Lifted from Vårt Land Record Norwegian support to Israel More Norwegians buy Israeli goods, provide financial support and join the pro-Israel organizations. By: Lise Marit Kalstad and Olav Solvang Norway set a new record in the import of goods from Israel in 2011. In the last year Norway purchased Israeli goods for NOK 722 million, the...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- Norwegian media is finally concerned with Syria; NGOs, unions and Labour Youth representatives seem disconnected from realityBelow you will find a snapshot of Norwegian coverage of the Syrian tragedy, where rightly harsh words have been used to describe the ongoing atrocities: Editorials 2012 03 07 Verdens Gang writes on Syria; in full. Editorials 2012 02 07 Verdens Gang writes on Syria; in full. WITH THE BACK AGAINST THE WALL It’s an outright lie as Russia claims Moscow neither i […]
- Focus SyriaLately, there has been fairly little coverage on Israel, mainly due to the horrific events unfolding in Syria. For somebody with several years worth of experience following Norwegian media’s ME coverage, it is almost bizarre to watch the media show at home as it unfolds. For several days in a row, media has shown us gory pictures of maimed persons, of endles […]
- Chicken come home to roostIn the wake of the PM’s apology to Norwegian Jews for the persecution, state terrorism and injustice suffered during WWII, many other ministers feel they have to step up to the pressure to fight anti-Semitism in Norway. This time, the buck has stopped at the door steps of Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen. A group of Israeli-Norwegian parents has writt […]
- The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro”The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro” Brazilian Vale, which Norwegian Hydro has a tight partnership with, only accepts the bare minimum of social responsibility, according to a new poll where Greenpeace ranked the Norwegian Hydro partner as the “the world’s mo […]
- VG’s Hanne Skartveit: the great betrayalLifted from VG. Applause to Skartveit for this eminent oped The great betrayal Synagogue OSLO (AP) We were unable to protect our Jewish compatriots during the war. And today we are unable to give them the security they need. Do we simply not care? OpEd by Hanne Skartveit In the street where I lived for some years, just outside Washington, DC, we had a neighb […]
- One week after PM’s reassurance that nobody should live in fear in Norway – Justice Minister Grete Faremo to reassess Jewish community’s security needsLifted from Dagbladet, but also mentioned in other media. Faremo to reassess Synagogue security needs – Is in constant contact with police and the Police Security Services. The Minister of Justice Grete Faremo (Labour) is reviewing the safety precautions in place for the Synagogue in Oslo, and is in constant contact with the police and the police and the sec […]
- Rockets over Israel go untoldWhile the Norwegian media rightly now focuses on the ongoing atrocities in Syria, and even our FM has felt compelled to politely tell the naughty Assad regime off for the continuing blood bath, one may perhaps be sympathetic to editors’s decision to not cover news from Israel. However, since coverage of Israel continues to be tendentious and one-eyed, one mu […]
- Norwegian support for Israel at record highLifted from Vårt Land Record Norwegian support to Israel More Norwegians buy Israeli goods, provide financial support and join the pro-Israel organizations. By: Lise Marit Kalstad and Olav Solvang Norway set a new record in the import of goods from Israel in 2011. In the last year Norway purchased Israeli goods for NOK 722 million, the corresponding number f […]
- Norwegian People’s Aid failure to report on SyriaAt a time when the rest of the world are slowly, ever so gradually starting to notice the atrocities that go on in Syria (but also many other places on our beautiful planet), one would have thought that the Norwegian People’s Aid would at least have mentioned the word Syria, somewhere, anywhere, on its web pages. But nope, not a word, yet NRK, who cannot fin […]
- The PMs Holocaust Memorial Day speech in full“Dear all, This year marks 70 years since the “Danube” cast off from this quay, and embarked on a voyage of shame . 532 Jews were brutally stowed on board. Only nine returned. One of them was Samuel Steinmann. He is the last survivor. I’m especially glad you are here with us. Today we remember the millions of innocent people who were wiped out in History’s m […]
Apartheid rhetoric
The modern blood libel – the water libel: another sordid lie
Israel-bashers do not stand back from serving the dirty lie or two in order to further their case, here miff.no provides documentation from the Sadat-Begin Center that Israel over-complies with its obligations vz water resources. On the other side, the Palestinians routinely breach their agreements. Not sure if this will impress the pathological Israel...
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...
Lars Gule: Many Israelis are aware that their land has been built on stolen land
I must admit I am at a loss as to what the purpose of Lars Gules never-ending story in Minervanett is. Is it a book review? Is it an essay? Or is it just the ramblings of a man who has fallen in love with his own voice? The good thing I suppose, is...
Union rejects motion to boycott Israel
A few days ago, we reported on Fellesforbundet’s (The Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions) motion to vote for a boycott of its sister-union, the Histadrut. Vårt Land now reports that the motion was rejected by a clear majority of union members, which is sort of good news. Nevertheless, the union voted for several...
