Dominating Public Discourse

Melanie Phillips: The western intelligentsia has been bamboozled

by admin • January 14, 2011 • 2 Comments

Melanie Phillips is sharp, knowledgeable and witty. Often, she is acidic or hamfisted. Equally often, she is absolutely right. She has now given an interesting interview on what she sees as the failure of Israeli hasbara – public relations. Are…

by McGonagall • January 5, 2011 • 0 Comments

In a rapidly spinning news world, you cannot expect journalists to cover all stories. With this caveat lector, lets go back to see what the Norwegian press corps(e?) so far has managed to get across regarding the possibility that Jawahe…

by McGonagall • January 3, 2011 • 1 Comment

Lets just wait and see how long before this piece is picked up by Norwegian media. Apparently, the Palestinian woman whom it is claimed died of inhaling Israeli tear gas at a anti-fence demonstration on the West Bank was not…

by McGonagall • January 3, 2011 • 0 Comments

I spotted the following article in Ynetnews on December 28, and have been anxiously waiting to see if any Norwegian news organization would pick it up. One would have thought that the report of Eritrean helpless refugees being tortured and…

by admin • December 29, 2010 • 0 Comments

Ny Tid recently published an op-ed by Lasse Wilhelmsson, who associates with the well-known Mohamed Omer. For a translation of Wilhelmsson’s op-ed in Ny Tid, see below. This op-ed is very similar to Lasse Wilhelmsson’s speech at Al-Quds day in…

by admin • December 28, 2010 • 0 Comments

The magazine Ny Tid is as sharply critical with Israel as it has become uncritical of itself. The current edition of the magazine contains the most vicious op-ed this blog has seen to date. The op-ed is written by Lasse…

by admin • December 27, 2010 • 0 Comments

Philosemitism targets the French-speaking world from Belgium. Here is a translation of one of our articles. Thanks Philo! Susan Abulhawa, dont le roman se classe désormais n ° 2 dans le top 10 des best-sellers, semble bénéficier des achats de Noël. …

by admin • December 24, 2010 • 3 Comments

Former US ambassador Benson K. Whitney has described former PM Kåre Willoch (Conservatives) as a “shrill, anti-Israeli voice”. This month Mr. Willoch’s shrieks at us from Campus magazine. While the former statesman speaks at length on diverse and sundry, he…

by admin • December 23, 2010 • 0 Comments

The Saudi Gazette agrees with Norwegian literary reviews: Abulhawa is a truly gifted author! The Saudi Gazette writes: With translation into some 20 languages, Abulhawa’s novel is already enjoying success beyond the English-reading world. The author reported on her Twitter…

by admin • December 21, 2010 • 2 Comments

Susan Abulhawa’s “Morning in Jenin” is making a lot of people very happy. The author is making money, the publisher is capturing a large market-share and the readers get a whopping good read featuring an evil villain, a noble hero,…

by admin • December 20, 2010 • 4 Comments

“Eyes in Gaza” was penned by NORWAC doctors Erik Fosse and Mads Gilbert during the Hamas/Israel war in 2008/2009. NORWAC was founded as a joint venture between Norwegian pro-Palestinians and the MFA when Palestinakomiteen no longer was allowed to operate…

by admin • December 18, 2010 • 1 Comment

Christmas shopping appears to benefit Susan Abulhawa, whose novel now ranks as #2 on the top 10 bestselling list. What does this tell us about the market? In Abulhawa’s “Mornings in Jenin”, the Jews are barren, hollow-eyed KZ survivors from…

by admin • December 11, 2010 • 0 Comments

Byporten shopping mall lies right next to Oslo central station, which is as central as you can get. According to the sign above Susan Abulhawa will visit in order to sign her novel on December 11th. In Abulhawa’s “Mornings in…

by admin • December 10, 2010 • 0 Comments

Today a number of Norwegian media channels are running the NTB article “Abbas – no negotiations without building freeze” (Abbas – ingen forhandlinger uten byggestans). Pretty much the same media has run pretty much the same NTB article repeatedly over…

by McGonagall • December 7, 2010 • 0 Comments

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…

by admin • December 5, 2010 • 7 Comments

Susan Abulhawa’s novel “Morning in Jenin” is a bestseller in Norway and still ranks among the “top 10″ in many Oslo bookstores. Reviewers are falling over eachother in heaping praise on the book. The photo above is taken at an…

by McGonagall • December 3, 2010 • 1 Comment

The other day, driving down the motor way and enjoying the beautiful scenery, my iphone brought me this podcast from NRK radio 2. For those not conversant in Norwegian, I suggest using google translate to get the general gist of…

by McGonagall • December 2, 2010 • 4 Comments

Or so we are told by organizations(Amnesty International, Christian Aid, the Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam International and Save the Children UK) who claim that Israel is not living up to Gaza promises. Here are two excerpts from the article in JP:…

by McGonagall • November 30, 2010 • 1 Comment

OK guys, stop looking, NRK journalists have found the perpetrator of the failed Oslo accords. According to the journalist David Krekling, it is Israel, or specifically, Bibi Netanyahu, who is to blame, and the smoking gun is to be found…

by admin • November 29, 2010 • 2 Comments

The Norwegian left-of-centre feels ennobled by criticizing the USA and Israel for sins it lets go unheeded in other countries. Today, as it is revealed that President Aliyev of Azerbaijan finds Statoil to be “on the side of Iran”, Jan…

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