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Monthly Archives: July 2011
This unbearable pain – and the work we all have a duty to do
by McGonagall • • 35 Comments
We are so terribly pained, we Norwegians. We cannot bring ourselves to believe this horror that took place. It was unimaginable. And it shook us out of the innocent belief that this could not take place here. What kind of…
Un dolor insoportable… y el trabajo que todos debemos hacer
by McGonagall • • 4 Comments
Estamos muy doloridos, nosotros los Noruegos. No lo podemos creer, el horror que paso. Fue algo inimaginable. Y nos saco de la inocencia de que aca no pasa nada. Que tipo de bestia puede poner una bomba en pleno centro…
What now?
by admin • • 35 Comments
I started this blog after the riots in January 2009. I saw ignorance and hatred and thought I would do what little I could. Have I accomplished anything? Not much. Once I spotted an anti-Semitic Facebook page, calling for attacks…
Show support – hold hands!
by admin • • 3 Comments
It’s just a little app to show support. On VG.
Horror beyond comprehension
by admin • • 7 Comments
Norway is starting to wake up to the horror which struck us yesterday. Ninety-two people have been killed. By a white Norwegian male not formerly associated with any extremist groups. This is the most severe incident to have taken place…
White Christian Terror
by admin • • 11 Comments
The terrorist behind yesterday’s horrific acts was a white christian Norwegian. So far it looks like the terrorist acted alone. Are there more people like him out there? What has happened is horrible beyond compare. There are no words for…
Terror blast in Oslo, massacre at political youth camp
by admin • • 8 Comments
Norway has been struck by two almost simultaneous acts of terrorism. First, an explosion rocked the city centre as the central government offices were hit at 15:30. This is right in the city centre. Security measures around the government offices…
Musings on remorseful politicians, newspaper scandals and silly laws
by McGonagall • • 0 Comments
Summer is such a great time to read newspapers and reflect on the wider picture of things. A lot of brouhaha has been kicked up by one particular piece of legislation, and as always it is only Israel who is…
Foreign policy by suicide: Is Oslo burying the Oslo agreements?
by admin • • 1 Comment
The Oslo Agreements specify that the PA is not to conduct foreign relations on its own. Now Norway FM Jonas Gahr Støre is undermining this article. In the FM’s statement in his article “Palestinian ambassador to Norway“, Støre states that…
The villainous politics of Skarphedin of Iceland
by admin • • 2 Comments
The Skarphedin of the epic “Njål’s saga” is a war-mongering psychopath who takes advice from murderers, makes enemies unnecessarily, and carries out the foulest of deeds in the belief that his motives justify his means. His contemporary namesake is Ossur…
Bruce Bawer sees grim picture of Oslo’s future
by admin • • 7 Comments
Bruce Bawer is an American citizen residing in Oslo. He sees, and not without reason, trouble looming ahead. Read the entire piece on Ruthfully Yours. Notice how the author calls the police for assistance only to hear that they won’t…
Dagbladet: ‘Jews pick up crusader-sword and point it eastwards’
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Today Dagbladet offers an interview with Norwegian historian Nils Rune Langeland, who believes the USA and “the Jews”, being filled with “demonic restlessness”, are the new crusaders. The Dagbladet interview is titled both “Jews take up crusader-sword and point it…
Coming: Norwegian translation of Gerstenfeld’s ‘The abuse of Holocaust memory’
by admin • • 2 Comments
Holocuast denial, what is there to know? A Holocaust denier is one who denies that the Holocaust occurred, nes pa? Not quite. One can accept the fact that the Holocaust occurred, and still fashion it into a weapon against the…
Holiday season
by McGonagall • • 3 Comments
The various writers of NIJ are on summer holiday and will check in from time to time. Comments to published articles are moderated by the author of the article in question, so apologies in advance if your comments are not…
Ok to boycott produce of Muslims living in eastern Oslo?
by admin • • 9 Comments
Israel gets more front pages than any other Middle Eastern country. Certainly the Arab spring has changed the ratio somewhat, but Israel is still far ahead. Today’s front page is titled “Will be punished for boycott” and deals with how…
Eva Stabell at NRK is a filthy liar!
by McGonagall • • 14 Comments
NRK cannot help itself, even when there is very little newsworthy about Israel, they continue to obsess about her, presumably doing their best to provide a “balanced” picture of the ME conflict. So much that in a piece about 120…
Adios a un grande, farewell to Facundo Cabral
by McGonagall • • 5 Comments
A great troubadour, perhaps the last of his kind, was brutally shot and murdered in Guatemala City this morning. Facundo Cabral, a stellar performer in all of the Americas, but also in Israel and other Middle Eastern countries and in…
Welcoming South-Sudan into the family of Nations
by McGonagall • • 1 Comment
Today is a day of joy for the people of South Sudan. After one of the most protracted and bloody civil wars on the African continent, with more than 2 million war casualties and over 4 million displaced people, the…
Its official, the Norwegian activists give up and come home
by McGonagall • • 4 Comments
We already wrote about the Gaza flotilla flop last week, and how the “activists” reluctantly admitted that they could not carry on sitting on the quays of Greece to wait for further clarification. Well, now it is official, the Norwegians…