Here’s to press freedom in Norway – the Labour affiliated Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions has been doing its Christmas shopping, most of the Norwegian media is now on their hands. I am sure they will prove to be more flexible bosses than Murdoch. Perhaps something like Hugo Chavez? Lifted from Bigpeace.com Here’s The...
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 […]
Freedom of Speech
Erling Rimehaug’s editorial in Vårt Land: Israel is taunted by Nazi label
Erling Rimehaug seems to be the only editor who has taken Dagbladet to task on its decision to publish Finn Graffs offensive drawing. After an extensive search in online newspapers I have been unable to find other comments.That reflects poorly on the wider media to acknowledge that the red line is routinely crossed when...
Norwegian Jews: Dagbladet demonizes Israel
It is not only the Jewish Congregation in Oslo that reacts with disgust to Finn Graffs offensive drawing. An article by Vårt Land, explores not only the shock and disgust among Norwegian Jews, but also that of other editors, including Jahn Otto Johansen, the former (and formidable) editor in chief of Dagbladet. Norwegian Jews...
MIFF activists in Trondheim harassed by young commies
MIFF (With Israel for Peace) reports on its home pages that young communists harassed MIFF members and stole an Israeli flag at a recent rally in Trondheim. This is the second time in a short time, that young communists harass and attack a MIFF stand and tries to shut down a lawful public meeting,...
The NIJ blog – harassing academics into silence?
This appears to be the opinion of the editor of Universitetsavisa, Tore Oksholen. In an oped posted today, he laments that many researchers post 22/7 feel that they are being harassed into silence. See below for an unauthorized translation. As somebody who is intimately familiar with the Norwegian scientific community, may I be so...
NIJ, a blog stuck between self-censorship and a perceived image of Islamophobic bigots?
Christian and I have received a bit of stick lately, for wanting to keep inflammatory comments to a minimum and avoid being tarnished as Islamophobic bigots or xenophobes by people who are so frightened by dissent that they narrow the field for everybody. Does that mean we should shut down the blog and throw...
Israel suffers huge terror attack, delusional Norwegian lefty claims Israel engages in state terrorism.
Here is an example of a truly disturbed mind! He seems to have forgotten context, terrorists in Gaza attack Israel with guns and rockets, killing 8, injuring scores more. I cannot see that this deeply immoral person has made any effort to talk on behalf of the Syrians, nor the Kurds, not even the...
Gerstenfeld – auf Deutsch
Konkret is a well respected German leftist news magazine. The latest issue analyses Norway post 22/7, where among other specialists, Manfred Gerstenfeld is interviewed (I bet you this was not quite what Fredrik Græsvik and Sidsel Wold had in mind when they decided to treat him to to their lies…) Unauthorized translation and with...
A voice of reason: Hellestveit to Vårt Land: Free speech is not freedom from responsibility
Cecilie Hellestvet, researcher at the International Law and Policy Institute was interviewed by Vårt Lands Astrid Dalehaug Nordheim on August 4. At a time when many a Norwegian practices self censorship or feels intimidated by politically correct press in the wake of the horrors of July 22, she has some very wise things to say...
This unbearable pain – and the work we all have a duty to do
We are so terribly pained, we Norwegians. We cannot bring ourselves to believe this horror that took place. It was unimaginable. And it shook us out of the innocent belief that this could not take place here. What kind of beast could place a bomb in the heart of Oslo at a time when...
Un dolor insoportable… y el trabajo que todos debemos hacer
Estamos muy doloridos, nosotros los Noruegos. No lo podemos creer, el horror que paso. Fue algo inimaginable. Y nos saco de la inocencia de que aca no pasa nada. Que tipo de bestia puede poner una bomba en pleno centro de Oslo, en la hora cuando la gente sale de sus trabajos, para volver...
…. and now the tiny group of Norwegian Gaza flotilla participants calls it a day and bites the dust!
No sooner did NIJ write about how loud moaning about sabotage, bureaucracy, failure to get the final certificates to set sail for Gaza in reality may be a poorly disguised attempt to not look utterly incapable and stupid when the organizers of the flotilla must call it off, then VG brings us the story...
Disabled person celebrated Bin Laden’s death, was attacked
It takes a very special kind of man to attack a disabled person merely for expressing himself. It takes a very special kind of police to refer to such an attack as a “stunt” – carried out by the victim of the attack, the disabled person. Kafka has commented on this incident already. Here...
Free speech in Drammen? Not so much.
In our secret lair, us operatives in the well-appointed Norwegian field office of the Zionist conspiracy didn’t have much time (nor, for that matter the inclination) to celebrate the well-deserved death of Osama bin-Laden, but apparently an elderly gentleman in Drammen felt otherwise. He mounted a few flags on his powered wheelchair and drove...
Oslo: Brave antiracist mob beats, kicks, lone ‘provocateur’
Ten members of the Norwegian Defence League (NDL) demonstrated in Oslo today. They were met by a group of one thousand anti-racists, Blitzers and socialists. Now there is nothing as beautiful as the sight of a mob in action. Aftenposten writes (visit and see the clip): Beat up by anti-racists On Saturday a man...
Dershowitz gets to talk in Aftenposten – now read the reply from the University of Oslo
It is not only our FM Støre who now must retroactively apply damage control after having badly miscalculated the effect of denying Dershowitz a chance to present his views on the Norwegian Middle East debate; now also the Rector of the University of Oslo sees the need to respond kindly to Dershowitz, but curiously,...
Dershowitz gets to talk in Aftenposten – now read the replies from Støre, University of Oslo and Andresen
After having lashed out at Norway in international media, the Norwegian media then came to the conclusion that it might be a good idea to let Dershowitz also speak here, hence his now famous article, which must have been read by millions, has now been translated to Norwegian and published in main stream media...
Trondheim: Maoists accost pro-Israelis, steals flag, makes for the hills
The nonsense and abuse you have to put up with from the anti-Israeli crowd is just endless. They will stop at nothing. Some of them are communists, others are socialists while others again are just plain anti-Semites. What they have in common is a complete and utter lack of respect for people holding other...