On March 22nd the House of Litterature in Oslo arranged a dialogue meeting about hatred, inviting among others spokesmen from the jewish, muslim and gay communities. One of the speakers was Muhammed Ali Chisti, whose speech was titled “Why I hate jews”. Here are some titbits from his speech: “…I hate jews, and how...
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 […]
anti-semitism
VG:’Right to admit Jew-critics’
The screenshot above is from the article “Right to admit Jew-critics” by Lars Akerhaug in Norway’s largest daily Verden Gang. The article covers one of the “dialogue-meetings” arranged at the prestigious house of Litterature in Oslo following the riots in January 2009. On the picture above you see speaker Muhammed Ali Chisti elaborating on...
Sweden sees jewbaiting in “larger context”
From the blog Islam in Europe: —–Excerpt begins—– “That is, in spite of the calls for “killing the Jews”, these statements are not a crime in the legal sense in Sweden, because of the current conflict in the Middle East, according to the Chancellor of Justice. The logical conclusion is clear. If one mentions Palestine...
Norway to participate in Durban II
Great Britain, Canada, USA, Israel and Italy are refusing to participate in Durban II, the UN’s human rights council which has become dominated by states such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, Cuba, etc, which blatantly ignore human rights. Maxime Verhagen, Foreign Minister of Holland, is calling for a withdrawal of all EU ministers. Norway,...
God’s chosen people…
In his book “Behind the Humanitarian Mask” Manfred Gerstenfeld claims Norway is one of the most anti-semitic countries in Europe. During an interview with TV2 the good doctor has also alledgedly claimed that Norwegians are a barbaric and unintelligent people. I googled Gerstenfeld to see how Norwegians have reacted to this. What I found was a lot of angry Norwegian bloggers. One of them is Simen,...
Dutch Foreign Minister deplores revived antisemitism in Europe
With regards to the events in Malmö yesterday, here is a snippet of information from Philosemitism on the Dutch Foreign Minister: —–Excerpt from Philosemitism begins “It is an excuse for terrorists, but also for youth to raise hell. Not only in the Netherlands, but in whole of Europe you see that. Calls to a...
Malmö – The valley of Khyber revisited
When I first read Ted Ekroth’s narration of participants at the demonstrations in Malmö today singing songs about the valley of Khyber, I found it a bit farfetched. Khyber was a village where Mohammed, according to legend, slaughtered the nomadic Jewish tribes. Surely this isn’t something people sing songs about in modern day Malmö?...
Nazis, anti-fascists, threaten tennis match
Sweden meets Israel this weekend for the Davis cup in Malmö, Sweden. Because of threats the matches will be played without other spectators than members of the press. Now this is bad enough and caused a bit of fuss, but it gets worse. The Swedish organization ”Stoppamatchen.se” believes Israel should be banned from the cup altogether,...
Swedish Muslims threaten Israeli athletes
It appears that the tolerance for Israelis is extremely low in Sweden right now. Not only is the “security threat” to large to allow the Israeli tennis players to play in front of an audience next month, but according to the blog Islam in Europe, an Israeli TaekwonDo team canceled its participation in a...
Islamic cleric claims Holocaust divine punishment
Aftenposten today reports that the leader of Europe’s fatwa-council, Yusuf al -Qaradawi, has stated that the Holocaust was a divine punishment. The Islamic Council of Norway did not originally distance itself from the statement, but did so after five hours. The wellknown moslem leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi has, on Al-Jazeera, praised Adolf Hitler for having punished the Jews. ...
The return of an insult
(This article is translated from Morgenbladet 06.02.09) A swearword returns Anti-Semitism is growing in secret, it is said. But where? We searched for the great Norwegian anti-Semitism. We found fear, rhetorical imprecision and a new old swearword. By Marius Lien An old hatred: The window of a Norwegian shop window during WWII. Foto: Scanpix –...
Hallgrim Berg claims Moen is ‘worse than Willoch’
Former premier Kåre Willoch based his criticism of Israel on Benny Morris’ writings until Morris asked him to stop misinterpreting him, at which point Willoch switched over to Ilan Pappe. When Hallgrim Berg claims that Moen is “worse than Willoch”, this speaks volumes. Unauthorized translation from Dagsavisen: – Singles out Jews Moen is Professor of North...
“Are there any jews there?”
“Noman Mubashir is quite right when he writes in the daily Aftenposten for January 10th that there were many hooligans rampaging the centre of Oslo last week. But he does not mention that some of the activists unfortunately had more ideological reasons for their riots, violence and shouts of hatred. Jewish communities report more...
The flag of Hezbollah
Anti-Israeli and anti-semite sentiment is running high here in Oslo. Now please look at the photograph below. This photo of anti-Israeli protesters was taken on January 8th in downtown Oslo, right in front of the Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament building), during a peaceful, pro-Israeli rally. I remember this particular poster very well because I was...
Diplomatic envoy Trine Lilleng
Trine Lilleng, first secretary at the Norwegian Embassy in Riaydh, Saudia Arabia, first attracted attention in 2007 through blogging about her meetings with members of the Saudi monarchy (VG). In January 2009 she made headlines across the world by equating Israel’s actions in Gaza to the Holocaust. Mrs.Lilleng sent out an email to friends,...
Socialist politician: Jews suffer from empathy deficiency
Trond Andresen is an academic working with cybernetics at NTNU in Trondheim. He was a longstanding member of the socialist RV/Rødt but left the party after attracting negative publicity for, among others, a letter to the communist daily Klassekampen (Class war) on Saturday, January 3rd. There are limits then, even for a party where...
Stephen Roth Institute on Norway 2008/2009
From the Stephen Roth Institute for the study of anti-Semitism and Racism, Norway 2008/2009: An anti-Israel demonstration on January 10 in downtown Oslo also turned violent and antisemitic. Pro-Palestinian groups, such as the Palestine Committee with support from leftist groups, had received permission from the police to protest against Israel outside the Norwegian parliament....
Webiste warns “Beware of the jews”
From Koranen.no on June 8th 2008, by Tond Ali Linstad: Be critical of the Jews in the world when it comes to the influence they have within the newspaper world and other media, in many political bodies and in relation to contacts and networks they have with places where decisions are made. Is it...
Socialist anti-Semitism
From Communalism: In June 2004 something unusual happened in Norwegian politics. After a long public debate the left-wing party Rød Valgallianse threw out Hans Olav Brendberg, a religion teacher and party veteran, for disseminating anti-Jewish sentiments. This was the first time anyone had ever been excluded from a Norwegian political party because of anti-Semitism....
Klassekampen: Yehuda Bauer and intellectual anti-Semites
Unauthorized translation from Klassekampen, by journalists Christiane Jordheim Larsen (text) and Greg Rødland Buick (photo). Intellectual anti-semites According to professor Yehuda Bauer the contemporary debate on anti-Semitism has led to a resurgence of the perception of jews as a homogenous group. Saturday 26. august, 2006 Yehuda Bauer has arrived from Jerusalem to Oslo in...