lifted from miff.no The news agency NTB covered Israel 208 percent more than Egypt from 2008 to 2010, according to the media database Atekst. Every month, for 36 consecutive months, tiny Israel with its eight million inhabitants was covered more than the world’s most populous Arab country, with over 80 million inhabitants. Egypt was mentioned in 1583 articles. By comparison, Israel was mentioned in 4,883articles. As everyone knows, 2011 was an extraordinary year for Egypt, but even in the year of revolution , in which a president was overthrown, and in which over 800 Egyptians were killed and 6000 injured,...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- Happy 17th of MayOnce more, we gather under our flag to celebrate our freedom. Each 17th of May, the Jewish community in Oslo organize a formal and serene commemoration of Henrik Wergeland, the son of one of the member of the Constituent Assembly for our Constitution. In its original version, our Constitution was shamed by the exclusion of Jews and Jesuits in Norway, som […]
- “Minister of justice” to Jews in Oslo: too badThe synagogue in Oslo – already one of the most fortified structures in Norway – applied to the government for additional funds to secure its congregation. They asked for NOK 21 million but got NOK 7 million. After all the speeches Støre and Stoltenberg with no end to the flowery assurances, this is what it comes down to: Jews should be content feeling prett […]
- The Jewish Community in Oslo applied for NOK 21 million for security measures, only got NOK 7,2lifted from Vårt Land Synagogues receive NOK 7.2 million for security The money goes towards securing doors, upgrade the monitoring system and setting up a security fence. The Government proposes in the revised national budget to allocate 7.2 million forsecurity at the Jewish Religious Community (DMT). - No one should have to be afraid to exercise their rel […]
- Letter from a 17-year old Jewish boyAftenposten today published an op-ed from “Daniel,” a 17-year old Norwegian student who happens to be Jewish. He feels surrounded by antisemitic attitudes, ranging from comments by a fellow video game player (“just pretend they’re Jews when you aim at them”), to the inevitable “so you support killing babies?” when he mentions he supports Israel, to the inabi […]
- PalCom action ‘small and unsuccessful’lifted from miff.no Palestine Committee’s action was “small and unsuccessful” Only a small number of provocateurs from Palestine Committee participated in a store action against Israel’s Dead Sea products in Oslo last Tuesday (May 16) evening. The police were notified in advance and got them quickly away from the place. By Conrad Myrland Published: 16/05/201 […]
- VG’s Astrid Meland attacks Pal activists and media for unethical focus on IsraelAstrid Meland published an OpEd in VG on May 14, which currently is not online. MIFF has published a review article online, from where I have lifted the following: Astrid Meland believes Israel’s critics in Norway are victim of a collective neurosis, where you turn a blind eye to much worse breaches of human rights by other states. - Unethical focus on Isra […]
- Stand up, stand up – for the Hebrew MamitaIf I were a man, I would seriously consider inviting this lady out for dinner. Since I am not, I can only say – WAY TO GO, SISTER! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none"; […]
- Oopsie – Norwegian academia has become synonymous with academic anti-Semitismlifted from ynetnews.com This is the cost of allowing a guy like Galtung to roam free – regardless of round rejection of his recent remarks, this was by no means the first time the ‘mad professor’ let it rip, as is evident by the details of this op-ed. Why did not the Norwegian intelligentia react at an earlier stage? Did they perhaps agree with the previous […]
- Gloves are off: MIFF (With Israel for Peace) reports the PalCom to the policeLifted from miff.no What can I say? Bravo! MIFF is doing an incredibly important job and luckily their hard efforts are rewarded with a healthy growth in their memberships. Maybe readers of this blog could be entreated to find a way of supporting MIFF? By the way, I have no relation to MIFF, personally or professionally – this is just a courtesy call to reco […]
- What Karsten Tveit’s award really signifiesOdd Karsten Tveit wins the Gullruten lifetime award for his propaganda news coverage from the Middle East. When it comes to correspondents in the Middle East sent by NRK (the governmental broadcasting organization financed by a surcharge on owning a television), it’s a bit like watching the Eurovision song contest: you can endlessly discuss who is worse. Bu […]
Archive for January, 2012
Success for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Lebanon
I am genuinely pleased for the Palestinians in question who now will get their homes reconstructed. However, what is missed from the presentation here, is why the refugee camp was razed in the first place. Could it be that as it was an internal matter in Lebanon, who only tolerate their Palestinians as long...
Forgiveness or pardon… what’s the difference
Somebody said that in order to be able to forgive, the parties involved in an incident need to work very hard to uncover the underlying history, the perpetrator needs to explain why he or she acted the way they did and why it now is important to be forgiven, whilst the victim truly must...
