Aside from the robust condemnation from our FM, media coverage of the attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo has been low scale. In a weekend where the worlds attention is tuned to events in New York and nationally, focus on municipal elections take the front seat. That is perhaps a good thing, but...
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
Corrupting the mind of small children – Childrens book depicts Israelis as evil
This makes any claim that Norwegian elites only want to criticize Israeli policies, but never engage in anti-Semitism ring very hollow. As for the author, an MD and psychiatrist, it is frightening how he will use his position as an authority to contribute to inflaming an already very difficult conflict. This stinks to high...
NIJ, a blog stuck between self-censorship and a perceived image of Islamophobic bigots?
Christian and I have received a bit of stick lately, for wanting to keep inflammatory comments to a minimum and avoid being tarnished as Islamophobic bigots or xenophobes by people who are so frightened by dissent that they narrow the field for everybody. Does that mean we should shut down the blog and throw...
secret diaries from Oslo – on rising anti-Semitism
lifted in full from wikileaks 1. (C) Summary: Anti-Semitism in Norway, and the expression of anti-Semitic comments, has increased since the Gaza war. The small Norwegian Jewish community is wary of being targeted, and "Jew" has become more popular as an epithet. While the issue of anti-Semitism is frequently debated in the media, Norwegians...
Leader of Oslo Jewish Congregation hits back against Children’s Ombudsman’s circumcision ban
The Leader of the Jewish Congregation Ervin Kohn interviewed in Dagen Calls circumcision barbaric Jewish spokesman in Norway, Ervin Kohn, said the Ombudsman labels circumcision of boys as something barbaric and not telling the truth about the medical arguments for circumcision. STEIN GUDVANGEN The Ombudsman has submitted its response to the consultation on the Health Ministry’ proposals to regulate circumcision of boys in Norway. The Ministry’s two alternative proposals aim to ensure that ritual circumcision is performed in a safe...
Israel suffers huge terror attack, delusional Norwegian lefty claims Israel engages in state terrorism.
Here is an example of a truly disturbed mind! He seems to have forgotten context, terrorists in Gaza attack Israel with guns and rockets, killing 8, injuring scores more. I cannot see that this deeply immoral person has made any effort to talk on behalf of the Syrians, nor the Kurds, not even the...
Get ready for upcoming Durban conference
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Right of reply for Gerstenfeld in Vårt Land
Just over a week ago, Vårt Land ran an article on the Jewish community in Oslo, and how they disagree with foreign criticism with regards to Norway’s relationship with Israel and the Jews. Now Vårt Land has given Gerstenfeld right of reply, of sorts, but editing his rebuttal (with the paragraphs that were edited...
Gerstenfeld – auf Deutsch
Konkret is a well respected German leftist news magazine. The latest issue analyses Norway post 22/7, where among other specialists, Manfred Gerstenfeld is interviewed (I bet you this was not quite what Fredrik Græsvik and Sidsel Wold had in mind when they decided to treat him to to their lies…) Unauthorized translation and with...
More negative press on Norway
Following the campaign to demonize or otherwise exclude those with a more critical view on Norway and her reluctance to owe up to, and deal with our particular tendency to nourish anti-Israel sentiments to such an extent it becomes “good old anti-Semitism”, we now seems to be on the receiving end of the stick:...
Gerstenfeld: My genuine anti-Semitic experiences in Norway
In the course of the last few days we have debated back and forth whether or not foreigners can opine on Norwegian domestic matters. In relation to this, we have mentioned and commented on persons like Gerstenfeld, Dershowitz, Glick and others as if they were commodities, not real persons. Gerstenfeld has provided this comment,...
The debate rolls back and forth II – Right of reply for Gerstenfeld
The Christian daily Dagen, has followed up the interview with Kohn with a reply from Gerstenfeld: The Norwegian government takes lightly on anti-Israeli terror, and indirectly supports such terror. This is a double standard on behalf of the Norwegian cultural elite Norwegian double standards Chairman of the Oslo DMT claims in Dagen that I...
The debate rolls back and forth
The Christian daily Dagen has picked up on the discussion between the Jewish community in Oslo, represented by its leader Erwin Kohn on the one hand, and Manfred Gerstenfeld. Important points of views in both articles – perhaps both help to clarify the greater picture, that Norway is far from the worst country in...
Hunting for votes
A comment by Vetle Lid Larssen, Aftenposten August 12, 2011, with thanks to Erwin Kohn who made me aware of it. Hunting for votes Every time somebody draws parallels between the fate of the Jews and other forms of racism, I get suspicious. Not because the Jews are the only persecuted people in the...
Morgenbladets ugly morning face
On August 5, readers of this exotic mini-magazine were delighted with this editorial, a highbrow piece of cultural understanding. HOW The long term way of honoring the victims is to expose the kind of thoughts that poisoned the mind of the perpetrator and put an end to it. The crime must be seen in light...
The leader of Oslo Jewish community on Erna Solberg’s ‘Muslims are treated like 1930′s Jews’
Erwin Kohn, the leader of the Jewish congregation in Oslo was interviewed by Dagsavisen on August 5: – A comparison lacking in historical understanding The leader of the Jewish Congregation in Oslo thinks the real intention behind conservative leader Erna Solberg is to attract attention with her initiative to compare agitation against Muslims with...
Gerstenfeld responds in Jerusalem Post
(August 15, 2011) Correction, a reader has commented that this article originally appeared in Jpost December 2008. I found it on Jpost on August 12, dated August 12 2011, a date I took at face value. I do apologize for this mistake. However, the letter as such is a good one and shows the...
Norwegian Jews react to Israeli criticism
An interview of the Rabbi of the Jewish congregation in Oslo, Yoav Melchior, by NTB, has been reproduced in Vårt Land. The Rabbi says the community in Oslo feels uncomfortable by the Israeli criticism of Norway. Unauthorized translation: Norwegian Jews react to Israeli Criticism After the terror attacks in Norway, Israeli commentators are furious at...
Whose discussion is it?
The discussion is tumbling back and forth, Norwegian media quote people put of context, said persons react and hit back. Glick, Rubin, Gerstenfeld and Dershowitz have all had crash encounters with the less than reliable Norwegian press, but only Dershowitz has experienced directly on his own person, that extreme brand of arrogance that only...
Shameless Løkkeberg wants to adorn herself with the dead children of Utøya
That shameless woman! For her deeply anti-Semitic piece of trash – Tears of Gaza, where she portrays Israelis (and for those of a very slow mind, here Israeli explicitly means Jew) as child murderers, completely ignoring the real context of Israel’s strike at Gaza, namely thousands of rocket barrages on a daily basis over...