Document.no is more than a blog, it is a community. Whatsmore it is intelligent, well-mannered and subsequently growing, which makes a lot of people somewhat worried. Document.no now offers a lengthy post on Norwegian author Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-jewish riots in Oslo”. Unauthorized translation from Pogroms in Oslo:
Researchers and the police can say: “But [...]
The Russel Tribunal for Palestine is supported by among other Ilan Pappe, Ken Loach and John Pilger. There is also a Norwegian onboard, Mr. Johan Galtung – above behind the rostrum at what appears to be a Turkish university. Below you see a section from a transcript from his lecture, where Mr.Galtung identifies Israel’s policies [...]
Bishop Solveig Fiske finds it "natural" to contemplate a boycott of Israel
Here we go again.
Virtually every week, some Norwegian will demand that action be taken against Israel. Not against Saudi Arabia, no. Not against Egypt or Syria or Bahrain, no. Iran, sometimes. Israel, always. Politicians, newspapermen and activists… the number of people horrified by [...]
The screen-shot above is from the MFA website and announces – in Norwegian only – that Norway FM Jonas Gahr Støre is to meet with Syria FM Walid Muallem, in Oslo on Monday 8th. It also says: “The purpose of the meeting is to exchange viewpoints on the political situation in the Middle [...]
Bishop Tor B. Jørgensen, picture from the daily Vårt Land
Let us all boycott Israel now, shall we?
The latest Norwegian to ponder the pros and cons of boycotting the state in the Middle East which rates highest for democracy, freedom of speech and women’s rights is Bishop Tor B.Jørgensen. Norwegian daily Vårt Land (Our Nation) [...]
The Tablet – “A new read on Jewish Life” – runs an interesting piece by Asgeir Ueland titled Oslo Discord. Ueland observes that Norway has shifted from being staunch supporters of Israel to a pro-Palestinian stance, and attempts to identify how this change has come about. In an interview with the well-known Israel-critic Lars Gule, [...]
The Progress Party is Norway’s second largest and will often be found in fierce resistance to the red-green coalition government. On the party’s website politician Øyvind Vaksdal now voices discontent over how Foreign Minister Støre wrote the back-cover praise for NORWAC doctors Gilbert and Fosse’s book “Eyes in Gaza”, in which it is alleged that [...]
During Cast Lead, Hamas successfully hid behind their own civilian population. Their diabolical strategy left approximately 1400 Palestinian civilians dead. Now Norwegian politician Bjørnar Moxnes from Red (Rødt) claims in an op-ed in Dagsavisen that 2500 Afghan civilians have been killed during combat operations. While it is uncertain where Mr.Moxnes has this figure from, it [...]
The screen-shot above is from Irish MarcHumphrys.com and depicts an Irishman showing his support for Hezbollah at a demonstration in Dublin, April 2008. Marc Humphry comments: “In the conflict between the secular liberal democracy of Israel and its reactionary religious totalitarian enemies Hamas, Fatah, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran, the western left, for some reason, has sided [...]
It appears that Midtstuen is not the only Spanish-speaking blog showing an interest in Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo”. Safed-Tzfat has been burning the midnight oil and translated the entire (rather lenghty) book-review by Christian Tau, posted on Z-Word Blog. Excerpt below, visit Safed-Tzfat for the entire review in Spanish:
Las 103 páginas [...]
From the web-pages of the Foreign Ministry
The above is a screen-shot from the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where it is only found in Norwegian. Unauthorized translation:
From representative Øyvind Vaksdal (Progress Party) to the Foreign Minister: Has the Foreign Minister changed his view or will he still contribute to combat anti-Semitic attitudes [...]
Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo” is arousing interest in France. Although we have yet to see this interest translate into sales, this is a promising start.
As mentioned earlier the sites Philosemitism and JUIF.org have published on Eiglad’s book. Now Union des Patrones et des Professionnels Juifs des France and Debriefing.org, both with [...]
The Norwegian media is keen on reporting about events in Israel. Right now the most recent stories are, according to Webavisen (an indexing service): 1) Here is Israel’s new super-weapon, on a new Israeli drone 2) Important to react against violence in Gaza, a reader’s comment on Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo”, [...]
DagenMagazinet reports on how one of the men attacked during the January Gaza-riots of 2009 sustained injuries which will follow him for the rest of his life. Unauthorized translation:
— I was subjected to violence on two occasions. First I was beaten with the flagpole of an Israeli flag which the jew-haters had taken, and I [...]
Aftenposten’s Knut Olav Åmås has a full-page comment on Eirik Eiglad’s book “The Anti-Jewish Riots in Oslo” today. On the one hand, that’s good. Aftenposten is Norway’s second largest newspaper and Mr.Åmås is a savvy somebody. On the other hand, Eiglad’s book has already been covered in Spanish Midtskogen, French Philosemitism and JUIF.org, [...]
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