Norway, Israel and the Jews
Once 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...
lifted 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 religion...
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: 16/05/2012, at. 9:18...
Astrid 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...
If 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";
lifted 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...
Lifted 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...
One might want to reflect on the wider ramifications of this is a country where the press is massively supported by the Government, and where the Labour press increasingly is buying up whatever remains of independent and small local newspapers? SIX IN TEN JOURNALISTS VOTE LEFTIST TV2 Nyhetene 2012 05 10, No stated author...
ISRAELI UNION, OVER WHAT? Aftenposten 2012 05 11, Kjell Dragnes Divisions. The heat has been turned up yet one more notch in what is usually a hot-tempered political debate. Opinions are divided as what the purpose of the recent Center-Right coalition really is. Israeli politicians are not known over using kid gloves when referring...
The mind boggles. Does His Excellency really think that newspaper readers around the world suffer from some massive reading comprehension deficit, or is he just trying to take the mickey? Whereas I too, am proud of my country, and sincerely believe that the anti-Israeli sentiments expressed by our political echelons (as well as a...
Ignorance is Bliss in Norway Bell Martin Breivik is a horrible criminal. His trial sofar has not only provided information on his misdeeds As a byproduct the reactions to it have helped illustrate some characteristics of Norwegian society. The lack of self criticism and freedom of speech for true critical debate are two major...
Happy Lag b’Omer! If you are not going to a bonfire fiesta or if your kids have grown out of the habit of playing with arrows and bows, then stand your ground by writing an indignant letter to editor, protesting the growth in anti-Semitism, thinly disguised as criticism of Israel! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor...
Or, is he? Maybe this is the source of Galtung’s claims of world wide Jewish media control? Brilliant! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";
It appears Gilbert is spreading his hate message across the US, worryingly, anti-Semitic attacks on US campuses have increased lately, with Gilbert’s lies acting as an accelerant… Maybe some bold North American student might want to go to one of these “events” and ask Gilbert some tough questions about the accuracy in his material,...
Verdens Gang 2012 05 05 Jon H. Rydne Summary. Shoah survivor Samuel Steinmann (89) receives royal decoration. A documentary about his life, including his incarceration by the Nazis in Norway and later on in Auschwitz and Buchenwald is in production. Mr., Steinmann was decorated by Governor Valgjerd Svarstad Haugland, receiving the King’s Medal of...
By its contents, this diatribe could have been published in some fringe website. It is not: this has been published in a “respectable” regional daily newspaper of the left wing, Helgeland Arbeiderblad (Labour affiliated): HARASSMENT OF PALESTINIANS BY CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS AND THE PROGRESSIVES Helgeland Arbeiderblad 2012 05 07 Øystein MJ In spite of that...
Aftenposten and NRK organized a public meeting on how to confront the new anti-Semitism in Norway. The debate was sporadically very tense and SV’s Kristin Halvorsen got a dressing down over left’s failure to confront its anti-Semitic attitudes: lifted from Aftenposten A heated debate on the new Jew hatred More than half of school...
lifted from Times of Israel Why was this not a topic for Israel bashers at May Day events? Why has the Norwegian media collectively failed to point out these serious breeches on journalistic freedom in areas controlled by PA or Hamas? Once more, the failure to debate and criticize the PA, the Hamas in...
lifted from Ynetnews.com In case somebody thinks is an alarmist view, let us just remind ourselves that it is just over a year ago that Alan Dershowitz was denied access to Norwegian universities (or, if somebody takes offense at this blunt version of truth, his offer to speak was kindly declined due to his...
This is how it should be done – no crying, no feeling sorry for oneself – just a very very powerful song, in the voice of a tiny but powerful young woman! kol hakavod, Moran! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";