• Red Cross suggests Norwegian Jews be tried for war-crimes
    Almost every week it seems, some prominent Norwegian steps up and demands that some sort of action be taken against the state of Israel. Last week it was the Bishops’ Boycott, which fortunately was called of. Now it’s the Red Cross. Unauthorized translation from Dagenmagazinet: Wants Norwegian Jews scrutinized for war-crimes New information show that several […]
  • Opposition claims gov has made light of anti-Semitism
    The Progress Party is Norway’s second largest and has a proven track record for standing up against anti-Semitism. Now one of party’s leading figures,Per-Willy Amundsen, blames government for having made light of, and thereby enabling, the upsurge of anti-Semitism in Norway. Mr.Amundsen appeals directly to Norway’s Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen (So […]
  • Is Norway facing the end of a beginning?
    For too long anti-Semitism in Norway has been a non-topic. For too long, it has been all but impossible to even suggest publicly that the wildly disproportionate, so called “legitimate criticism” of Israel is at least in part motivated by racist hatred. The good news is that the playing field might soon level out. Here’s five [...] […]
  • Tormod Strand’s broadcast translated into French: L’éducation de la haine en Norvège
    One of the foreign sites to follow NIJ is JSS, which now has translated parts of the transcript from the broadcast on anti-Semitism in Norway put together by journalist Tormod Strand. The translation has attracted 11 talkbacks. Read the full post on JSS, excerpt below: La chaîne de télévision nationale norvégienne NRK a interviewé des enseignants [...] […]
  • Anti-Semitism in Norwegian schools
    Unauthorized translation from NRK (State Broadcasting) on anti-Semitism in Norwegian schools: Pupils admire Hitler NRK has spoken with teachers of 10th – 12th form (junior high) schools where many of the pupils are muslim. None of the teachers dare let themselves be interviewed. They fear reprisals from pupils, and are therefore anonymous: Teacher 1, woman: […]
  • State television NRK broadcasts on anti-Semitism in Norway
    Forces of evil are moving. Today state television NRK broadcast  on anti-Semitism in Norway. The broadcast, which was approximately five minutes long, was put together by NRK journalist Tormod Strand and sent during prime time as part of the national news at 7 pm. There was an introduction on the state of affairs in Malmö, Sweden, [...] […]
  • New blog: Spain, Israel and the Jews
    The Spanish-speaking world is of growing importance both in terms of demographics, economy and political leverage. And the cultural hub of the Spanish-speaking world will of course continue to be Spain. It is therefore a good thing to see that a new blog: Spain, Israel and the Jews, will keep us non-Spanish speakers [...] […]
  • From Marx to Quisling
    Prominent Norwegians such as Kristin Halvorsen, Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse are not actually doing anything new. They are merely part of a political tradition of the Norwegian left-wing which stretches back to at least the 1930-ies. One of the authors to deal with this aspect of Norwegian political history is Øystein Sørensen, who in his [...] […]
  • Document.no: Pogroms in Oslo
    Document.no is more than a blog, it is a community. Whatsmore it is intelligent, well-mannered and subsequently growing, which makes a lot of people somewhat worried. Document.no now offers a lengthy post on Norwegian author Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-jewish riots in Oslo”. Unauthorized translation from Pogroms in Oslo: Researchers and the police can say: […]
  • Malmö: Ever since I came here people have been shouting ‘fucking Jew’ at me
    Anyone concerned for the re-emergence of anti-Semitism in Scandinavia who is not reading Sweden, Israel and the Jews is robbing themselves blind. If you follow Sweden, this is the place to go. Ilya Meyer has a larger archive. On the other hand Norwegian newspapers, with exception being made for Aftenposten, are not particularly interested in [...] […]

Tormod Strand's broadcast translated into French: L’éducation de la haine en Norvège

One of the foreign sites to follow NIJ is JSS, which now has translated parts of the transcript from the broadcast on anti-Semitism in Norway put together by journalist Tormod Strand. The translation has attracted 11 talkbacks. Read the full post on JSS, excerpt below:

La chaîne de télévision nationale norvégienne NRK a interviewé des enseignants [...]

The Tablet on Norway: Oslo Discord

The Tablet – “A new read on Jewish Life” – runs an interesting piece by Asgeir Ueland titled Oslo Discord. Ueland observes that Norway has shifted from being staunch supporters of Israel to a pro-Palestinian stance, and attempts to identify how this change has come about. In an interview with the well-known Israel-critic Lars Gule, [...]

