Dear all Just taking a few days off as I cross from one continent to another. I wont be able to upload newsitems for a few days, nor moderate comments. Proise to be back at full speed from Sunday. Meanwhile, you may find this little gem from BBC radio 4 worth listening to, and...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- NUPI researcher thinks condemnation of Syria’s Assad is selective and opportunisticNAÏVE PRAYERS OVER SYRIA Aftenposten 2012 02 21 p 6, Helge Lurås Summary. Helge Lurås of NUPI expresses deep skepticism over the Syrian opposition, admitting the Assad regime is not exactly being a model of democracy of human rights and democracy, however it is having the support of perhaps 50 per cent of the country’s population, not least he minorities. Q […]
- Gutting Israel over its embassyNorwegian media continue to make a feast out of Israel’s difficulties in finding a suitable venue for its embassy, which both takes security concerns and costs into consideration. Maybe we shall remind the ironic commentators that there is a very good reason why Israel is particularly sensitive with regards to security; its embassy was blown to bits in Bueno […]
- ooopsy,that’s the Nobel price taken off our hands then…Some of you may remember an entry from December last year, at a time when Norway had suffered several set-backs reputation wise. A substantial part of that entry was dedicated to an oped by the great grandson of Alfred Nobel, who charged that the Norwegian Nobel committee does not fulfill its obligations under the Alfred Nobel Testament: He says that the Nor […]
- The Embarrassing Embassy story…As Kafka says, Norway isn’t very keen on being a good host – but then I suppose Norway is very happy with the arrangement for our own embassy in Tel Aviv, situated on top of a fancy shopping center in very upmarket part of town, where security is taken well care of by shopping center and local police. Maybe the Israelis are just that much better in providing […]
- Norwegian hospitality to Israel: Suffer bitch!Almost as certain as death and taxes, NRK will not let any opportunity pass by to portray Jews as victims or Israelis as whiners. NRK Østlandssendingen headlines a piece with “The Israeli embassy feels discriminated,” and goes on to cover the Israeli embassy’s alleged whining over not being able to find a suitable location for its embassy. NRK makes its best […]
- Aftenposten allows anti-Semitic commentsAftenposten today published an oped by Martin Bodd, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, responding to a proposal by Aftenposten’s editor for culture and debate Knut Olav Åmås to name a square after one of the Jewish children we sent off to an early and cruel death in Auschwitz in 1942. The talkbacks to this oped are horrific, demonstrating once more that it […]
- The product of a rotting mindDagsavisens forum for polite debate can from time to time look surprisingly like the inside of the head of a person with very unstable hormones, or perhaps neurons like over-ripe camembert cheese. Or, like a grotty catacomb where no air has circulated for centuries. It is probably a style thing; to be oddly out of touch – passé, where they want to be progres […]
- Frightened Norwegian shooters stay at homeI wonder if the powers that be in Norway have put similar travel warnings in place for anybody going to Sweden, specifically to Malmø? Norway Says Israel Dangerous, Won’t Allow Shooting Team to Visit Norway’s security authorities rule that Israel is dangerous, the country’s national shooting team cancels its trip to Israel next month. Elad Benari Norway’s se […]
- Al-Dura lies finally exposedLifted from Jerusalem Post French court acquits Israeli in al-Dura libel case Dr. Yehuda David had been convicted for refuting claimsthat a former patient of his was injured by IDF gunfire in iconic second Intifada incident. A French appeals court on Wednesday acquitted Israeli Dr. Yehuda David of libeling the father of Muhammad al- Dura, a symbol of the sec […]
- Fjordman hits backTERRORISM AND GENUFLEXION Verdens Gang 2012 02 17 p 27, Peder Nøstvold Jensen, a.k.a “Fjordman”. Not Online Author Øyvind Strømmen has been referred to by the media as an expert post 22/7; though it is rather vague what he is supposed to be an expert in. Strømmen took part in the Labor party’s seminar on extremism in January of 2012 in the company of Harald […]
Archive for September, 2011
For our Jewish readers, here’s to a sweet and happy new year!
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A social reprimand
Aftenposten has got a bit of stick for a story it ran yesterday, with a title that screams of multicultural clumsiness: Look, a sporty Pakistani! Naturally, good Norwegians have reacted with outrage, calling it racist. Aftenposten has proceded to apologize, sort of, because they seem to be reluctant to admit that this was a...
Norwegian Red Cross veteran furious over trip to Israel, quits.
Two days ago, we reported on how the Norwegian Red Cross tried to keep a low profile on an educational trip to Israel, since it is considered as highly controversial. Now, Vårt Land informs us that a veteran member of the Norwegian Red Cross, Harald Haukaa Fjørtoft has quit the organization in fury over...
Aftenposten: Politicians from Socialistic Left, Labour, as well as journalists and academics may have been on Stasi payroll
You don’t reveal your friends Aftenposten runs a story on how prominent politicians on the left, journalists, academics and also diplomats, at an early point of their career may have been spying for Stasi, the then almighty secret police of defunct DDR. Briefly summarized, the context of the article is how the CIA got...
