In a recent interview in the German magazine Konkret, Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld claimed that one of the effects of the Utøya massacre is that is has become harder for Norwegians to move outside the circle of political correctness. Does…
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Israel suffers huge terror attack, delusional Norwegian lefty claims Israel engages in state terrorism.
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Here is an example of a truly disturbed mind! He seems to have forgotten context, terrorists in Gaza attack Israel with guns and rockets, killing 8, injuring scores more. I cannot see that this deeply immoral person has made any…
News from Down-Under: Our ambassador there has to explain ritual slaughter ban, and then some more
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Norwegian Ambassador talks to the CJF J-Wire 2011 08 22 http://www.jwire.com.au/news/norwegian-ambassador-talks-to-the-cjf/18487 Statement of Norwegian ambassador to Australia on Jewish issues. The Capital Jewish Forum has conducted an in-depth interview with Norwegian Ambassador Siren Gjerme Eriksen…J-Wire publishes it in full. Capital Jewish Forum (CJF): Firstly,…
Dagbladet editorial on Eilat terror:If Israel had displayed somewhat more humility after the killings of the five security guards, future prospects for the two countries would have been far better.
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22/8/2011 Dagbladet: THE DANGEROUS GAME SURROUNDING SINAI With a dramatic and not yet resolved situation in Libya, a conflict between Egypt and Israel with possible consequences for the future of the Middle East has arisen. This weekend fully showed how a new…
Get ready for upcoming Durban conference
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Right of reply for Gerstenfeld in Vårt Land
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Just over a week ago, Vårt Land ran an article on the Jewish community in Oslo, and how they disagree with foreign criticism with regards to Norway’s relationship with Israel and the Jews. Now Vårt Land has given Gerstenfeld right…
Gerstenfeld – auf Deutsch
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Konkret is a well respected German leftist news magazine. The latest issue analyses Norway post 22/7, where among other specialists, Manfred Gerstenfeld is interviewed (I bet you this was not quite what Fredrik Græsvik and Sidsel Wold had in mind…
Dr. Michal Rachel Suissa in Pajamasmedia
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With thanks to Eric R who has directed me to this site! Pajamasmedia has a closer look at anti-Semitism in Norway post-22/7. Dr. Michal Rachel Suissa is a Jewish Amazigh (Berber) refugee from Morocco, working as an associate professor in…
Thus speaks a King
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Commemorating the terrible tragedy that has hit us so badly, His Royal Highness, King Harald addressed the nation thus: Dear all of you, There is so little that has not already been said. The last four weeks have been hard…
NRK news anchor: Norway has been at the forefront of Palestinian cause for many years
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News anchor at 3 minutes and 50 seconds: Odd Karsten Tveit, Norway has been on the forefront of the Palestinian struggle for many years [....] Odd Karsten Tveit responds at 3 minutes 59 seconds: Norway is trying to pulverize the…
In the own words of our bumbling ambassador in Israel
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eeeeouuwww, how embarrassing. This man is in urgent need of course on strategic communication. And sticking to truth. Lets see, according to official numbers, numbers of Jews in Norway at onset of WWII was just over 2100. Not around 3000…
CBN on Norway, multiculturalism and 22/7
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The horrific terror unleashed by Anders Breivik on July 22nd has changed Norway forever. In this CBN piece on unfortunate aspects of multiculturalism in Norway, journalist Dale Hurd suggests that Norway ought not to allow terrorism to stifle necessary debate.
22/7 memorial marketed as a rock concert
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While foreigners who take a critical stance on Norway post 22/7, get brandished as rightwing extremists in our media, it seems perfectly legitimate to let wanna-be, or have-been rock stars use the memorial as an opportunity to create some PR…
More negative press on Norway
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Following the campaign to demonize or otherwise exclude those with a more critical view on Norway and her reluctance to owe up to, and deal with our particular tendency to nourish anti-Israel sentiments to such an extent it becomes “good…
Palcom plans event at Oslo Literature house on August 30 – MP Solhjell is invited, but no Israeli representative
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Palcom plans a public meeting to debate recognition of a Palestinian state. Again, the venue chosen is the Literature house, which over the years seems to have become a fixture for anti-Israeli events. The list of invited speakers include Peter…
NRK has a strange way of illustrating Ashdod rocket rain
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Can you spot the errors? The illustration shows a bombed building complex in Gaza, yet the text immediately underneath the photo goes Rundt ti raketter avfyrt fra Gazastripen har slått ned i det sørlige Israel. Minst to mennesker er skadd,…
Kudos to Lars Gule
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Just as we have spotted, translated and uploaded stories where Lars Gule seems to have got the wrong end of the stick with regards to Judaism, Israel, we must be equally quick to do ditto when he takes a principled…
VGs editorial on situation in Syria
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THE TRAGEDY OF SYRIA Verdens Gang 2011 08 14 Editorial Not Online According to Syrian activists more than 1600 people have been killed since unrest and demonstrations against the regime broke out in the middle of March. The dictator, Bashar…
News papers start to question silence on Syria
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Perhaps they read our entry a few days ago, where we questioned the embarrassing silence in the face of the massacre that has been allowed to take place in Syria the last weeks. Here is Vårt Lands editorial on August…