L’écrivain norvégien Jahn Otto Johansen inquiet de la montée de l’antisémitisme en Europe

For better and for worse, Norway is accustomed to being so far away from the rest of the world that most of the time they do not even know we are there. When a post from this blog is translated into French in just a few hours, this may be indicative of a situation where [...]

Safed-Tzfat translates review of Eiglad’s book

It appears that Midtstuen is not the only Spanish-speaking blog showing an interest in Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo”. Safed-Tzfat has been burning the midnight oil and translated the entire (rather lenghty) book-review by Christian Tau, posted on Z-Word Blog. Excerpt below, visit Safed-Tzfat for the entire review in Spanish:

Las 103 páginas [...]

Eiglad's book arouses interest in France

Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo” is arousing interest in France.  Although we have yet to see this interest translate into sales, this is a promising start.

As mentioned earlier the sites Philosemitism and JUIF.org have  published on Eiglad’s book. Now Union des Patrones et des Professionnels Juifs des France and Debriefing.org, both with [...]

штрейкбрехер по имени Eirik Eiglad

Eirik Eiglad’s “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo” was reviewed by Aftenposten’s Knut Olav Åmås on February 17th. Although Aftenposten was the first Norwegian newspaper to cover the book, it had at the time already been commented upon by Dutch, Finnish, Belgian, Spanish and US blogs. And now we find that on 17th – the very [...]

Film clip: muslims demonstrate against Dagbladet February 12th 2010

Unauthorized translation from Document.no: One issue which has received little attention is how Mohyeldeen Mohammad criticized the Islamic Council with sharp words for having compromised with editor of Magazinet Vebjørn Selbekk in 2006. Mohammad says that “we had not stood here today unless Islamic Council had failed us” .

It was an uncomfortable reminder: [...]

Spanish: Los Disturbios Anti-Judíos en Oslo

Midtskogen con Israel is based in Spain but manages to pick up on Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo”, which is more than Norwegian newspapers have managed to do so far.  Excerpt below, visit Midtskogen con Israel to read the whole post.

Este libro se titula Los Disturbios Anti-Judíos en Oslo, y su autor es [...]

Book review:

Eirik Eiglad, photo by Yngvild Hasvik

Z word blog has published Christian Tau’s review of Eirik Eiglad’s “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo”, which provides a horribly good read for only USD 15 over at Amazon. Excerpt from the review below, visit Z word blog for the entire post.

Anti-Jewish riots in Oslo

The 103 [...]

Norvège: les Chrétiens démocrates s’affrontent sur Israël

It draws attention when a small Norwegian party official discovers that 40 percent of the party’s problems lies in not being critical enough of Israel. Ms.Inger Lise Hansen, the official in question, has since stated that she is a friend of Israel. This is probably true, and perhaps the conservatives of the Christian Democrats could [...]

Oslo: l'ambassade d'Israël gêne et est obligée de déménager

Posted on Philosemitism and Juif.org:

Le quotidien Aftenposten a publié un article (consultable sur lesite du journal) sur les raisons pour lesquelles l’ambassade d’Israël à Oslo est obligée de quitter l’immeuble qu’elle occupe au Parkveien (Avenue du Parc) et de chercher à se loger ailleurs. Ont-ils fait quelque chose de répréhensible ? Mais pas du tout. Le problème est qu’on continue à [...]

Y-net news on Bergen Uni boycott debate

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 [...]

Norvège: le recteur de l'Université de Bergen ouvert au boycott académique d'Isarël

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 [...]

Lieberman, Støre have ´open and frank´talks

In Norway the NTB article headed “Støre should listen to Israelis” is slowly making its way through the minor newspapers. The titans of Akersgata – Norway’s Fleet Street – Verdens Gang and Aftenposten are yet to make their voices heard.

Meanwhile JP reports that Lieberman and Støre have somehow managed to have “open and frank” talks.

Støre, [...]

Report on Norway: Doublethink - the two faces of Norway's foreign and development policy

A report on Norway

The Curtis report

Mark Curtis has written a report on Norway for the Forum for Environment and Development in Oslo (ForUM), which defines itself as “a network of more than 50 non-government organizations that focus on environment, development and peace”. The organization counts among its members a wide array of parties and groups [...]