Here is a small selection of reactions to Galtungs rants. All, bar a literature and culture festival located at a small hamlet outside Haugesund, condemn Galtung. The festival SILK plans to host Galtung as a main attraction, see bottom of page for translation article in Haugesunds Avis. Dagbladet , editorial 2012 04 29 FROM A...
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 […]
Think tanks that think one way
Nordic Foreign Ministers blast Israel, not Hamas, not Hizballah, not even Iran who threatens to attack Israel with WMD
Thanks to Tundratabloids who drew my attention to this story: Joint statement by all 5 Nordic FM’s on Norway’s Foreign Ministry’s web page. It makes my hair stand on end. Nordic countries concerned about measures against Palestinians You are here: Government.no / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Press centre / News / Nordic countries concerned about measures against Palestinians...
“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...
Jørgen Jensehaugen phones it in
Jørgen Jensehaugen is what passes for an “expert” on Middle Eastern affairs in Norway. Apart from an IB from Rome, his main qualification is that he worked as a research assistant for Hilde Henriksen Waage and has his degrees in history from the most esteemed of institutions in Middle Eastern history, the University of...
NRK enquiry wont wash with reader’s ombudsman. The conflict has now become a Norwegian domestic matter.
While the media obsession with Israel seems to go through a little lull right now, and no major issue involving Israel directly, other small voices can be heard. For instance, the former reader’s ombudsman (yes, there is actually such a job!) of Bergens Tidende, took NRK to task for its failure to appropriately assess...
Israelbasher Jan Egeland goes to HRW
Like most Norwegian apparatchiks, Jan Egeland (Labor, NUPI) likes to find fault with Israel. He is now leaving NUPI in order to work with Human Rights Watch, an organization which in 2009 was criticized by its own founder for being overly critical of Israel. Multiple Norwegian media, among them Vårt Land, reports on the...
Helge Lurås (NUPI) blames the west
If you want to be considered savvy and erudite in Norway, you blame the west as a rule of thumb. Not only for problems in the specific western countries themselves, but for problems in general. Helge Lurås, a senior researcher at NUPI, writes on the revolutions in the Arab world, blaming the West over...
A radical and insular elite
Norway is a small society. At the top, people are so tightly crammed together it is a wonder they are able to breathe. In this human pyramid they jostle and support and feed of each other. The article below is by Sverre Lodgaard (Labor), a NUPI researcher. The article below that again is on...
Al-Kubaisi dismantles Bjørn Olav Utvik
In their eagerness to “hook up” with the grim realities of the world, the Norwegian intelligentsia has a proven track record of ending up as distorters of reality and whitewashers of the most despicable events. Above we see Anders Heger comment on the riots in January 2009, which he compares to a rowdy Christmas-party....
Tilde Rosmer takes Palestine narrative at face value
Tilde Rosmer is a quintessential Norwegian ME-pundit. She takes the Palestinian narrative at face value, believes the Saudi peace-plan of 2002 was a fair deal for Israel, and appears to scorn any notion of Israel being more democratic than her neighboring states. Tilde Rosmer, an ME researcher at the University of Oslo, criticizes Israel...
NUPI on Egypt: USA and Israel is to blame
When NORWAC doctor Erik Fosse was stabbed in Gaza while attending a Hamas-rally he expressed understanding for his attacker. He was, after all, a westerner. Today Dagbladet publishes an op-ed by NUPI senior researcher Sverre Lodgaard, who interprets popular uprisings in the Maghreb as a reaction against western imperialism. The attitudes of Fosse and...
Jan Egeland slams USA, Israel
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 Egeland (Labor) is especially harsh with both democracies. In Aftenposten, NUPI director Jan Egeland...
FAFO: ‘Apply pressure to Israel’
On July 30th a prominent researcher at Fafo, a left-wing thing tank, stated that Gaza was a “concentration camp”. On June 3rd two other Fafo researchers stated that Israel’s enforcement of the blockade of Hamas-run Gaza was virtually a “declaration of war” on a NATO country. Now another Fafo researcher writes an op-ed in...
NUPI invites Freeman to speak about US-Israel relations
When Charles W. Freeman had to resign from a position with the Obama administration in March 2009, he blamed the Israel-Lobby. On Wednesday he visited NUPI in order to speak about US-Israel relations. Vårt Land reports, in an NTB article, that Freeman has as little faith in the current round of peace negotiations as...
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...
NTNU academic goes easy on Sayid Qutb, is harsh on west’s ‘war on Islam’
NTNU is one of the most prestigous universities in Norway. It is also home to a handful of academics who are extraordinarily keen on assigning blame to the USA and Israel. As for the interviewer above, Kim Dino Saur, this is actaully his name. He says himself it was just “a matter of time”...
Waage does not believe Hamas tightly connected to Iran
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Think tank claims Israeli boarding is equivalent to declaration of war on Turkey
Turkey and Norway are both NATO members. Now two Fafo researchers claim that Israel’s boarding of the FGM flotilla may be seen as the equivalent of a declaration of war on Turkey. The consequences of this claim, if it should be taken seriously, is chilling. Fafo is a Norwegian think tank originally developed by...
Professor Moen claims US Israel-Lobby is undemocratic
In an question and answer session in Aftenposten, Professor Ole O. Moen states that Obama has “too many” pro-Israelites in his administration and that this impedes the peace process. Professor Moen furthermore attributes this to the strength of the Israel-lobby, which he claims enjoys more popularity in Congress than among the electorate. In other...