Norway, Israel and the Jews
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, Hamas and North...
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, from the...
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 linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF";...
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 the very same spot. Freedom of speech...
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...
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...
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 that I still have twenty more good...
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 who has been transgressed against“....
Youth politico Erlend Bøe (Progress Party) was going to express his support for Israel during a demonstration today. After being threatened on his life, the 16 year old chose to stay at home instead. And who can blame him? Bergens Tidende has two articles on Bøe’s experiences: Threatened on his life after Israel support...
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...
Former premier Kåre Willoch (Conservatives) is very concerned with human rights as long as he can accuse Israel of having violated them. When it comes to Tibet, he is less tough. Quotes from the Dagens Næringsliv article “The nominee” (Nominasjonsvinneren) about politician Theo Koritzinsky (Socialist Left) by journalist Øyvind Finstad, 19.10.1988, page 16: Recently he...