Lifted from VG. Applause to Skartveit for this eminent oped The great betrayal Synagogue OSLO (AP) We were unable to protect our Jewish compatriots during the war. And today we are unable to give them the security they need. Do we simply not care? OpEd by Hanne Skartveit In the street where I lived for...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro”The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro” Brazilian Vale, which Norwegian Hydro has a tight partnership with, only accepts the bare minimum of social responsibility, according to a new poll where Greenpeace ranked the Norwegian Hydro partner as the “the world’s mo […]
- VG’s Hanne Skartveit: the great betrayalLifted from VG. Applause to Skartveit for this eminent oped The great betrayal Synagogue OSLO (AP) We were unable to protect our Jewish compatriots during the war. And today we are unable to give them the security they need. Do we simply not care? OpEd by Hanne Skartveit In the street where I lived for some years, just outside Washington, DC, we had a neighb […]
- One week after PM’s reassurance that nobody should live in fear in Norway – Justice Minister Grete Faremo to reassess Jewish community’s security needsLifted from Dagbladet, but also mentioned in other media. Faremo to reassess Synagogue security needs – Is in constant contact with police and the Police Security Services. The Minister of Justice Grete Faremo (Labour) is reviewing the safety precautions in place for the Synagogue in Oslo, and is in constant contact with the police and the police and the sec […]
- Rockets over Israel go untoldWhile the Norwegian media rightly now focuses on the ongoing atrocities in Syria, and even our FM has felt compelled to politely tell the naughty Assad regime off for the continuing blood bath, one may perhaps be sympathetic to editors’s decision to not cover news from Israel. However, since coverage of Israel continues to be tendentious and one-eyed, one mu […]
- Norwegian support for Israel at record highLifted from Vårt Land Record Norwegian support to Israel More Norwegians buy Israeli goods, provide financial support and join the pro-Israel organizations. By: Lise Marit Kalstad and Olav Solvang Norway set a new record in the import of goods from Israel in 2011. In the last year Norway purchased Israeli goods for NOK 722 million, the corresponding number f […]
- Norwegian People’s Aid failure to report on SyriaAt a time when the rest of the world are slowly, ever so gradually starting to notice the atrocities that go on in Syria (but also many other places on our beautiful planet), one would have thought that the Norwegian People’s Aid would at least have mentioned the word Syria, somewhere, anywhere, on its web pages. But nope, not a word, yet NRK, who cannot fin […]
- The PMs Holocaust Memorial Day speech in full“Dear all, This year marks 70 years since the “Danube” cast off from this quay, and embarked on a voyage of shame . 532 Jews were brutally stowed on board. Only nine returned. One of them was Samuel Steinmann. He is the last survivor. I’m especially glad you are here with us. Today we remember the millions of innocent people who were wiped out in History’s m […]
- Our deepest regret this could happen on Norwegian soilFinally, the first real step towards acknowledging our own role in the tragedy. Only after accepting responsibility, can the hard work of forgiveness and the arduous task of reconstructing relations begin. Lifted from Aftenposten (by Elisabeth Rodum and Halvor Hegtun) PM Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) deeply regretted the deportation of Norwegian Jews at the Holo […]
- Holocaust commemoration ceremony today at 1500 hrs in OsloLifted from Dagen.no, but also covered most other news outlets. For more details on the event itself, you can go to http://www.holocaustdagen.no/ Thinks Jens will apologize to the Jews Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is expected to come up with a form of apology to the Norwegian Jews during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day today. Bjørn Arild Hatle […]
- Mixed signals from Norway as Holocaust commemoration ceremony is expected to bring a much awaited formal apology from Norway to its Jewish communityToday, at 3 PM, our PM Jens Stoltenberg is widely expected to officially and formally apologize to the Norwegian Jewish community for the state sponsored persecution and murder of Norwegian citizens with a Jewish background during the WWII. Whatever form that eventual apology finally would be presented as, does not detract from the perception that Norway con […]
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Norwegian support for Israel at record high
Lifted from Vårt Land Record Norwegian support to Israel More Norwegians buy Israeli goods, provide financial support and join the pro-Israel organizations. By: Lise Marit Kalstad and Olav Solvang Norway set a new record in the import of goods from Israel in 2011. In the last year Norway purchased Israeli goods for NOK 722 million, the...
The PMs Holocaust Memorial Day speech in full
“Dear all, This year marks 70 years since the “Danube” cast off from this quay, and embarked on a voyage of shame . 532 Jews were brutally stowed on board. Only nine returned. One of them was Samuel Steinmann. He is the last survivor. I’m especially glad you are here with us. Today we...
Our deepest regret this could happen on Norwegian soil
Finally, the first real step towards acknowledging our own role in the tragedy. Only after accepting responsibility, can the hard work of forgiveness and the arduous task of reconstructing relations begin. Lifted from Aftenposten (by Elisabeth Rodum and Halvor Hegtun) PM Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) deeply regretted the deportation of Norwegian Jews at the Holocaust Memorial...
Holocaust commemoration ceremony today at 1500 hrs in Oslo
Lifted from Dagen.no, but also covered most other news outlets. For more details on the event itself, you can go to http://www.holocaustdagen.no/ Thinks Jens will apologize to the Jews Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is expected to come up with a form of apology to the Norwegian Jews during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day today....
