Astrid Meland published an OpEd in VG on May 14, which currently is not online. MIFF has published a review article online, from where I have lifted the following: Astrid Meland believes Israel’s critics in Norway are victim of a collective neurosis, where you turn a blind eye to much worse breaches of human...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- Happy 17th of MayOnce more, we gather under our flag to celebrate our freedom. Each 17th of May, the Jewish community in Oslo organize a formal and serene commemoration of Henrik Wergeland, the son of one of the member of the Constituent Assembly for our Constitution. In its original version, our Constitution was shamed by the exclusion of Jews and Jesuits in Norway, som […]
- “Minister of justice” to Jews in Oslo: too badThe synagogue in Oslo – already one of the most fortified structures in Norway – applied to the government for additional funds to secure its congregation. They asked for NOK 21 million but got NOK 7 million. After all the speeches Støre and Stoltenberg with no end to the flowery assurances, this is what it comes down to: Jews should be content feeling prett […]
- The Jewish Community in Oslo applied for NOK 21 million for security measures, only got NOK 7,2lifted from Vårt Land Synagogues receive NOK 7.2 million for security The money goes towards securing doors, upgrade the monitoring system and setting up a security fence. The Government proposes in the revised national budget to allocate 7.2 million forsecurity at the Jewish Religious Community (DMT). - No one should have to be afraid to exercise their rel […]
- Letter from a 17-year old Jewish boyAftenposten today published an op-ed from “Daniel,” a 17-year old Norwegian student who happens to be Jewish. He feels surrounded by antisemitic attitudes, ranging from comments by a fellow video game player (“just pretend they’re Jews when you aim at them”), to the inevitable “so you support killing babies?” when he mentions he supports Israel, to the inabi […]
- PalCom action ‘small and unsuccessful’lifted from miff.no Palestine Committee’s action was “small and unsuccessful” Only a small number of provocateurs from Palestine Committee participated in a store action against Israel’s Dead Sea products in Oslo last Tuesday (May 16) evening. The police were notified in advance and got them quickly away from the place. By Conrad Myrland Published: 16/05/201 […]
- VG’s Astrid Meland attacks Pal activists and media for unethical focus on IsraelAstrid Meland published an OpEd in VG on May 14, which currently is not online. MIFF has published a review article online, from where I have lifted the following: Astrid Meland believes Israel’s critics in Norway are victim of a collective neurosis, where you turn a blind eye to much worse breaches of human rights by other states. - Unethical focus on Isra […]
- Stand up, stand up – for the Hebrew MamitaIf I were a man, I would seriously consider inviting this lady out for dinner. Since I am not, I can only say – WAY TO GO, SISTER! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none"; […]
- Oopsie – Norwegian academia has become synonymous with academic anti-Semitismlifted from ynetnews.com This is the cost of allowing a guy like Galtung to roam free – regardless of round rejection of his recent remarks, this was by no means the first time the ‘mad professor’ let it rip, as is evident by the details of this op-ed. Why did not the Norwegian intelligentia react at an earlier stage? Did they perhaps agree with the previous […]
- Gloves are off: MIFF (With Israel for Peace) reports the PalCom to the policeLifted from miff.no What can I say? Bravo! MIFF is doing an incredibly important job and luckily their hard efforts are rewarded with a healthy growth in their memberships. Maybe readers of this blog could be entreated to find a way of supporting MIFF? By the way, I have no relation to MIFF, personally or professionally – this is just a courtesy call to reco […]
- What Karsten Tveit’s award really signifiesOdd Karsten Tveit wins the Gullruten lifetime award for his propaganda news coverage from the Middle East. When it comes to correspondents in the Middle East sent by NRK (the governmental broadcasting organization financed by a surcharge on owning a television), it’s a bit like watching the Eurovision song contest: you can endlessly discuss who is worse. Bu […]
Palestinian narrative
Oopsie – Norwegian academia has become synonymous with academic anti-Semitism
lifted from ynetnews.com This is the cost of allowing a guy like Galtung to roam free – regardless of round rejection of his recent remarks, this was by no means the first time the ‘mad professor’ let it rip, as is evident by the details of this op-ed. Why did not the Norwegian intelligentia...
Gloves are off: MIFF (With Israel for Peace) reports the PalCom to the police
Lifted from miff.no What can I say? Bravo! MIFF is doing an incredibly important job and luckily their hard efforts are rewarded with a healthy growth in their memberships. Maybe readers of this blog could be entreated to find a way of supporting MIFF? By the way, I have no relation to MIFF, personally...
The cheek of the Ambassador
The mind boggles. Does His Excellency really think that newspaper readers around the world suffer from some massive reading comprehension deficit, or is he just trying to take the mickey? Whereas I too, am proud of my country, and sincerely believe that the anti-Israeli sentiments expressed by our political echelons (as well as a...
Ignorance is Bliss in Norway
Ignorance is Bliss in Norway Bell Martin Breivik is a horrible criminal. His trial sofar has not only provided information on his misdeeds As a byproduct the reactions to it have helped illustrate some characteristics of Norwegian society. The lack of self criticism and freedom of speech for true critical debate are two major...
Helgeland Arbeiderblad: Not a coincidence that Anders Behring Breivik sympathizes with the progressive Party
By its contents, this diatribe could have been published in some fringe website. It is not: this has been published in a “respectable” regional daily newspaper of the left wing, Helgeland Arbeiderblad (Labour affiliated): HARASSMENT OF PALESTINIANS BY CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS AND THE PROGRESSIVES Helgeland Arbeiderblad 2012 05 07 Øystein MJ In spite of that...
