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State television NRK cast Abu-Jihad supporter as hero

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:59:18 +0000

On the orders of Dr.Gilbert's hero Abu Jihad, Dalal Mughrabi led the 1978 Coastal Road Massacre in which 37 Israeli civilians were killed and 71 people were wounded

On April 12th state television NRK let Dr.Mads Gilbert voice his support and admiration for Abu Jihad, the engineer of the 1978 Coastal Road Massacre [...]

Hypocrisy: Norwegians in arms over Mavi Marmara, shrug of Israeli dead

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:40:46 +0000

Norwegians thronging to protest against Israel following the boarding on May 31st. Photo by NIJ street irregular.

When the IDF enforced the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Hamas-run Gaza, Norway was up in arms. There were demonstrations and protests and the Palestinakomite reported a massive increase of members. When Israelis are killed on [...]

Al-Quds Day in Oslo, Norway

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:00:53 +0000

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NRK mentions Naqba-effect but omits war-cause

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:59:00 +0000

NRK reports on the Naqba without mentioning war which caused it

Journalist Laila Ø. Bakken of the Norwegian State Broadcasting Authority NRK manages to report on how Abbas’ family fled during the “Naqba”, while completely omitting any mention of the 1948 war which caused the “Naqba”.

Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and [...]

NUPI invites Freeman to speak about US-Israel relations

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:26:24 +0000

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 [...]

Protected: Norway suspects Israel unethical, invests in Turkmenistan

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:29:08 +0000

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ILPI director finds calls of ‘death to Christians’ acceptable

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:08:02 +0000

Njål Høstmælingen, director at the International Law and Policy Institute (ILPI), finds calls of “Death to Christians” within the bounds of acceptability.

Newspaper Vårt Land reports that the Christian Democrats are taking a group of Satanist musicians to court after the devil-worshippers played the song “Drep de kristne” (Kill the Christians) at a recent [...]

Armaments exports triple while Ministry of Defense boycotts Israeli helmets

admin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:29:37 +0000

It has recently come to light that Norway’s Ministry of Defense has refused to accept bids from Israeli companies on no less than five occasions since the current government came to power. Today NTB reports that Norwegian armaments exports have tripled over the same period of time.

NTB reports, here in Dagbladet:

The war in [...]

Opposition questions objectivity of ‘Tears of Gaza’ movie

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:56:35 +0000

Movie director Vibekke Løkkeberg has, with the aid of Mads Gilbert, made the movie “Tears of Gaza” . Many suspect that “Tears of Gaza” has been put together in such a way as to make the blood of its audience boil, with hatred against Israel and with compassion for anyone claiming [...]

Israel’s embassy ordered to remove security fence

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:50:14 +0000

Israel’s embassy is often besieged by angry Norwegians, who make demands of Israel they make of no other nation in the world. In his book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo” author Eirik Eiglad narrates how the embassy was attacked by a furious mob, waving placards commemorating the slaughter of Jews at the valley [...]

Minister of Defence boycotts Israel

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:40:28 +0000

It is against official policy to boycott Israel. Yet 10 percent of Norwegians say they already have initiated a personal boycott of Israel, two boroughs in Oslo have declared a boycott of Israel, dockers have blockaded Israeli ships, and recently the armed forces college chose to cancel a seminar in order to avoid [...]

Dagsavisen mentions Senator Brownback’s letter

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:25:37 +0000

Roger Hercz is to Dagsavisen what Tzipi Livni said she refused to be to Netanyahu – a fig leaf of decency. As the first journalist in Norway he finds the Senator’s letter to be newsworthy enough to mention it in today’s newspaper, a full week after this site published it for the [...]

A fundamental attribution error

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:04:23 +0000

Aftenposten subscribes to a fundamental attribution error

When US Senator Brownback expresses concern over anti-Semitism and Israel-hatred in Norway, the Norwegian media does not deem it newsworthy as he is just an individual expressing his particular views. Yet when an Israeli soldier posts photographs on Facebook, the Norwegian media finds it highly newsworthy [...]

‘Senator`s letter’ carried to public by blogs

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:01:15 +0000

The Norwegian media does not find Senator Brownback’s letter on anti-Semitism and Israel-hatred in Norway newsworthy – as opposed to “IDF miracle socks” and “Israeli homo-imperialism” . Thanks to bloggers however, the senator`s letter is still finding its way to the public.

Among the high-quality blogs to have picked up on the story are [...]

National Review: Up in Norway, part IV

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:05:45 +0000

Jay Nordlinger of National Review has written a series of articles on Norway. In the latest he points out: Let me give you one tidbit: In Jensen’s office are a) a bust of Reagan and b) an Israeli flag. Ladies and gentlemen, I can’t tell you how shocking this is in Norway. I just can’t. [...]