Life is like a wheel. Sometimes you’re up, other times you are down. Tundra Tabloids reports that Jussi Hallo-Aho, once fined for having quoted the Koran (he selected the wrong quotes), now is head of Finnish immigration policy. So he was down, but now he’s up. This kind of thing can easily happen here...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro”The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro” Brazilian Vale, which Norwegian Hydro has a tight partnership with, only accepts the bare minimum of social responsibility, according to a new poll where Greenpeace ranked the Norwegian Hydro partner as the “the world’s mo […]
- VG’s Hanne Skartveit: the great betrayalLifted from VG. Applause to Skartveit for this eminent oped The great betrayal Synagogue OSLO (AP) We were unable to protect our Jewish compatriots during the war. And today we are unable to give them the security they need. Do we simply not care? OpEd by Hanne Skartveit In the street where I lived for some years, just outside Washington, DC, we had a neighb […]
- One week after PM’s reassurance that nobody should live in fear in Norway – Justice Minister Grete Faremo to reassess Jewish community’s security needsLifted from Dagbladet, but also mentioned in other media. Faremo to reassess Synagogue security needs – Is in constant contact with police and the Police Security Services. The Minister of Justice Grete Faremo (Labour) is reviewing the safety precautions in place for the Synagogue in Oslo, and is in constant contact with the police and the police and the sec […]
- Rockets over Israel go untoldWhile the Norwegian media rightly now focuses on the ongoing atrocities in Syria, and even our FM has felt compelled to politely tell the naughty Assad regime off for the continuing blood bath, one may perhaps be sympathetic to editors’s decision to not cover news from Israel. However, since coverage of Israel continues to be tendentious and one-eyed, one mu […]
- Norwegian support for Israel at record highLifted from Vårt Land Record Norwegian support to Israel More Norwegians buy Israeli goods, provide financial support and join the pro-Israel organizations. By: Lise Marit Kalstad and Olav Solvang Norway set a new record in the import of goods from Israel in 2011. In the last year Norway purchased Israeli goods for NOK 722 million, the corresponding number f […]
- Norwegian People’s Aid failure to report on SyriaAt a time when the rest of the world are slowly, ever so gradually starting to notice the atrocities that go on in Syria (but also many other places on our beautiful planet), one would have thought that the Norwegian People’s Aid would at least have mentioned the word Syria, somewhere, anywhere, on its web pages. But nope, not a word, yet NRK, who cannot fin […]
- The PMs Holocaust Memorial Day speech in full“Dear all, This year marks 70 years since the “Danube” cast off from this quay, and embarked on a voyage of shame . 532 Jews were brutally stowed on board. Only nine returned. One of them was Samuel Steinmann. He is the last survivor. I’m especially glad you are here with us. Today we remember the millions of innocent people who were wiped out in History’s m […]
- Our deepest regret this could happen on Norwegian soilFinally, the first real step towards acknowledging our own role in the tragedy. Only after accepting responsibility, can the hard work of forgiveness and the arduous task of reconstructing relations begin. Lifted from Aftenposten (by Elisabeth Rodum and Halvor Hegtun) PM Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) deeply regretted the deportation of Norwegian Jews at the Holo […]
- Holocaust commemoration ceremony today at 1500 hrs in OsloLifted from Dagen.no, but also covered most other news outlets. For more details on the event itself, you can go to http://www.holocaustdagen.no/ Thinks Jens will apologize to the Jews Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is expected to come up with a form of apology to the Norwegian Jews during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day today. Bjørn Arild Hatle […]
- Mixed signals from Norway as Holocaust commemoration ceremony is expected to bring a much awaited formal apology from Norway to its Jewish communityToday, at 3 PM, our PM Jens Stoltenberg is widely expected to officially and formally apologize to the Norwegian Jewish community for the state sponsored persecution and murder of Norwegian citizens with a Jewish background during the WWII. Whatever form that eventual apology finally would be presented as, does not detract from the perception that Norway con […]
Finland
Nordic bloggers show anti-Israel media bias to be Nordic phenomenon
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 without...
Finland more suitable as ME peace mediator than Norway
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 they actively...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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 members are confessing Christians!...