Mixed signals from Norway as Holocaust commemoration ceremony is expected to bring a much awaited formal apology from Norway to its Jewish community
Today, at 3 PM, our PM Jens Stoltenberg is widely expected to officially and formally apologize to the Norwegian Jewish community for the state sponsored persecution and murder of Norwegian citizens with a Jewish background during the WWII. Whatever form that eventual apology finally would be presented as, does not detract from the perception...
The level of debate on Vårt Land ethical debate forum
With reference to yesterday’s post that Norwegian Jews are reluctant to be registered as members of the Jewish congregations. Vårt Land, which prides itself on its high ethical profile, tends to slip dangerously low in actually exercising their own ethical ideals; here is a sample of what passes for polite and suitable opinion on...
Norwegian Jews reluctant to be members of Jewish congregations
Lifted from Vårt Land Jews do not dare join Jewish communities The Jewish community in Norway has shrunk by nearly a fifth in ten years. Fear of making themselves visible as a Jew, is one of the reasons, the leader of the Jewish Congregation in Oslo, Ervin Kohn believes. by: Geir Ole Bjartvik Figures from Statistics Norway show that the number of members for the two Jewish congregations in Norway...
Forgiveness or pardon… what’s the difference
Somebody said that in order to be able to forgive, the parties involved in an incident need to work very hard to uncover the underlying history, the perpetrator needs to explain why he or she acted the way they did and why it now is important to be forgiven, whilst the victim truly must...
Also not in Norwegian news; Jewish funeral procession in Oslo suffers harassment
First an admission – one Norwegian newspaper did report on this incident – the Christian daily Dagen. Excellent as though it is, it is hardly a paper read by your average Norwegian, so for the majority of Norwegians, who rely on NRK, Dagbladet, VG and Aftenposten for coverage of domestic affairs, this one has...
Vårt Land: Anti-Semitism alive and well in Norway
HISTORIC DARKNESS Vårt Land 2011 12 20 p 3, 4 Erling Rimehaug. Not Online Summary. Op-ed on the Shoah in Norway. Mr. Rimehaug points to the Shoah in Norway still not being a fully integrated part of Norwegian history, and anti-Semitism still being very much alive. Quotes: “The genocide on Norwegian Jews is still...
Our very own little “occupy movement”, it looks just like its mother movement with its grim anti-Semitism
The Occupy Wall Street movement has proven to be flash in the pan, but nevertheless, it has managed to inspire some Norwegian nincompoops: “Occupy” movement. HERE, THE NORWEGIAN OCCUPY MOVEMENT Dagens Næringsliv 2011 12 16, Anna Werenskjold Summary. Dagens Næringsliv lampoons Norwegian copycats of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, among them one Anja Askelund,...
Norway: We do not boycott Israeli wines, but Golan wines are Syrian
Following up on the story from a few days back, when we reported that Jørund Rytman, the new leader of Stortingets Friends of Israel group, had written to the Minister of Health to query why Israeli wines are not readily available in Vinmonopolet’s stores. Today, the NRK has a follow up story, where a...
State sanctioned anti-Israelism
A couple of days ago, we referred once more to the infamous book, Daddy is a pirate, by medic and author Hans Sande, and how the Israeli embassy was infuriated by the Norwegian Cultural Council’s decision to sponsor this book, which casts Israeli’s as beasts. The Israeli ambassador complained, and today we have the...
Government party MP: Circumcision is monstrous
We return to the developing saga of the Norwegian debate on circumcision, and while I take the view that in the name of preventative medicine, i.e. to keep the small, but nevertheless realistic risks of something going wrong under control, it is a good thing that the Ministry of Health has tabled a proposal...
Israel is furious over support for children’s book that casts Israelis as evil
With this act, Norway is drawing closer to the end of the limb where good relations fall off. We may also suggest to the new director (who, to be accurate, has had no involvement with this decision, he was only appointed this week) for the Cultural Council, Yngve Slettholm, that he familiarizes himself with the...
Educational expo – lets make a Jew-smoothie
Here he mixes a “Jew-smoothie” “Don’t let the name of the smoothie ruin your appetite! The ingredients will do, “the web portal Velgyrkesfag.no published, after a hired actor mixed” Jew smoothie “in front of hundreds of school children. - Distasteful and vulgar, according to historian and lecturer. by: Susanne Lysvold Under the title “Normal and obscene...
While Norway awaits court’s decision on ABB insanity finding, state secretary Roger Ingebrigtsen states that ABB is a right wing zionist
Two days ago, on November 29 2011, the psychiatric evaluation team delivered their recommendations on Anders Behring Breiviks mental health and capabilities to the court. The finding stunned the whole nation, by declaring him psychotic and suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. This means that although the trial won’t change substantially, ABB cannot be sentenced to...
The Norwegian People’s Aid Youth do not even try to hide their anti-Israel agenda
THE MINEFIELD OF PALESTINE The Board of the Solidarity Youth of Norwegian’s Peoples Aid 2011 11 28 Signed by the members of the board Summary. The youth wing of NPA publishes a vicious anti-Israel rant; under the guise over their commitment to fight mines and cluster weapons. Quotes: “The solidarity youth of NPA holds...
What will Støre say now?
Maybe he can issue a press statement suggesting that calling for the collective death of Jews constitutes water boarding of human decency? Muslim Brotherhood rally vows to ‘kill all Jews’ By OREN KESSLER 11/27/2011 02:15 Organizers at Cairo’s iconic al-Azhar Mosque warn against “Judaization of Jerusalem.” A Muslim Brotherhood rally in Cairo on Friday...