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Hans Olav Syversen from the Christian Democrats refers to a letter from the Minister of Defense Vårt Land today reports that the Christian Democrats (KrF) and Conservatives (Høyre) aim to stop Minister of Defense Grete Faremo (Labor) from boycotting Israeli companies on an individual basis. The article (above) refers to a letter from [...] There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. Tromsø.no reports that the municipal council of Troms, in Northern Norway, has blockaded a proposal of a boycott of Israel. From Tromsø.no (unauthorized translation): It was during Wednesday’s municipal board meeting that Jens Ingvald Olsen in the party Rødt (Red) proposed a boycott of Israel on the background of the situation in Gaza. This proposal was supported [...] In an article on a current topic, Nettavisen refers to older articles which have been proved in part erroneous. The Mavi Marmara was boarded on May 31st as it attempted to violate the blockade of Hamas-run Gaza. More than two months after the facts of the matter were made clear, Nettavisen still offers articles [...] At the University of Oslo, it's time to debate whether to boycott…Israel And so once again it is time, this time at the University of Oslo, to debate whether or not to boycott Israel. The fact that Israel is mainly populated by the only people Norwegians have helped try annihilate is generally not [...] This is an update to the previous post on how the Government Pension Fund is de-vesting from two more Israeli companies. The opposition is now pointing out how hypocritical this is, as long as Norway continues to invest in countries with worse human rights records than Israel. Business newspaper E24 reports the following reaction [...] Only a few days ago it came to light that our Ministry of Defense is refusing to consider bids from Israeli companies. Today we can read that our current finance minister Sigbjørn Johnsen (Labor) has de-vested from two Israeli companies. Our previous finance minister Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left) de-vested from Israeli Elbit, a [...] 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 [...] Hans Olav Syversen from the Christian Democrats criticizes Ministry of Defence's boycott of Israel Is the Ministry of Defence in effect boycotting Israel by refusing to allow Israeli companies to participated in bids? Hans Olav Syversen from the Christian Democrats believes it can hardly be seen in any other way, and points out that this [...] VG is Norway’s largest newspaper. In the editorial today, the newspaper criticizes the “hidden” boycott of Israel which is being carried out not only by individuals, unions, Oslo boroughs but now also the Ministry of Defense. As VG points out, the government’s official line is to be firmly against a boycott of Israel, but this [...] 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 [...] First the military was forced to cancel a seminar rather than allow an Israeli officer to speak. Then two Oslo boroughs declared they were going to boycott Israel, and a Trondheim cinema pulled down an Israeli film in order to replace it with a Palestinian narrative. Now, according to Nationen, the dairy company Tine is [...] A commentary in Aftenposten, today, June 30th 2010 In the commentary above we see editor Kjell Dragnes in Aftenposten points out that the Taliban in Afghanistan are flexible and adaptable, and that Norwegian forces must be so too. Dragnes also points out that although the security of our soldiers is a complex, multifaceted issue, it [...] Dr.Shimon Samuels of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre has written the letter (below) to Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg regarding the forthcoming debate at the University of Oslo, on whether or not to boycott Israel. On this issue, the boycott, the letter is very clear. Also, Dr.Samuels’ brief analysis of the origins of the Israel-phobia of Norway’s [...] Aftenbladet.no reports that the Unviversity of Oslo has voted against the proposed boycott of Israel, with 9 votes cast against the proposal and 2 cast in favor. The two who voted in favor of boycott of the only democracy in the middle east were Helle Linne Eriksen of NTL (Norsk Tjenestemannslag, an LO affiliated union) [...] |
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