• A tale of three lobbies
    Norwegians are often told of the US Israel-Lobby. But this is not the only lobby out there. The Jerusalem Post recently published an article on the US Arab-Lobby. Excerpt: Both the pro-Israel and pro-Arab lobby (really lobbies because there are several for each) are indeed powerful, but there is a big difference – a difference […]
  • Hypocrisy: Norwegians in arms over Mavi Marmara, shrug of Israeli dead
    Norwegians thronging to protest against Israel following the boarding on May 31st. Photo by NIJ street irregular. When the IDF enforced the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Hamas-run Gaza, Norway was up in arms. There were demonstrations and protests and the Palestinakomite reported a massive increase of members. When Israelis are killed on […]
  • Norvège: une convertie à l’Islam décrit un antisémitisme primaire
    It is worthwhile to recall that anti-Semitism in Norway goes back to 1814, when our first constitution declared that Jews and Jesuits not be allowed access to the realm. Likewise one can hardly blame the Norwegian Muslims for how, during WWII, nazi-collaborators sent 700 Norwegian Jews to their deaths. And perhaps most importantly: contemporary anti-Semitism […]
  • LMD claims Israel ‘spies out European telecommunications’
    Norway has been nervously peeping at Russia since 1965, when the Marjata, a former whaler, was converted into a spyship. LMD now encourages Norwegians to be shocked over how Israel also has intelligence operations. Not only does Israel control US politics, wield mighty “miracle socks”, pester the Palestinians with savage “Homo-imperalism”, and fail […]
  • 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 […]

ILPI director finds calls of 'death to Christians' acceptable

Njål Høstmælingen, director at the International Law and Policy Institute (ILPI), finds calls of “Death to Christians” within the bounds of acceptability.

Newspaper Vårt Land reports that the Christian Democrats are taking a group of Satanist musicians to court after the devil-worshippers played the song “Drep de kristne” (Kill the Christians) at a recent [...]

Lars Vilks' web-site hacked

Lars Vilks infamous cartoon. Not very dangerous.

Yesterday Lars Vilks was physically attacked. Now NRK reports his web-site has been hacked. So here you go, here is the infamous Mohammed-as-a-hound-dog. Read more on always excellent Sweden, Israel and the Jews. Finland’s own “raging bull” Tundra Tabloids has loads of material on Vilks, including an exclusive [...]

Aftenposten shrugs off attack on Lars Vilks

Aftenposten on the attack on Lars Vilks

In the paper edition of Aftenposten today we find a miniscule NTB notice on yesterday’s attack on Lars Vilks in Sweden. The notice says: “The controversial artist Lars Vilks was attacked while giving a lecture at Uppsala University yesterday. – The man sat on the front [...]

Fear and artistic freedom – again

Document.no reports of yet another case of intimidation. Caveat: the translation below is from Document.no’s transcript of a radio broadcast. Reliability will be lost on the way. Also, Hans Rotmo is not a statistician or demographer. He is a good ole´left-wing musician.

The driving force behind Vømmel Spellmannslag and musical catalyst in the left-wing-radical prayer house [...]

Press freedom, popularity, of North Korea, Israel

Reporters without borders is an international organization which describes itself as having “fought for press freedom on a daily basis since it was founded in 1985″. In May they released a list of forty violent, dangerous, above-the-law predators who treat the press like an enemy. On the list we find the PA, [...]

NRK bravely defies Israel-Lobby

Other wars come and go but wars involving Israel live forever. The screenshot above is from the NRK story “The pictures Nordic Light is not allowed to show“, of April 29th.  Here is the story in four short points:

1: Curator Stuart Franklin was intending to exhibit pictures, belonging to Associated Press, [...]

Death-threat from Mulla Krekar

Mulla Krekar has made death-threats against two Kurds after they burned pages from the Koran in protest against how Saddam Hussein had used quotes from these pages to legitimize the Anfal campaign against the Kurds, which cost more than 100 000 people’s lives.

Source: Dagbladet.no

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Progress Party Youth rallies for freedom of speech

Progress Party youth rallies for freedom of speech

The Progress Party is Norway’s second largest. On Tuesday March 16th its youth organization arranged a rally for the freedom of speech outside Parliament. For little more than a year ago Progress Party Siv Jensen was threatened on her life after speaking at a peace rally at [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Norwegian funnymen fearful of insulting Muhammed

Norwegian comedian Thomas Seltzer. Picture from NRK P3.

In 2006 funnyman Otto Jespersen demonstrated his courageous wit by torching the Bible. When asked why he did not burn the Koran, he replied: “We considered that too, but could not get hold of a copy. What is more I am 52 years old now and reckon [...]

Danish newspaper Politikken settles with plaintiffs over cartoon dispute

Aftenposten: Politiken apologizes for Muhammed cartoon

Aftenposten today reports on how Danish newspaper Politiken has settled with muslim groups who were upset by Politiken’s re-publishing of the Muhammed cartoon in 2008. While Politiken does not apologize for having published the cartoon, nor promises to refrain from doing so again, the newspaper does apologize to “everyone [...]

MFA offers Norwegian passport to Israel

A reader writes to Haaretz about how Norway offered him a Norwegian passport. Covered in Verdens Gang.

August 26, 2006

To: The President of Indonesia
Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Prime Minister of Norway
Jens Stoltenberg

Your Excellencies,

About two months ago I was pleased to receive your joint invitation to take part in the forthcoming Global Inter-Media dialogue in Bali, Indonesia, on [...]