Of course, Norway was among the countries that voted for full UNESCO membership for the PA. This at a time, when Abbas spends his time on arabic TV to ensure worried viewers that he has no intention of recognizing any Jewish state, nor that he intends to give Palestinians citizenship in the “peaceful”state of...
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 October, 2011
Norwegian phobia against circumcision
The Christian daily Vårt Land runs a separate discussion forum, verdidebatt.no. The readers of Vårt Land tend to have a high academic profile, perhaps even elitist. Hence, one expects more of this debate forum than others, where they do not flag values and ethics as important guiding principles. Not that the debate therefore must...
Ouch, Nesbru school got their monies worth, first they promote anti-semitic art and now they get critical review in Ynetnews.
Promoting hate for Israel Op-ed: European educators brainwash young minds with blatant anti-Israel views Manfred Gerstenfeld Earlier this month it became known that the German EVZ Foundation had financed two high school student programs which promoted hatred of Israel. This state foundation was created to compensate Holocaust slave workers and fight contemporary anti-Semitism. In...
Is a new viking age dawning?
If we are to judge by the increasing amount of violent rape, pillage and murder in Norway, it may be wise for nuns and others to keep a watchful eye on leery Norwegians. In fact, the New York Times has picked up on some very worrying trends here in Norway, where cases of violent...
NRK sees the world through Palestinian goggles
Thanks to Oxy who provided this. NRK does register attacks on Israel from Gaza but awaits covering story until Israel mounts a defensive operation from IAF to protect civilians. For the NRK it seems they prefer defensive operations with casualties, so they can once again use the big...
Klassekampen journalist who wrote a really bad book, takes bad review out on gays, Africans and Jews.
Here is the story on how a failed author and Klassekampen journalist Mimir Kristjansson took it out on gays, Africans and Jews in childish tantrum after stinging book review (Thanks to the reader who sent me the story and translated for me, much obliged!) Knut Olav Amaas, culture editor in Aftenposten, wrote a short...
Look Støre, the friendly Gaza neighborhood making nice with Israel, surely now the world will see that the political wing of Hamas is a nice bunch of people with only peaceful intentions.
Not a mention so far in Norwegian online newspapers about the 20-off rockets that have been fired at towns on Southern Israel in the last 24 hours. Hundreds of thousands innocent civilian Israelis are under fire, but where it the outcry from Norwegian peace activists? VG prefers to publish article on released terrorist who...
VG has discovered that Gaza poses a threat to Israel
Credit where credit is due! VG is one of the few mainstream newspapers that reported on yesterday’s rocket attack from Gaza and describes how its impact was widely felt in Ashdod, an indication that the explosive load was powerful. The article does not stop there, but details how missiles smuggled from Libya may have...
Old sins come back to haunt minister Halvorsen
Op-Ed: The Hierarchy of Murder Promoters By Manfred Gerstenfeld The logical approach to the issue of attributing ideological responsibilities for inciting to kill should start with those who make the strongest direct calls for murder. The horrific murders committed by Norwegian Anders Breivik on 22 July led to huge debates in many countriesabout who has laid the...
Dagsavisen – important profiles want to prohibit circumcision of boys
Several consultative bodies think the practice should be forbidden The Nursing federation, the Ombudsman for Children the Norwegian Humanist Association, the Resource Center for men and the Medical Faculty at the University of Oslo want an end to the practice, according to Dagsavisen. Each year approximately 2,000 newborn boys are circumcised in Norway. In...
Støre and Willoch get their credit dues for endorsing Gaza book – Western double standards exposed
The state terrorism myth Op-ed: Arab leaders falsely accuse Israel of state terrorism to hide their own crimes Manfred Gerstenfeld Threatening its own civilians is a traditional mode of state terrorism in parts of the Muslim world. A second type of state terrorism – the murderous one – has recently increased significantly. A few...
Union, Norwegian People’s Aid and Norad issue propaganda pamphlet on Palestina, call for “return of refugees”
No more than 3 days ago, did Liv Tørres the general secretary of the Norwegian People’s Aid say the following in relation to the call for boycotting the annual telethon - The Telethon engages very many and contributes to clearing mines and cluster bombs in 6 countries. The goal of this telethon unites many congregations....
Palestinian refugee camp in Oslo gets respite from evacuation order
Newly appointed city councilor for the environment and communication in Oslo, Ola Elvestuen (Liberal party), has stopped an order to evacuate the Palestinian refugee camp in downtown Oslo. The councilor says that Must find solution. – First we want to establish a dialogue with the Palestinians who live there and find a solution based...
45000 killed in skirmishes between Turkey, Kurds since 1985; Turkey chasing PKK in Iraqi territory – world is mum
A tiny sample of the double standard applied to Israel compared to other countries in the world. VG reports (without showing pictures of dead babies or wailing women) on how Turkish troops and tanks are chasing PKK fighters (or terrorists, as VG concedes that they are) 20 km deep into Iraq. The invasion is...
Annual Telethon: some Christians call for boycott of Norwegian People’s Aid – talkback comments reek of anti-Semitism
The annual NRK telethon this year donates the funds collected to the Norwegian People’s Aid and their work to clear land mines, explosive devices left after war and conflict. The Telethon is a source of national pride, and billions of Kroner have been collected over the years, to in some small measure help ameliorate...
CPD for Finn Graff, Dagbladet, Nesbru High School and Norwegian Church Aid: The EU’s working definition of anti-Semitism
One would have thought that all of the above would know the difference between legitimate criticism of Israel (and any other country), and pure anti-Semitic hate trash. Sadly experience tells us that they have no idea, and possibly also no wish to educate themselves on these matters. So, realizing that they have been under-educated,...
An honorable man – Mustafa Salim
Here is the moving story of an Israeli Arab who wowed to not cut his hair until Shalit was released. May his name be a blessing and an honor to all his family! Israeli’s ‘hair-strike’ for Shalit Mustafa Salim did not shave, cut his hair for more than five years in solidarity with Gilad...
Anti-Semitic exhibition that was sponsored by Norwegian Church Aid removed after student protests
Yesterday we reported on an anti-Semitic exhibition at Nesbru High School, and how the school, at the time the local newspaper – Budstikka – wrote the story, had not yet decided whether or not to remove the entire exhibition. Miff.no brings us the latest developments (unauthorized translation): Demonization of Israel removed after student protests...
Erling Rimehaug’s editorial in Vårt Land: Israel is taunted by Nazi label
Erling Rimehaug seems to be the only editor who has taken Dagbladet to task on its decision to publish Finn Graffs offensive drawing. After an extensive search in online newspapers I have been unable to find other comments.That reflects poorly on the wider media to acknowledge that the red line is routinely crossed when...
Norwegian Jews: Dagbladet demonizes Israel
It is not only the Jewish Congregation in Oslo that reacts with disgust to Finn Graffs offensive drawing. An article by Vårt Land, explores not only the shock and disgust among Norwegian Jews, but also that of other editors, including Jahn Otto Johansen, the former (and formidable) editor in chief of Dagbladet. Norwegian Jews...