• Document 15 calls on Jonas Gahr Støre to explain Senator Brownback’s letter
    "Mowgli made leader of the Bandar-log" by John Charles Dollman On August 3rd  US Senator Brownback wrote a letter, expressing concern over Israel-hatred and anti-Semitism, to Norway’s ambassador to Washington DC. While this site published the letter on August 12th, Norwegian journalists failed to find it newsworthy. Members of the opposition […]
  • NRK mentions Naqba-effect but omits war-cause
    NRK reports on the Naqba without mentioning war which caused it Journalist Laila Ø. Bakken of the Norwegian State Broadcasting Authority NRK manages to report on how Abbas’ family fled during the “Naqba”, while completely omitting any mention of the 1948 war which caused the “Naqba”. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and […]
  • Letter from Minister of Defense denies boycott of Israel, claims ‘constructive dialogue’ with Israel
    Hans Olav Syversen from the Christian Democrats refers to a letter from the Minister of Defense Vårt Land today reports that the Christian Democrats (KrF) and Conservatives (Høyre) aim to stop Minister of Defense Grete Faremo (Labor) from boycotting Israeli companies on an individual basis. The article (above) refers to a letter from […]
  • NUPI invites Freeman to speak about US-Israel relations
    When Charles W. Freeman had to resign from a position with the Obama administration in March 2009, he blamed the Israel-Lobby. On Wednesday he visited NUPI in order to speak about US-Israel relations. Vårt Land reports, in an NTB article, that Freeman has as little faith in the current round of peace […]
  • Scandinavian democracy – a guided affair
    Screenshots from Norwegian newspapers Aftenposten and DagenMagazinet Not even in Scandinavia does democracy work flawlessly. Is there an invisible hand at work? In the screenshot above (left) we see an op-ed from yesterday’s Aftenposten, with Eirik Vatnøy from Civita, a liberal think tank, asking some rather poignant questions. Vatnøy points out that it appe […]
  • Washington Post on terrorism in Norway
    Three men were apprehended this summer on suspicion of terrorism. As the Washington Post points out, we Norwegians were told that we at no time have been in any danger whatsoever. Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls In late 2009, Jakobsen went to Norway’s Police Security Service and began providing information on Davud’s activities after what he […]
  • Protected: Norway suspects Israel unethical, invests in Turkmenistan
    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. […]
  • JP mentions Norway: Has Europe learned from its past?
    In material terms, being Norwegian is like winning the lottery. Intellectually it is like living in a carnival. Once groupthink sets in there is nobody left to comment upon how it affects us, and prominent citizens can act bizarrely with impunity . The JP, which editor of Aftenposten Harald Stanghelle tells us is […]
  • Interview with a convert reveals anti-Semitism
    In Aslak Nore book “Ekstremistan” the author predicts that in the near future, Norway will be more mulit-cultural, for good and for worse. The reader is treated to some of the latter in Nore’s interview with a Norwegian convert to Islam, who reflects upon some of her formerly held beliefs. The following […]
  • Nous allons manger des pommes de terre israéliennes », annonce notre hôte
    This blog is not about Israel or the Norwegian Jews. It is about Norway’s perception of and relationship to Israel and Jews. Yet Norway is only one little piece in a larger puzzle. It is while trying to solve this puzzle that foreigners every now and then are brought to pay attention to us up […]

NRK mentions Naqba-effect but omits war-cause

NRK reports on the Naqba without mentioning war which caused it

Journalist Laila Ø. Bakken of the Norwegian State Broadcasting Authority NRK manages to report on how Abbas’ family fled during the “Naqba”, while completely omitting any mention of the 1948 war which caused the “Naqba”.

Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and [...]

NUPI invites Freeman to speak about US-Israel relations

When Charles W. Freeman had to resign from a position with the Obama administration in March 2009, he blamed the Israel-Lobby. On Wednesday he visited NUPI in order to speak about US-Israel relations.

Vårt Land reports, in an NTB article, that Freeman has as little faith in the current round of peace [...]

Protected: Norway suspects Israel unethical, invests in Turkmenistan

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

ILPI director finds calls of 'death to Christians' acceptable

Njål Høstmælingen, director at the International Law and Policy Institute (ILPI), finds calls of “Death to Christians” within the bounds of acceptability.