PM Stoltenberg in Turkey – talking human rights where nobody wants to listen
Am I the only one who thinks our PM is a wee bit false for praising Turkey, while the rest of his Government makes a hash out of Israel? NORWAY AND TURKEY DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS Fædrelandsvennen 2012 01 10, NTB Summary. Jens Stoltenberg visits Turkey, Stoltenberg insist on dialogue, however, he has been dismissed...
VG: Israel prepares for war
Remarkably balanced and correct, but who is prepared to believe that Leibovich actually called the Gaza terrorists “militants”? It has taken the press a mighty long time to get these facts, easily available for many months now…. maybe I am cynical, but I think these are moves to prepare the ground to once more...
FM Støre earns theatrical ridicule… by his own son
The annual School Shows are over us, with every high school around the country putting on a show, musical, tragical, comical or merely hormonal. A long cherished tradition, this is the time of year pupils forget about exam revision and looming exams (anyway, not a worry that seems to press unduly on Norwegian high...
NRK airs Dr. Gilbert special, while the Swedish Radio got sued for airing tears of Gaza
This weekend, as part of the 3 year anniversary for the Gaza campaign, the NRK gave the best prime time slot for Saturday night entertainment to medic Mads Gilbert, portraying him as a life saving hero in Tromsø and Gaza, as usual a one-sided, glorification program designed to make Dr. Gilbert look like a...
Have a safe trip to Turkey, Prime Minister – don’t forget about the plight of Turkish journalists who dare to investigate…
It would provide a bit of credibility for Norway in the ME, if we also were seen to worry about the wellbeing of Turkish journalists, and not alway look for faults in Israel. Careful with the hamams though – floors may be slippery and you never know what you will fall on! Charges Against...
Palestinian’s forced repatriation
Not only is Norway busy with an unprecedented shopping spree in Israel, but simultaneously we are also kicking out Palestinian refugees (who fear the for their lives in PA controlled West Bank and Hamas controlled and non-occupied Gaza FROM HOSPITAL BED TO FORCED REPATRIATION Morgenbladet, issue of 6th through 12th of January 2012 Tor...
Norwegian churches collide on Israel
Lets hope more free churches pull out of cooperation with the Norwegian Church Aid, lest they will be soiled with the dirt of the NCA- As for Bishop Atle Sommerfeldt, former leader of the NCA and his claim that the NCA supports Israel, their own track record show this to be a base lie....
To the University of Oslo, it is all Israel’s fault
HAPPY ISRAEL, MISERABLE PALESTINE Forskning.no 2012 01 05 Runo Isaksen Summary. The University of Oslo, cooperating with the Bir Zeit University, concludes with Israeli occupation being the cause of Palestinians feeling miserable. An index by the UN, the HDI of 2011, concerning human development finds Israelis are the 17th happiest people in the world,...
Isn’t it about time that Europe apologizes to Jews for WW2 deportations?
It is not only in the Netherlands that prominent people question the failure to apologize to the Jews for deportations and persecution. The former leader of the Jewish Congregation in Oslo, Rolf Kirchner has written an oped (, not online; in translation, to upload soonest) on the matter, but prominent Norwegians such as poet...
Official Norwegian policy vz. ME conflict
It’s official, officially Norway supports the Palestinians. Only. THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT Ung.no This web site, Ung.no, is published by the Norwegian Directorate of Children, Youth and Families. This directorate is subordinated the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, led by Audun Lysbakken (Socialist) The website claims to disperse information that “is public and...
20 people remember 3 year anniversary for Gaza campaign – they forgot to mention Gaza rockets, but calls Gaza campaign a ‘Holocaust’
THREE YEARS SINCE BOMBING OF GAZA Ship to Gaza Norway, no date, Nikolaos Tavridis-Hansen Summary. In anti-Israel demo on December 29th 2011, held nearby the Israeli embassy in Oslo, Mr. Nikolaos Tavridis-Hansen of the Norwegian Ship to Gaza, held a speech directed against Israel, the translator contends himself with translating the first lines of...
Not in Norwegian news; Rocket shells contain white phosphorous
Since Israel for now is guarding her guns, nobody is very interested in the sustained rocket attacks over the Eshkol region, that is, the Israeli neighborhood next to Gaza. Now also with white phosphorous. But alas, not reported in mainstream Norwegian media. Lifted from Ynetnews.com White phosphorus found in mortar shells fired from Gaza...
Israel approves J’lem building project – draws condemnation from FM Støre, while Turkey gets away scot free for having murdered 35 smugglers… by accident?
Official Norway represented by FM Støre condemned (like several other European colleagues) a building project in East Jerusalem in a neighborhood which in all previous talks and “negotiations” has remained on Israeli hands. Støre wrote in his press release: Norway deplores Israeli plans to build new housing units “I deeply deplore the Israeli decision...