. Once again, Ilan Pappe is being invited to Norway, this time to speak at the Saladin-days at the House of Litterature. It never stops. It just goes on. So Norway upgrades the Palestinian delegation to Oslo to an embassy, while forcing the...