The Leader of the Jewish Congregation Ervin Kohn interviewed in Dagen Calls circumcision barbaric Jewish spokesman in Norway, Ervin Kohn, said the Ombudsman labels circumcision of boys as something barbaric and not telling the truth about the medical arguments for circumcision. STEIN GUDVANGEN The Ombudsman has submitted its response to the consultation on…
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Post 22/7 multicultural Norway: de facto ban on circumcision proposed
by McGonagall • • 22 Comments
Several news outlets have featured this article today. In brief, the Children’s Ombudsman has responded to a consultation regarding a legal initiative to regulate circumcision in Norway Wants age limit for circumcision Ombudsman recommends 15 or 16 years as minimal age for…
“Peace negotiation” Palestinian style
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Former leader of the Jewish Congregation in Oslo wrote an oped yesterday in Vårt Land, where she challenged Jews to be more critical of Israel, or to be more specific, certain aspects of Israeli politics. That is an important debate…
A gentlemanly tone
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Anonymity has its benefits, but these benefits do not come cheap. So Aftenposten may publish typos, but an anonymous blog cannot afford to do the same. Mainstream newspapers may publish erroneous facts, while an anonymous blog must not. Mainstream newspapers…
Prominent US Muslims call on Hamas to release Shalit. Maybe Norwegian Muslims could copy their letter?
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A group of prominent North American Muslims has called on Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. I applaud this noble initiative and invite Norwegian groups to follow suit: August 26, 2011 Dear Mr. Mashal: We write to you during…
Støre; we wont accept a text that delegitimizes Israel
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We are often very critical of our FM Støre and how he handles Israel, which puts the onus on us to recognize when he adopts a more neutral and correct position. From IDag: Støre; we wont accept a text that…
Former leader of Jewish Congregation in Oslo wants Norwegian Jews to debate Israel
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From Vårt Land Anne Sender: The Jews must discuss Israel The former leader of the Jewish Congregation in Oslo criticizes Christian congregations that collect money for settlements Geir Ole Bjartvik geir.ole.bjartvik@vl.no. The former leader of the Jewish Congregation in Oslo says…
Gay guy got his knickers in a twist
by McGonagall • • 9 Comments
Apparently, there is no end to how you can angle anti-Israel sentiments to other issues of public interest, here is a sample taken from Gaysir, where a political activist tries to make the weirdest soup! Unauthorized translation, but I must…
Bad news for Aftenposten as spell-check guy calls in sick
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An Aftenposten op-ed suggests the Israeli government is facing bad news. Israelwhat humbly suggests that unless Aftenposten learns how to spell, it’s Aftenposten that’s facing the bad news. Typos are unavoidable. Israelwhat makes them all the time. That does not mean…
Oped article in Aftenposten: the USA is run by the Israeli lobby
by McGonagall • • 6 Comments
Here we go again, its the Israeli lobby that blocks Obama from doing what the Europeans want. Isn’t it strange how, in an article that purportedly is about the boycott-act in Israel, bases its argumentation on how the Israeli lobby…
Gilad Shalit turns 25 today. This is his 6th birthday in captivity.
by McGonagall • • 4 Comments
From Jpost: Hundreds gather at Gaza border for Schalit’s birthday By JPOST.COM STAFF 08/28/2011 18:58 Sarkozy, Juppe write letters to Noam, Aviva Schalit to mark Gilad’s 25th birthday; Noam Schalit holds rally outside PM’s J’lem residence. Hundreds of protesters gathered…
The Sami people are allowed ritual slaughter
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With thanks to Kjell who provided this link in a comment to previous article on recreational hunting. In order to prevent any misunderstanding, this article is not for or against the Sami people’s right to slaughter animals in accordance with…
My fellow American
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An online film and media project calls upon concerned Americans to pledge and spread a message that Muslims are fellow Americans. I received information about the “My fellow American” project from one of the people running it, who asked if…
Election time looming, presenting lies from SVs own argument database
by McGonagall • • 8 Comments
On June 30 2011, this article was uploaded on the home page of the Socialistic Left party: first paragraph: For more than 40 years, Israel has occupied Palestine and has denied the Palestinians the possibility to live a decent life.In…
Recreational hunting at an all time high in Norway – ritual slaughter continues to be banned
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Aftenposten brought us an interesting story yesterday on how the number of recreational hunters are reaching record highs this year. The total number of registered hunters is approaching 200.000 with a record 7% women. Many Norwegian hunters like to take…
NRK writes on Gaza – forgot to mention context
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Now that the dust has settled and more information is known regarding the terror attacks in Israel last week, Norwegian mainstream media is scarcely mentioning Israel. NRK ran this story this morning, which in fairness in fact is a story…
Was Erna Solberg misquoted by VG?
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Verdens Gang claims Erna Solberg compares contemporary anti-Muslim sentiment to anti-Semitism during the thirties. Erna Solberg herself denies having made any such comparison. McGonagall of Israelwhat comments on the issue. Erna Solberg believes McGonagall is confused. Who isn’t? On August…
Norwegians did not buy Løkkeberg’s hog
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Some time ago we wrote on how Vibeke Løkkeerg tried to adorn herself with the dead youth of Utøya by dedicating her trash movie Tears for Gaza to them, as a publicity stunt to get more votes for the Peoples…
Our ambassador in Israel receives another hiding
by McGonagall • • 2 Comments
23 Aug 2011, Jerusalem Post (not published online, but can be seen on Jpost e-paper) Revising the truth Sir, – In his recent Jerusalem Post op-ed (“Norway is proPalestinian – and pro-Israeli,” Opinion & Features, August 18), the Norwegian ambassador in…
Syria – Støre gets a bollocking for his “lazy” faire on Assad
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You are wrong, Mr. Foreign Minister! Sara Azmeh Rasmussen – “FM Jonas Gahr Støre is buying the whitewash of Syrian president Assad. This will not make this rotten system edible”. The dramatic events that have taken place on the Syrian…