As noticed previously Norwegian author Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo” has been met with quite a lot of interest in France, receiving coverage on a score of websites. After watching the clip above, this makes sense. The flags of Hezbollah, the cries of “Death to Jews”, the burning of McDonald’s outlets…...
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 […]
European politics
Foreign Minister Støre co-host meeting on Middle East in Brussels
The announcement above is from the official web-site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Unauthorized translation: USA’s special envoy to the Middle East, senator George Mitchell and Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre are Tuesday January 12th hosts for a meeting with EU’s high representative for foreign – and security policy Lady Catherine Asthon, Foreign...
The Holocaust and the Baltics
The Baltic countries (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia) were once part of Sweden and until quite recently had Swedish-speaking minorities. Culturally and historically they are far more attached to the west than their geographic location entails. Sadly it appears that the Baltic countries now are experiencing Holocaust obfuscation and revision. Keep track of events on...
ECI asked to take the lead in securing separate portfolio for anti-Semitism in the new European Commission
Norway is not part of the European Union. Exactly why this is the case there is little consensus, but we can observe that proponents of EU membership live in the densely populated areas of the south-east. Resistence to joining is fierce in the socalled districts, sparsely populated regions distributed throughout the realm. But if...
ADL: “Counter academic boycotts of Israel”
ADL CALLS ON EUROPEAN UNION TO COUNTER ACADEMIC BOYCOTTS OF ISRAEL New York, NY, November 4, 2009 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the European Union to disqualify any university that adopts an anti-Israel academic boycott from participating in the E.U.’s student exchange program, Erasmus. The board of Norwegian University of...
ECI calls upon Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt
P.O. Box 189 FI-00181 Helsinki, Finland Tel.: + 358 40 8400238 Fax: + 3 6948056 info@ec4i.org www.ec4i.org PRESS RELEASE ( FINAL ) ECI expresses concern over rising anti-Semitism in Sweden and election victories of racist parties in the European Parliament; Calls for emergency EU-summit in Stockholm Brussels 21 August, 2009 – A growing number...
ECI newsflash: Alf Svensson from Sweden elected to European Parliament
Here is an excerpt from the most recent ECI newsletter. Four new members in the European Parliament who can make a difference for Israel The “Pray and Vote 2009” campaign did make a difference. After carefully studying the results from the European Parliament elections we have concluded that the Lord (together with the voters)...
Christianity in Europe – a spent political force?
There are those who say aye and there are those who say nay. Tomas Sandell of the ECI is one of the latter, and he is wearing out his slippers trying to prove it! Here is an excerpt from the ECI’s status report of June, visit ECI for more information. French ambassador supports ECI...
“Lament in Oslo” – Elana Bonner, wife of deceased Andrei Sakharov
Yelena Georgevna Bonner, born February 15, 1923, is a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and widow of the late Andrei Sakharov. She comments upon Norway in a recent article in the Jerusalem Post. Here is an excerpt: “In many of Sakharov’s publications (in his books Progress, Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom and...
ECJ and the European Parliament
Is Christianity a spent force in Europe? There are those who think otherwise. Here is a message from Tomas Sandell in the European Coalition for Israel: Dear friends, We are now less than two weeks away from the European Parliament elections on 4-7 June. Please help us mobilize as many as possible to pray and...
The European Parliament and the christian vote
The European Coalition for Israel is launching a campaign to “mobilize, inspire and inform Christians about the upcoming European Parliament elections”. Read more about ECI on their website. From their newsletter: The primary concerns of ECI and its supporters are the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe and the current nuclear threat to Israel as...
Lookit funny jew, funny Muhammed
Here are two funnies. One is “funny jew”, from the Aalst carnival parade in Belgium. As Philosemitism notes: Pictures taken at this years’ famous Aalst carnival parade. Middle-aged men are disguised as orthodox Jews with crooked noses and wearing a yellow star. The Palestinian keffiehs and the combat helicopters (photo on the right) only serve to...
“Where are all the rest?”
Here’s feelgood post from Philosemite. The quote of Elie Wiesel and the answer from Tomas Sandell is touching. ————————————————————————————— European Coalition for Israel director calls for broad coalition against anti-Semitism “As faith leaders we have a duty to be “our brothers’ keeper” and cannot keep silent when Jews are again threatened on the...
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...