Norway, Israel and the Jews
Dagbladet has brought this explosive little story today. (I just wonder what has caused Dagbladet to all of a sudden shape up? Maybe the glaring spotlight of enlightened foreigners has had an effect after all?) It is truly shocking to know what our tax money goes towards. I would have liked to read a...
An Aftenposten editorial today calls for the release of Gilad Shalit. The editorial is unsigned and titled “Free Shalit“. It is critical of Hamas and sympathetic to Gilad Shalit. The editorial points out that Norway is one of the few western countries to have “a certain contact” with Hamas, and that these contacts should...
Mainstream media is yet to pick up on the JP interview with Bruce Bawer on anti-semitism in Norway. But Verdens Gang does offer an article about Uri Geller. The JP interview “Making sense of anti-Semitism in Norway” is a tough, determined, full frontal assault on the avoid-and-obfuscate strategies the Norwegian establishment is meeting contemporary...
The hearing concerning Israel’s complaint against NRK’s coverage will take place on April 28th. In the letter below, Mr.Aviad Ivri of the Israeli embassy to Norway presents his case. In his letter, Mr.Ivri mentions how not only Israel, but also Norway stands to benefit from a review of NRK coverage. Can we not hear...
On February 19th, the Revolutionary Communist Youth approached a stand held by pro-Israel organization MIFF, made some trouble, and stole an Israeli flag. This kind of petty abuse is typical for what you have to put up with if you voice the Israeli narrative in Norway. If you are unlucky, you can easily get...
During the recent SKUP convention, one of the topics was the Norwegian media’s coverage of the Middle East. IDF’s Avital Leibovich showed up to present her side of the story. NRK’s Sidsel Wold elected to stay away, saying she would not be “dragged through the mud”. The trade journal Journalisten has an interesting article...
In Norway, Israel-bashing is so axiomatic that for a long time it was assumed that since the popular uprisings across the Maghreb were good, then Israel, being bad, had to be opposed to the uprisings and in support of the dictators. Today’s Aftenposten provides a welcome alternative interpretation of Israel’s stance on the uprisings....
During Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz’ visit to Norway he offered free lectures to three major Norwegian universities. They all turned him down. Dershowitz also offered to meet with foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who also turned him down. Interestingly, Støre denies having received any such invitation. Dershowitz’ hosts, the ICEJ by Dag Øyvind Juliussen,...
A hefty debate has ensued after Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz recently visited Norway – only to have his offers of free lectures turned down by all three of the universities he approached. Many feel this rejection was just another example of how the pro-Israeli voice is boycotted throughout Norway. It was then that Michael...
When Alan Dershowitz recently visited Norway, his offer of free lectures were rejected by all three of the Norwegian universities which he approached. Many, Dershowitz himself among them, feel that the pro-Israel stance is in effect being boycotted here in Norway. The debate continues. Two letters in Aftenposten today. One by Ervin Kohn of the...
In Norway, news about Israel is often news which makes Israel look like an evil, apartheid state. But the situation is not black and white – today Aftenposten published a story on Goldstone’s recant. It is precisely because the situation in Norway is what it is that we must avoid getting carried away by...
Professor Gonagall provided a link to Mr.Hussain’s speech yesterday. But just to make sure this gets around, let’s insert a clip of his speech above. Now let’s sit back and wait for the NTNU reaction. Perhaps they will identify Amram Hussain as a part of the zionist propaganda offensive which seeks to strangle all free...
As Professor McGonagall points out, Norwegian newspapers were eager to cover all aspects of Goldstone as long as he was a severe critic of Israel. Now that he has recanted, this site wagers we won’t hear much of him. Above you see just a few of the articles devoted to Goldstone in Klassekampen (Class...
Morten Levin is an NTNU academic who uses his position to invite critics of Israel such as Israel Shamir and Ilan Pappe to speak at his university. He does not take kindly to Alan Dershowitz’ recent attempt to do the same. Israel Shamir is a former Jew and a supporter of Iran’s Ahmadinejad. In...
The Norwegian media is quick to cover Israel whenever the news can be spun into a direction which makes Israel look bad. News items like the above however, our media does not tell us about. The Israeli medical team consists of a full 50 people which are offering a wide range of medical services....
Is the domestic debate on Israel so stupefyingly biased, it is dumbing us down? SKUP, a Norwegian trade conference for journalists, yesterday hosted a debate on how the Norwegian media covers Israel. Participants were IDF spokeswoman Avital Leibovich, NRK foreign affairs editor Knut Erik Holm, former Aftenposten correspondent John Hultgren, Dagens Næringsliv journalist Bjørn...
IDF spokeswoman Avital Leibovich will speak at SKUP – a trade conference for journalists – tomorrow in Tønsberg. The Norwegian reds, a brown-spotted lot, are arranging a demonstration in protest. Such is the lay of the land that wherever somebody speaks up for Israel, be it a Norwegian or a foreigner, people will march...
Aftenposten today provides a translation of Alan Dershowitz’ op-ed “Norway to Jews: Not wanted”, which he first published in his Wall Street Journal blog. A number of other media, Norwegian and foreign, are publishing on the manner in which Dershowitz was received in Norway last week. Here is a list: NO DIALOGUE ON ISRAEL...
NRK seldom, if ever, raises questions over the red-green coalition government’s Middle-East policies. It appears that if Labor wants it, that’s just fine for NRK. While an array of Norwegian media channels are reporting on the Lieberman/citizenship story, not a single one is reporting on how US and Israeli newspapers are commenting on Norway’s...
We had given up hope! Yet here it is, an article in Dagbladet letting Alan Dershowitz present his side of the story of how his offers of free lectures were rejected at Norwegian universities. This is cause for jubilation! And Dagbladet too, of all newspapers. Imagine! Pigs fly in this country, they are streaking...