Also not in Norwegian news: Western journalists need Hamas approved “minders”
Lifted from Jpost. This article highlights the problem of underreporting of serious problems relating to press freedom in Gaza, but also the West Bank. It does not help Palestinians in their quest for statehood that journalists who cover the conflict fail to address these severe shortcomings, or at least – to the extent they...
Not in Norwegian news – Palestinian ambassador says Palestinian refugees wont get citizenship in Palestinian state
I wonder why this piece of information has not been shared with Norwegians? In other matters, the mainstream press is quick enough in spreading information, regardless of whether the “news” they produce is actually true, far less balanced. Do they not believe that what the ambassador says actually reflects the truth the PA wishes...
Norwegian Red Cross sent a team to Israel to learn to cope with post traumatic stress disorder after 22/7, but tried to keep it out of the media since could be seen as controversial
Dagen broke the story that the Norwegian Red Cross sent a team of 25 first aid workers whose difficult task it was to go to the rescue on 22/7 at Utøya. Many have struggled with difficult memories and harrowing images, so the Israeli sister organization, the Magen David Adom, offered a course on how...
New blog on the block… make some space
Good friends in Denmark also want to join the blogosphere and show what scary Israel skeletons they have tucked away in their closets. They are just getting organized, and have a lot of work ahead, but do make a habit of stopping by to enjoy the view! Israelindenmark.com. I wish my Danish neighbors welcome,...
More laughs…. The show goes on!
This video went viral some time ago,… meanwhile Erdogan has shown us his real self, Syrian thug Assad keeps murdering his people in great numbers, while Ahmadinejad has painted himself into a corner and is losing power at home, even if he just murdered a 17 year old boy, just for fun! Thanks for...
NRK only now picks up story on children’s book – author does not want to provoke, but editorial admits they expected controversy
More than a week after we published the story on the Children’s book that depicts Israeli’s as cruel, does NRK pick up the story. So too does Vårt Land, which presents the context somewhat differently. According to the NRK, the author does not wish to provoke, but presents “facts” in the ugliest form possible....
Taking the mickey – it can’t be all serious!
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Aftenposten: Behring Breiviks mother gets her apartment back after forensics; talkbacks anti-Semitic
Last night Aftenposten online had a story on how the mother of terrorist Behring Breivik gets her apartment back after forensic investigations have concluded. The article per se does not mention anything about Jews or Israel, it simply refers to how now, after 2 months, she can finally move back in. Feedbacks however, makes...
Borderline Anti-Semitism – Role Play in Oslo
Look what we found on Fagforbundets website CHECKPOINT FAGFORBUNDET Frifagbevegelse 2011 09 22 Vegard Helle On the way to work at Fagforbundet this morning I was stopped at my door by an authoritarian lady. I was asked whether I would like to be part of a role game on Palestine. I responded with a...
Various media comments after UNGA speeches
some brief summaries of media comments concerning the UNGA and PA bid: STØRE DON’T BELIEVE ABBAS WILL BE SCARED Aftenbladet 2011 09 22 NTB This is a long, but surprisingly balanced, article on the ongoing talks in the UN General Assembly, and the surrounding diplomacy. The article points out the obstacles in the way...
Durban III: As more and more countries drop participation, will Norway be able to table these concerns?
More and more countries are dropping out of the Durban III event because they have not received sufficient assurances the event wont be a repeat of the shameful 2001 event that turned viscously anti-Semitic. Just like in 2009, when Ahmadinejad used the podium to deny Holocaust and claim that Israel is an unjust country,...
NORWAY LAYS DOWN PALESTINE STATE APPROVAL TERMS AMONGST MONEY WORRIES
NORWAY LAYS DOWN PALESTINE STATE APPROVAL TERMS AMONGST MONEY WORRIES The Foreigner 2011 09 19 Michael Sandelson UPDATED: Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says Norway is conditionally prepared to support a separate Palestinian state, urging donor countries to maintain financial support. Meanwhile, he thinks Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ UN bid could backfire. Positions, peace,...
Norwegian Church Aid at it again: More violence to be used against Palestinians
They are a special lot, these Norwegian Christians… what will be their next news feed? That the Israelis (which we all know are the Jews) use children’s blood in their matze? This seems too familiar and too low, even for the Norwegian Church Aid. And the Church of Norway wonders why Norwegians don’t really...
New research project on slave work during WWII: The dominating narrative of heroism in Norway during WW2 will be challenged.
An ongoing research project at the NTNU is exploring how slave work during WW2 laid foundations for Norway’s economic growth. This article is from Gemini, the online news channel on science and research at the NTNU. This land was built on slavery Professor Hans Otto Frøland, Department of History and Classical Studies, converses with the reporter Siv Ingrid Skau Ekra: During World War...