Newspaper Vårt Land reports that the Christian Democrats are taking a group of Satanist musicians to court after the devil-worshippers played the song “Drep de kristne” (Kill the Christians) at a recent [...]

Armaments exports triple while Ministry of Defense boycotts Israeli helmets

It has recently come to light that Norway’s Ministry of Defense has refused to accept bids from Israeli companies on no less than five occasions since the current government came to power. Today NTB reports that Norwegian armaments exports have tripled over the same period of time.

NTB reports, here in Dagbladet:

The war in [...]

Opposition questions objectivity of 'Tears of Gaza' movie

Movie director Vibekke Løkkeberg has, with the aid of Mads Gilbert, made the movie “Tears of Gaza” . Many suspect that “Tears of Gaza” has been put together in such a way as to make the blood of its audience boil, with hatred against Israel and with compassion for anyone claiming [...]

Israel's embassy ordered to remove security fence

Israel’s embassy is often besieged by angry Norwegians, who make demands of Israel they make of no other nation in the world. In his book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo” author Eirik Eiglad narrates how the embassy was attacked by a furious mob, waving placards commemorating the slaughter of Jews at the valley [...]

Ministry of Defence boycotts Israel

It is against official policy to boycott Israel. Yet 10 percent of Norwegians say they already have initiated a personal boycott of Israel, two boroughs in Oslo have declared a boycott of Israel, dockers have blockaded Israeli ships, and recently the armed forces college chose to cancel a seminar in order to avoid [...]

Dagsavisen mentions Senator Brownback's letter

Roger Hercz is to Dagsavisen what Tzipi Livni said she refused to be to Netanyahu – a fig leaf of decency. As the first journalist in Norway he finds the Senator’s letter to be newsworthy enough to mention it in today’s newspaper, a full week after this site published it for the [...]

A fundamental attribution error

Aftenposten subscribes to a fundamental attribution error

When US Senator Brownback expresses concern over anti-Semitism and Israel-hatred in Norway, the Norwegian media does not deem it newsworthy as he is just an individual expressing his particular views. Yet when an Israeli soldier posts photographs on Facebook, the Norwegian media finds it highly newsworthy [...]

'Senator`s letter' carried to public by blogs

The Norwegian media does not find Senator Brownback’s letter on anti-Semitism and Israel-hatred in Norway newsworthy – as opposed to “IDF miracle socks” and “Israeli homo-imperialism” . Thanks to bloggers however, the senator`s letter is still finding its way to the public.

Among the high-quality blogs to have picked up on the story are [...]

National Review: Up in Norway, part IV

Jay Nordlinger of National Review has written a series of articles on Norway. In the latest he points out: Let me give you one tidbit: In Jensen’s office are a) a bust of Reagan and b) an Israeli flag. Ladies and gentlemen, I can’t tell you how shocking this is in Norway. I just can’t. [...]

Breaking: Letter from US Senator Brownback on anti-Semitism in Norway

Soria Moria, the fantasy kingdom, by Theodor Kittelsen and the name of the program of the coalition government. Do not expect to find Senator Brownback's letter on display when you arrive.

On August 3rd, US Senator Brownback wrote a letter to the Ambassador of Norway in Washington DC. In his letter [...]

Nordic bloggers show anti-Israel media bias to be Nordic phenomenon

Graphic from Tundra Tabloids

This site has repeatedly demonstrated how the Norwegian media is biased against Israel, among other here. Now the Tundra Tabloids (Finland) and Sweden, Israel and the Jews (Sweden) and Ilya Meyer (Sweden) have made similar findings.

Ilya Meyer excerpt

In an average month of 30 days, there are never more than 3 days [...]

Khaybar is hadith, song, assault rifle

Khaybar assault rifle, product of Iran

Above you see a picture of the Khaybar KH2002 assault rifle. It is an Irani product. Wikipedia, which is often wrong, seems to have gotten the story behind the name right: “…the Battle of Khaybar was fought in the year 629 between Prophet Muhammad and his followers against the Jews living [...]