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…
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Reformatorisch Dagblad mentions Norway, Shechita
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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…
Saladin-days offer history-session with Avi Shlaim AND Ilan Pappe
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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…
News, Monday February 28th
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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…
Police report on present security situation
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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,…
A rare event: Norwegian academic praises Israeli universities
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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.…
Arab world embraces Israeli youtube-satire of Qadaffi
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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…
Dagbladet: Jews refrain from cooperating with revolutionary maoists
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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…
The fascist traits of Blitz
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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…
Solheim: ‘Deng Xiaoping deserves a peace and development prize’
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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…
When Manfred Gerstenfeld becomes Emmanuel Goldstein
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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…
Odd-Bjørn Fure rages against Manfred Gerstenfeld, speaks of ‘Israeli propaganda-offensive’
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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…
NRK and Dagbladet: Anti-racist commies disrupt pro-Israel stand
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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…
News, Friday February 25th
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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…
Concerned citizen writes to Odd-Bjørn Fure
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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…
Israel Oslo embassy case on hold
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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…
Aftenpostens new map still does not feature Israel
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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…
Israeli kids in kindergarden to stay indoors for fear of rocket rain
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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…
Trondheim: Maoists accost pro-Israelis, steals flag, makes for the hills
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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…
MFA sponsors Saladin-days in Oslo, Ilan Pappe invited to speak
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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.…