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Verdens Gang (VG) – Norway's largest daily Verdens Gang (VG) is Norway’s largest daily. In today’s editorial the newspaper claims that the Bishops Boycott is, pretty much, a walk down nonsense street. Unauthorized translation: We believe that the Bishops ought to bury the though of a boycott of trade as soon as possible. They receive the [...] Norwegian Bishops have come up with the idea that boycotting Israel just might be a fine idea. Foreign Minister Jonas Ghar Støre is opposed to a boycott and says so in today’s Verdens Gang – Norway’s largest daily. Unauthorized translation: – It is good that the Church speaks out for the opprssed, but the Church’s main [...] DagenMagazinet For Vebjørn Selbekk “freedom of expression” is more than just words, as is “courage”. After publishing an article on the cartoon-war in 2006, he became embroiled in it himself, receiving only luke-warm support from the Norwegian intelligensia and political establishment as he stood up for his editorial right to publish news-stories on relevant contemporary [...] Bishop Solveig Fiske finds it "natural" to contemplate a boycott of Israel Here we go again. Virtually every week, some Norwegian will demand that action be taken against Israel. Not against Saudi Arabia, no. Not against Egypt or Syria or Bahrain, no. Iran, sometimes. Israel, always. Politicians, newspapermen and activists… the number of people horrified by [...] Bishop Tor B. Jørgensen, picture from the daily Vårt Land Let us all boycott Israel now, shall we? The latest Norwegian to ponder the pros and cons of boycotting the state in the Middle East which rates highest for democracy, freedom of speech and women’s rights is Bishop Tor B.Jørgensen. Norwegian daily Vårt Land (Our Nation) [...] Logo of the University of Bergen Rector Sigmund Grønmo of Bergen University was recently quoted in the media for having said that the was “open” for a debate on boycotting Israel. He was criticized by some and supported by others. Now he writes on the University Website that: I was invited as a speaker at the [...] Y-net news.com reports on the boycott-debate at Bergen University, which might or might not be about to rear its ugly head. The situation is still unclear.Where has Y-net learned what and are their sources better than ours? After what happened at NTNU, where a boycott proposal somehow slipped onto the board’s agenda and was only [...] In terms of covering Norway the Belgium-based blog Philosemitisme is now ahead of NIJ. In a recent post Philosemitisme refers to an article in Aftenposten by Knut Olav Åmås: “Boycott académique d’Israël ? M. Knut Olav Åmås, rédacteur culturel et des débats d’Aftenposten, écrit un commentaire sur l’éventualité d’un boycott académique d’Israël par des institutions d’enseignement [...] William Congreve, English playwright. From Wikipedia Rector Sigmund Grønmo was recently quoted on how he was “open” for a debate on whether or not to boycott Israel. It appears now that the rector himself feels his words have been taken out of context, that he has been misinterpreted, and that he does not seek a [...] FM Støre recently poo-pooed Israeli criticism over Norwegian hostility. Aftenposten has so far refused to comment on JP’s allegation of the newspaper being “viciously anti-Israel”. Many feel that Israel is merely especially sensitive to well-mean criticism. Today TV2 news informs – with an NTB article – us that Rector Sigmund Grønmo of Bergen University is [...] Ben Cohen of the American Jewish Committee has a well-written op-ed in the Jerusalem Post today. Now good Norwegians should not read the JP of course, not after editor Harald Stanghelle of Aftenposten has warned us of how it is a good-for-nothing right-wing rag. But sneak a peak and who is to know? Excerpt: Last week, Prof. [...] Indonesian pro-boycott site alerted to NTNU's existence Indonesia is huge enough to boom and bust at the same time yet hardly figures in Norwegian consciousness. In contrast Israel is an extremely small strip of land which a conspicuous large number of Norwegians are passionately interested in. The frameshot above is from an Indonesian website which [...] Talkbacks are always worth a quick look. Even though most are uninspiring and some are outright scary, you do strike gold every now and then. Here is a good one, by Dan from the USA, to an article on NTNU’s rejection of the boycott proposal in the Jerusalem Post: —- 11. It’s too bad that Israel can’t [...] The French has a sizeable Jewish community. As opposed to Norway. For historical reasons, perhaps. Below, you find an exerpt from Union des Patrones et des Professionels de France (UPJF). Before reading it, imagine how Akersgata – Norway’s Fleet Street – will interpret it. Will they, perhaps, confabulate about sinister forces working behind the scenes? [...] Messrs.Walt and Mearsheimer have visited Norway to speak on the Israel-Lobby. They have spoken at NTNU, NUPI and the Foreign Ministry. One might wonder, is CAMERA part of the Israel-Lobby? Is there any point at which the influcence of the Israel-Lobby actually ends, or does it stretch on until perpertuity? Do we have an Israel-Lobby [...] |
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