Union rep wants to boycott the Histadrut, calls it an apartheid organization
The leader of Fellesforbundet (The Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions), Lars Frøysa wants to boycott the Israeli Histadrut, on the grounds that it is an apartheid organization, according to an article in Vårt Land This is an organization only for Israeli Jews. In our world this is apartheid. We think that the labour...
Corrupting the mind of small children – Childrens book depicts Israelis as evil
This makes any claim that Norwegian elites only want to criticize Israeli policies, but never engage in anti-Semitism ring very hollow. As for the author, an MD and psychiatrist, it is frightening how he will use his position as an authority to contribute to inflaming an already very difficult conflict. This stinks to high...
“International Law Experts” with egg on their faces: Gaza blockade legal
Now that we have the ruling from the UN on the matter, could we please ask the following persons, or organizations to retract their statements or amend their entries so that they reflect reality: SV: Gaza blockade is illegal The International Red Cross Committee: Gaza blockade breaches international Law Professor Geir Ulfstein at the...
Election time looming, presenting lies from SVs own argument database
On June 30 2011, this article was uploaded on the home page of the Socialistic Left party: first paragraph: For more than 40 years, Israel has occupied Palestine and has denied the Palestinians the possibility to live a decent life.In an apartheid system the world bare has seen the likes of, the Palestinian people...
Spot the difference, Soviet 1980, Norway 2011 – Nazism equals Zionism
Further to previous post, QED: We really are the last Soviet state, and we really are copycats. The vast Soviet empire, in its death throes could come up with no better argument than Nazism equals Zionism. A few years later, thanks to the mediocrity, the corruption, the perversion of an unfree and unjust society,...
Now Norwegians know what Khaybar means
Norwegians who read Dagbladets book review of Halvor Tjønns book “Muhammed” will by now probably understand the extreme gravity of the placard in the 2009 Gaza demonstration that turned into a pogrom in Oslo. Several placards had the words Khaybar, Khaybar, ya yahoud, jaish Muhammad saufa ya’ud” painted on them. This means “Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews,...
Black students say keep apartheid out of it
J’post has this little gem today Apparently black students from several universities have had enough of the misappropriation of the term ‘apartheid’ that Students for Justice in Palestine have stolen from Black Americans. In a series of ads that will feature in US college paper leaders of black students organizations state it clearly “decency,...
Dershowitz gets to talk in Aftenposten – now read the reply from Andresen
Andresen is that very unpleasant fellow we wrote about last week, when we translated verbatim with a copy of his own entry on an internal forum at NTNU Here is his reply to Dershowitz (also only in Norwegian in a paper nobody outside Norway gives a rats behind about): I am not an “antisemite”,...
Double standards in Lillehammer
It appears that everywhere you go there will be someone willing to impose a set of double standards and lambast Israel while far worse events occur elsewhere. Now the Norwegian city of Lillehammer is hosting Israel-apartheid-week too. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";
Universitas article comments rife with antisemitism
The Universitas article on a Jewish students trials and tribulations gives more food for thought. Reading the commentaries gives rise to very uncomfortable feelings, in particular this entry is extremely chilling: Israels antisemittisme mot palestinerne2011-02-11 11:39:21: There is no antisemitism in Norway. Antisemitism is a swear-word invented by the extreme rightist zionists (zionism is...
We were molested, whines NTNU Chancellor
Thanks to wackyleaks we now know that news that professors at NTNU who proposed an academic and cultural boycott of Israel presented as a combo pack with highly biased “seminars” on Israel, caused considerable Transatlantic upset and that Washington politicians got seasick with this unexpected maneuver. NTNU chancellor Digernes whines that We were subjected to...
Decency is dead in Norway
Gudmund Hernes is a researcher at FAFO and a professor at BI, a Norwegian business school. He is furthermore a Labor party icon. In Morgenbladet July 30th Gudmund Hernes writes a scathing review of a commentary by Aftenposten’s Jan E.Hansen. One of the reasons is that Jan E. Hansen has called Israel “the only...
NRK’s Sidsel Wold uses apartheid-rhetoric
Sidsel Wold is NRK’s correspondent to the Middle East, which for all practical purposes means Israel. In the article “Taboo Jew-conflict rises to surface” (Tabaulagt jødekonflikt til overflaten) Wold writes: Like apartheid - This is very sad. It reminds me of apartheid, says Arik, a young Azkenazi male who disagrees with the battle the...
Professor Moen subscribes to ‘Apartheid’ rhetoric
Dagbladet reports that Professor Ole A. Moen at the University of Oslo subscribes to Apartheid rhetoric in describing Israel. Unauthorized translation: Moen does not believe one can expect that Obama will intervene in the conflict between Israel and Palestine and apply pressure to make Israel leave Gaza. - I do not believe he has...