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,…
Monthly Archives: September 2011
For our Jewish readers, here’s to a sweet and happy new year!
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A social reprimand
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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,…
Norwegian Red Cross veteran furious over trip to Israel, quits.
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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…
Aftenposten: Politicians from Socialistic Left, Labour, as well as journalists and academics may have been on Stasi payroll
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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…
Also not in Norwegian news: Western journalists need Hamas approved “minders”
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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…
Not in Norwegian news – Palestinian ambassador says Palestinian refugees wont get citizenship in Palestinian state
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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…
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
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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,…
New blog on the block… make some space
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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…
A taste of political children’s TV, courtesy of NRK
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This little sketch will give you an idea at what level the general education on Israel and Palestine is in Norway. We would be fools to think that Sande got his outrageous ideas from thin air…. You know we can…
More laughs…. The show goes on!
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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…
NRK only now picks up story on children’s book – author does not want to provoke, but editorial admits they expected controversy
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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…
Taking the mickey – it can’t be all serious!
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Have a little laugh! Even if it is very serious! Thanks Noga!
Aftenposten: Behring Breiviks mother gets her apartment back after forensics; talkbacks anti-Semitic
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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…
Borderline Anti-Semitism – Role Play in Oslo
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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…
Various media comments after UNGA speeches
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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…
Durban III: As more and more countries drop participation, will Norway be able to table these concerns?
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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…
NORWAY LAYS DOWN PALESTINE STATE APPROVAL TERMS AMONGST MONEY WORRIES
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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…
Norwegian Church Aid at it again: More violence to be used against Palestinians
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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…
New research project on slave work during WWII: The dominating narrative of heroism in Norway during WW2 will be challenged.
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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…