• Document 15 calls on Jonas Gahr Støre to explain Senator Brownback’s letter
    "Mowgli made leader of the Bandar-log" by John Charles Dollman On August 3rd  US Senator Brownback wrote a letter, expressing concern over Israel-hatred and anti-Semitism, to Norway’s ambassador to Washington DC. While this site published the letter on August 12th, Norwegian journalists failed to find it newsworthy. Members of the opposition […]
  • NRK mentions Naqba-effect but omits war-cause
    NRK reports on the Naqba without mentioning war which caused it Journalist Laila Ø. Bakken of the Norwegian State Broadcasting Authority NRK manages to report on how Abbas’ family fled during the “Naqba”, while completely omitting any mention of the 1948 war which caused the “Naqba”. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and […]
  • Letter from Minister of Defense denies boycott of Israel, claims ‘constructive dialogue’ with Israel
    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 […]
  • NUPI invites Freeman to speak about US-Israel relations
    When Charles W. Freeman had to resign from a position with the Obama administration in March 2009, he blamed the Israel-Lobby. On Wednesday he visited NUPI in order to speak about US-Israel relations. Vårt Land reports, in an NTB article, that Freeman has as little faith in the current round of peace […]
  • Scandinavian democracy – a guided affair
    Screenshots from Norwegian newspapers Aftenposten and DagenMagazinet Not even in Scandinavia does democracy work flawlessly. Is there an invisible hand at work? In the screenshot above (left) we see an op-ed from yesterday’s Aftenposten, with Eirik Vatnøy from Civita, a liberal think tank, asking some rather poignant questions. Vatnøy points out that it appe […]
  • Washington Post on terrorism in Norway
    Three men were apprehended this summer on suspicion of terrorism. As the Washington Post points out, we Norwegians were told that we at no time have been in any danger whatsoever. Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls In late 2009, Jakobsen went to Norway’s Police Security Service and began providing information on Davud’s activities after what he […]
  • Protected: Norway suspects Israel unethical, invests in Turkmenistan
    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. […]
  • JP mentions Norway: Has Europe learned from its past?
    In material terms, being Norwegian is like winning the lottery. Intellectually it is like living in a carnival. Once groupthink sets in there is nobody left to comment upon how it affects us, and prominent citizens can act bizarrely with impunity . The JP, which editor of Aftenposten Harald Stanghelle tells us is […]
  • Interview with a convert reveals anti-Semitism
    In Aslak Nore book “Ekstremistan” the author predicts that in the near future, Norway will be more mulit-cultural, for good and for worse. The reader is treated to some of the latter in Nore’s interview with a Norwegian convert to Islam, who reflects upon some of her formerly held beliefs. The following […]
  • Nous allons manger des pommes de terre israéliennes », annonce notre hôte
    This blog is not about Israel or the Norwegian Jews. It is about Norway’s perception of and relationship to Israel and Jews. Yet Norway is only one little piece in a larger puzzle. It is while trying to solve this puzzle that foreigners every now and then are brought to pay attention to us up […]

Nordic bloggers show anti-Israel media bias to be Nordic phenomenon

Graphic from Tundra Tabloids

This site has repeatedly demonstrated how the Norwegian media is biased against Israel, among other here. Now the Tundra Tabloids (Finland) and Sweden, Israel and the Jews (Sweden) and Ilya Meyer (Sweden) have made similar findings.

Ilya Meyer excerpt

In an average month of 30 days, there are never more than 3 days [...]

Finland more suitable as ME peace mediator than Norway

From Development Today

Development Today reports (screenshot above) that Finland is aiming to join her Nordic neighbors as a global peace negotiator. When it comes to the Middle East, Finland might indeed prove to be better suited for peace mediation than Norway. Unlike Norwegian politicians, Finland’s politicians do not wear kaffiyehs to work. Neither do [...]

Finnish professor supports councilman Jussi Hallo-Aho

In Finland councilman Jussi Hallo-Aho has been fined for violating the freedom of worship, after having exercised his own freedom of expression by criticizing Islam on the basis of the contents of the Quran. Now professor Timo Vihavainen, from the University of Helsinki, speaks out in support of Mr. Hallo-Aho. In the Finnish daily Helsingin [...]

Finnish intellectual fined for speaking his mind

We Norwegians should look to Finland more often. They are a hardy folk, yet far more clever than we give them credit for. Just look at Nokia telephones, robust and high-tech. Here is a clip on the continuing case of the unfortunate councilman Jussi Alla-aho, who was fined for violating the freedom of worship – [...]

ECI calls upon Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt

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ECI expresses concern over rising anti-Semitism in Sweden and election victories of racist parties in the European Parliament;

Calls for emergency EU-summit [...]

Tundra Tabloids on Helsingin Sanomat

Finland is to Scandinavia what Scandinavia is to the rest of the world: largely inaccessible due to the language barrier. There is no way of knowing what goes on in there without mastering the language, and since the Finnish population is only 5 million (give or take) and Finnish is a notoriously difficult language to [...]

JP on Finland and Israel

Philosemitism is an excellent site, covering most of Europe and with quite a section on the Nordic countries – including an excerpt from  this article on Finland, by Michael Freund in the Jerusalem Post. It is worth reflecting upon how Finland offers none of the traits or events which so frequently scar Norway – no shooting [...]

ECI reports: EU Parliament election results in Finland were particularly good

From the July edition of the European Coalition for Israel newsletter:

In Finland , where believers were actively involved in the campaign two of the major Christian pro-Israel candidates were elected in spite of poor showings in the polls. Election results in Finland were particularly good; five of the thirteen [...]