The two following news pieces should be read in conjunction with previous entry to get an impression of the schizophrenic relationship Norway has to Israel and the Jews INTERESTED MINISTER AT THE SYNAGOGUE Vårt Land 2012 06 28 p…
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Trondheim – organizing a Palestinian festival; Dagsavisen the official mouthpiece of the Labour Party, thinks anti-Semitic comments are fair play in support of the Palestinians
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The annual Olav Festival in Trondheim, the anti-Israel town in Norway par excellence, has done it again, Israel bashing dressed up as culture, however without even one Israeli, even a anti-Israel Israeli, to have a chance to talk about the…
Anti-anti-Semitism educational task force
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NEW SERVICES ON ANTI-SEMITISM AND RACISM The Ministry of Education and Research 2012 06 26 No stated author Summary. This ministry, which in Norwegian has the somewhat Orwellian name of the “Ministry of Knowledge”, has granted 6 million NKR…
The plight of Palestinians… living la vida loca in Norway
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MY STORY FROM TRANDUM TO THE JAILS AND INVESTIGATION BY NORWEGIAN POLICE Dagsavisen 2012 06 26 Aaron Ara The author claims to be Palestinian, from Jenin, and is illegally resident in Norway. The spelling and orthography is that of Mr.…
Summer season….
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Summer season lull has set in, with press mainly being busy with summing up the Oslo/Utøya terror trial, and otherwise bringing us weather forecasts, football and the latest news on a certain Norwegian recent convert to Islam who eagerly awaits…
10 good Norwegians – protesting the circumcision ban proposal
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Lifted from Aftenposten.no It fills me with immense pride that we still have a sizable proportion of our society who will not stay silent, but make use of their social prestige to protest a serious attempt to curtail religious freedom.…
Jonas Gahr Støre: the Palestinians best friend
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Further comments seem totally superfluous… THE PALESTINIANS BEST FRIEND Gulf News 2012 06 20, Patrick Seale No western statesman has done more to promote the cause of Palestinian statehood than the charismatic Foreign Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Store, a…
THE STATUS OF THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT ON ISRAEL
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THE STATUS OF THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT ON ISRAEL Norwegian Ship owners Association 2012 06 20, Håkon Svane, Ingrid Mellingen The Arab League still has a boycott in place against Israel, ultimately maintaining sanctions that can also affect Norwegian and…
THE PENSION FUND DISINVEST FROM ISRAELI CONsTRUCTION CORPORATION
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THE PENSION FUND DISINVEST FROM ISRAELI CONTRUCTION CORPORATION Aftenposten 2012 06 21 Emma Tollersrud The corporation is involved with illegal settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Ethics Council holds as its opinion. The Ministry of Finance has…
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR: TOURS TO UTØYA A BAD IDEA
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HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR: TOURS TO UTØYA A BAD IDEA Vårt Land 2012 06 21, NTB The only Norwegian Jew deported in 1942 to remain alive, Samuel Steinmann, states the proposal by the chairman of the board of the White Buses, Rune Gerhardsen…
Palestinians on hunger strike in Israel attract world’s attention; in Norway we just let them die
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I don’t think the following strategy for dealing with Palestinian inmates on hunger strike in Israeli prisons would be wise for Israel; if they were to follow Norway’s example here, I am pretty sure we would have very angry condemnations…
Ervin Kohn in Vårt Land; Denial of anti-Semitism. The Norwegian society has been afraid of examining anti-Semitism in Norway
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published in Vårt Land June 11, not online. Jew-hatred Norway is not the most anti-Semitic country in Europe, as some people have claimed. For the first time, thanks to the Holocaust Center survey, we now have some documented facts and…
Delicious double standards: Israeli company kicked out of Petroleum fund, while the same fund continues to invest in occupied Western Sahara
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lifted from dagen.no (again, apologies for google translation, no time to clean up, you will get the general gist of it!) Israeli entrepreneur thrown out of the oil fund Construction company Shikun & Binui has participated in the construction of…
The Center Party’s circumcision ban proposal
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lifted from aftenposten.no (apologies for translation, a 100% google translate job, no time to clean up) The Center Party wants to prohibit male circumcision It is a strong signal that Jews are unwanted in Norway, the leader of the Jewish Congregation…
Fire branding debated
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lifted from Vårt Land Understandable if fire-branding is connected to anti-Semitism Boy with Israeli father was burnt with red hot coin at school barbecue. Martin Eikelandmartin.eikeland@vl.no A 16-year-old boy who participated in a school barbecue was left burns after a…
Circumcision debate: the Center Party wants to prohibit
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Coalition member, the Center Party has adopted a decision that they will vote for prohibition of circumcision in Norway, when the matter comes up for a vote in the Government in the near future. The Labour Party has not yet…
Jerusalem Post: Norwegian student in Oslo burns Jewish pupil
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Lifted from Jpost.com Note to Jerusalem Post, the story first appeared on miff.no, written by Conrad Myrland, I have merely translated the story, so claim no merit. Note the furious reaction from Vebjørn Dysvik, the Chargé d’affaires at Norway’s Embassy…
Advice to Minister of Education Halvorsen; get over you analysis paralysis and get busy on the ground
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The story of how a Norwegian- Israeli teenager has suffered anti-Semitic harassment for several years, culminating in Monday’s fire branding event has now been made known to the wider world, thanks to bloggers, press releases and letters of concern by…
The Wiesenthal Center’s response to fire-branding take 2.
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Grete Faremo, Minister of Justice and Public Security, Postboks 8005 Dep 0030 Oslo Norway Madam Minister, The Simon Wiesenthal Centre is an international Jewish human rights organization with a worldwide membership of 440,000. Established in 1977, with headquarters in Los…
The Wiesenthal Center’s response to fire-branding take 1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2012 WIESENTHAL CENTER PRESSES NORWEGIAN AUTHORITIES TO ACT FOLLOWING FIREBRANDING Of ISRAELI-NORWEGIAN TEEN The Simon Wiesenthal Center today demanded that Norwegian authorities take immediate action against the perpetrators following yesterday’s fire-branding of a teenage student…