Not in Norwegian News: Abbas reverses censorship of anti-regime websites
lifted from Times of Israel Why was this not a topic for Israel bashers at May Day events? Why has the Norwegian media collectively failed to point out these serious breeches on journalistic freedom in areas controlled by PA or Hamas? Once more, the failure to debate and criticize the PA, the Hamas in...
1st of May – an anti-Israel hate fest
This is how the Secretary of the Labour Youth Organization in Hedmark chose to reflect on the May day celebrations. Syria? what Syria? PALESTINE-THE CONFLICT WE WILL NOT FORGET! AUF-Flammen i Rosa 2012 05 02 John Magne Pedersen Tangen The Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land areas must cease, now! In the spirit of...
FM Jonas Gahr Støre’s 1st of May speech in Stavanger
The reader should read previous post on Political violence in Norway to appreciate the context in which our FM addressed the unionists However, and to be fair, Jonas Gahr Støre was interviewed by the local paper Aftenbladet, where not surprisingly, the main focus was on the Labour Youth Organization. In relation to the slogans...
Political violence in Norway
FPU LEADERSHIP FILES CHARGES OVER ASSAULT IN MAY 1ST PARADE Aftenbladet 20120 5 02 Jone Østebø The FpU (the Progressive party’s youth organization) have decided to file charges after being attacked in the May 1 parade FpU members claim they were attacked when they joined the May 1 parade in Stavanger. The six FpU...
1st of May rallies in Norway: bashing Israel
lifted from Vårt Land Slogans against Israel in the cities In Bergen, 1st of may organizers are accused of Jew hatred. - Nonsense, the city’s trade union leader responds. “Free Palestine – Boycott Israel”, “Stop the Israeli occupation – recognize Palestine” -slogans like these are repeated in many of the rallies that mark this year’s 1st of May...
Not in Norwegian news – how the PA radicalizes the Palestinians
Lifted from Document.no Palestinian Authority Radicalizing Palestinians, Dragging Them Towards War by Khaled Abu Toameh On the same day that two Palestinian officials met in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Palestinian Authority issued an order banning Palestinians from making direct contact with Israeli authorities in the West Bank. The new order is...
Not in Norwegian news – how donor countries are wary of power struggle between Abbas, Fayyad
Lifted from Jerusalem Post PA donors warn Abbas not to replace Fayyad By KHALED ABU TOAMEH04/24/2012 05:45 Donors aware of Abbas’s repeated attempts to remove Fayyad from power and seize control of Finance Ministry, diplomat says. Donor countries have warned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas against trying to replace Prime Minister Salam Fayyad or...
Two geezers from Tromsø went to Lebanon; a woman went to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan
We all choose our causes, and generally, whatever efforts you can volunteer into a charitable cause, are inherently good things. But sometimes you wonder about the motivations. Here is a story from NRK, of two geezers who felt compelled by their consciences. At first I thought they had volunteered for Syrian refugees, as they...
Newly minted minister wants to let the Palestinians have a say at the Rio conference
The folly of the Socialistic Left party seems to be never-ending. No sooner have they chosen a new leader who prior to this had to step down as Minister for Children, Equality and Social Inclusion for deeply unethical, if not criminal habits with the public purse, and who, as item number one in his...
VG: reports on upcoming meeting between Israel, PA; reports on alleged house demolition in West Bank but forgets to mention Palestinian football goalie shooting spree with mates from Red Crescent
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to meet this week Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will meet over the next few days and hold the first official meeting in over two months, according to a Palestinian official. - There are currently ongoing preparations with the Israelis to hold a meeting between Saeb Erakat and Yitzhak Molcho over the next few days, said a senior PA official told AFP. Last time the two negotiators met publicly was in Amman in Jordan on January...
VITA boycott – now also international scandal
Lets hope Norgesgruppen will realize in time that their failure to boycott Turkish, Moroccan, Chinese, British products make them look distinctly lopsided in their application of ethical principles. Only to be applied to manufacturers who extract their products from national territory not under negotiation. Does this smell like crap? Norway’s VITA halts sales of...
MIFF: a father joined us when he discovered that funds generated through “operation A Day’s Worth” funds Palestinian terror
lifted from miff.no Not worth a day’s worth Students at Lambertseter high school worked a days worth and generated funds for a Palestinian organization that wants to ‘liberate Palestine’. One father joined MIFF once he learned what lurks behind the fine words the organization uses to present itself to foreign supporters. Students and parents...
VG in the Middle East – now also writing about Israeli school kids who must study in shelters
VG is to be praised for a series of articles they have published in recent days, covering Israel from a different perspective than the usual “aggressor” or “child murderer”. Today, they have published an article featuring the lives of Israeli school children who live near the Gaza strip and who routinely must sit their...
Boycott the boycotters
A Norwegian beauty shop chain, Vita, has decided to boycott Israeli products, claiming that they stem from an illegal settlement: Vita boycotts Ahava Vita does not want to trade in goods from the occupied territories in the West Bank, and therefore stops selling beauty products from Ahava. Ahava loses therefore its most important client in Norway. According to Norwegian People’s Aid, Ahava’s production of beauty products...