Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz recently visited Norway and was less than impressed with the manner in which he was received and the level of debate he was met with. The Norwegian establishment, of course, just scoffs it off. “Norway is…
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Knut Olav Åmås questions wisdom of barring Dershowitz from speaking
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Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz offered to lecture – for free – at three major Norwegian universities, and they all turned him down. Aftenposten editor Knut Olav Åmås questions the wisdom of disseminating only the anti-Israeli narrative. This editorial is from…
DN:Israel reprimands state broadcasting authority NRK
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Well-reputed Dagens Næringsliv today tells us that Israel is unhappy with the state broadcasting authority NRK, which consistently and predictably casts Israel in a negative light. The article informs us that the embassy of Israel has sent a letter of…
NTNU University newspaper on Alan Dershowitz’ speech
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If you ever go near NTNU, make sure you do not have anything to do with the university newspaper. Unless you are voicing the Palestinian narrative of course, in which case you had better call them straight away. Here is…
‘The doorway to Norway’: Alan Dershowitz at NTNU
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Prestigious NTNU in Trondheim was only to happy to receive what Haaretz called “an all star team of Israel-haters” in 2009. The university is less keen on listening to the pro-Israel narrative: When Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz offered free lectures…
Apartheid ? Les gays norvégiens aiment Tel Aviv
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Courtesy of Philosemitism, who operates out of Belgium: Gaysir, un magazine de la communauté gay de Norvège a consacré un long article très élogieux à la scène gay en Israël. L’article est intitulé “Mesurer la température à Tel Aviv” (Ta…
Gay community mag pumps it up for Israel
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“Gaysir”, a web magazine for the gay community in Norway is ecstatic over the gay scene in Israel, in a long article. The article is titled “Measuring the heat in Tel Aviv” (Ta tempen på Tel Aviv). Journalists: Eva Paulsen/Thomas Olsen.…
Israeli narrative slips through in Aftenposten
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In Norway, the Palestinian narrative holds sway. Yet every now and then, a version of the Israeli narrative will slip through. Today Aftenposten published a translation of an article by Nathan Sharansky. Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for…
Biased media: Israel takes NRK to broadcasting council
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Is state broadcaster NRK biased against Israel? Israel is asking Kringkastningsrådet (the broadcasting council) to assess the situation. This website has some relevant findings on NRK. DagenMagazinet reports on the case in the article “Israel complains to the broadcasting council”…
Trondheim: Maoists accost pro-Israelis, steals flag, makes for the hills
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The nonsense and abuse you have to put up with from the anti-Israeli crowd is just endless. They will stop at nothing. Some of them are communists, others are socialists while others again are just plain anti-Semites. What they have…
Opposition: Unconscious fear dominates Israel-debate
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In Norway, the only democracy in the Middle East is routinely lambasted for actions that go without mention when they occur elsewhere. The Palestinian narrative is as popular as the Israeli narrative is ignored. Now Dagens Næringsliv tells us that…
Is there a substantial difference between Rwanda and Bosnia refugee camps and Sabra and Shatila?
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Not that I can detect. Other than of course, Israel has owned up to its mistakes and paid a very heavy price for it. Now, would it not be nice if UN and humanitarian NGOs also admit their shortcomings and…
NRK redoes Gerstenfeld interview after Sidsel Wold botches job
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A little while back, NRK’s correspondent to Israel Sidsel Wold interviewed Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld, author of “Behind the humanitarian mask”. After Sidsel Wold lost the tapes from the interview she put together a commentary on Gerstenfeld instead. When Idag.no…
NTB tut-tuts treatment of Gilad Shalit
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Several NIJ readers have reacted to an Norwegian News Agency (NTB) article in Dagbladet which seems to tut-tut the conditions under which Gilad Shalit is being held captive. Citizen H, one of the NIJ street irregulars, comments: Gilad Shalit has…
A rare occurrance: NRK casts Israeli soldier as victim of violence
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NRK reports on how the FGM activists attacked the IDF soliders as they boarded their ships. This kind of angle – showing Israelis as victims – is the exception and not by any means the rule. Yet from time to…
VG: Framing the debate
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After the FMG flotiall violated the blockade, Norway’s largest newspaper Verdens Gang ran a question and answer session for its readers which already from the onset framed the debate in favor of the Palestinian narrative. Line Khateeb from the Palestinakomitee…
Bistandsaktuelt disseminates the Palestinian narrative
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Screenshot from review in Bistandsaktuelt The screenshot above is from a review in Bistandsaktuelt, a newspaper covering the Development Aid industry. There seems to be nothing wrong with the book in itself. But we just saw a cinema take “Waltz…
Aftenposten on propaganda war
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Lars Akerhaug is a former leader of the Palestinakomite who now works as a journalist in Aftenposten, which is headed by former maoist Hilde Haugsgjerd. In the article (screenshot) Experts believe Israel has failed in the propaganda war, Akerhaug interviews…
Norwegian media makes international law look simple, clear-cut
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Norwegian media lets activists make international law look simple in claiming that by enforcing its blockade in international waters, Israel is nothing more than a pirate. Is it really that simple? There has been a lot of anger at how…
Boycott: ‘Waltz with Bashir’ taken down, replaced by Palestinian movie
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Vårt Land reports (see screenshot above) that the Israeli movie Waltz with Bashir is being taken down, in protest against the boarding of the flotilla which tried to supply Hamas-run Gaza, and is being replaced by the Palestinian movie “Gud…