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Norwegian People’s Aid failure to report on Syria

January 29, 2012
By McGonagall

At 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...

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Glorious boycott gone belly up!

January 17, 2012
By McGonagall

Wearing a crash helmet here now, still complying with ‘ealf & safety, even while I am rolling on the floor laughing out loud! Lifted from miff.no, but also featured in Dagen, although surprisingly not very much reported in mainstream media: Imports from Israel increased by 11 percent to a record level The Norwegian imports from Israel rose more than the overall import from other countries. We bought...

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Our very own little “occupy movement”, it looks just like its mother movement with its grim anti-Semitism

December 20, 2011
By McGonagall

The Occupy Wall Street movement has proven to be flash in the pan, but nevertheless, it has managed to inspire some Norwegian nincompoops: “Occupy” movement. HERE, THE NORWEGIAN OCCUPY MOVEMENT Dagens Næringsliv 2011 12 16, Anna Werenskjold Summary. Dagens Næringsliv lampoons Norwegian copycats of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, among them one Anja Askelund,...

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The Norwegian Church Minister to Jerusalem to open Gullvåg exhibition

December 8, 2011
By McGonagall
The Norwegian Church Minister to Jerusalem to open Gullvåg exhibition

Ministry of  Government Administration, Reform, and Church Affairs Press release 2011 12 02 No signature Summary. The Minister of Government administration, reform and church affairs, Rigmor Aasrud,  is to visit Jerusalem. She will speak to religious leaders on Israeli and Palestinian side, and visit religious sites. Among her visits, one will be a visit...

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November 26 1942 – Norwegian Jews deported from Norway; November 26 2011, Norwegian boycott movement to target Israeli products in supermarkets.

November 23, 2011
By McGonagall

As one reader commented yesterday, the “international BDS day” on November 26, does not seem like a randomly selected date. Officially, but perhaps only as some sort of paper exercise, Norway recognizes the enormous betrayal of our Jews: Tale/artikkel, 22.09.2011 Av: Utenriksminister Jonas Gahr Støre Stumbling to Remember Kronikk i Yedioth Ahronoth (Israel), 22. september...

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Boycott movement: announcing actions against shops that sell Israeli products

November 22, 2011
By McGonagall

The anti-Israel movement in Norway is planning to target supermarket chain Coop for their audacity to continue to stock Israeli goods, of any kind and any origin, in an action planned for November 26. It will be interesting to see whether aspiring political leaders will take part in this event – the FB page...

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NTNU bends over backwards to make anti-Semitism legitimate. And if it comes from a Jew, then of course it must be true.

November 9, 2011
By McGonagall

Here is a little lovely story found in Universitetsavisa.no, the universities own newspaper. They have previously suggested that NIJ is behind hate mail to climate scientists and anti-Israel academics. This story has previously been reported on Harry’s Place Jewish identity is the problem Gilad Atzmon goes straight to the core of what he sees as the problem of the State of...

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The European gut reaction in difficult times: curtail the rights of others

November 7, 2011
By McGonagall

It is not only in Norway that mass immigration from very distinct cultures and sets of values over a short period of time triggers a strong reaction from the native population. All over Europe, it seems the gut reaction is to impose rigid top down regulations, curtailing minority rights that the majority find difficult...

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Lars Gule: Many Israelis are aware that their land has been built on stolen land

November 3, 2011
By McGonagall

I must admit I am at a loss as to what the purpose of Lars Gules never-ending story in Minervanett is. Is it a book review? Is it an essay? Or is it just the ramblings of a man who has fallen in love with his own voice? The good thing I suppose, is...

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Annual Telethon: some Christians call for boycott of Norwegian People’s Aid – talkback comments reek of anti-Semitism

October 23, 2011
By McGonagall
Annual Telethon: some Christians call for boycott of Norwegian People’s Aid – talkback comments reek of anti-Semitism

The annual NRK telethon this year donates the funds collected to the Norwegian People’s Aid and their work to clear land mines, explosive devices left after war and conflict. The Telethon is a source of national pride, and billions of Kroner have been collected over the years, to in some small measure help ameliorate...

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Anti-Semitic exhibition that was sponsored by Norwegian Church Aid removed after student protests

October 20, 2011
By McGonagall
Anti-Semitic exhibition that was sponsored by Norwegian Church Aid removed after student protests

Yesterday we reported on an anti-Semitic exhibition at Nesbru High School, and how the school, at the time the local newspaper – Budstikka – wrote the story, had not yet decided whether or not to remove the entire exhibition. Miff.no brings us the latest developments (unauthorized translation): Demonization of Israel removed after student protests...

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School advocates anti-Semitism

October 19, 2011
By McGonagall
School advocates anti-Semitism

A local newspaper, Budstikka, brings us an article on how Nesbru high school, promotes anti-Semitism in an “arts” exhibition for and by their students. An Israeli student was deeply shocked and offended when she came to school and found a crossed out Israeli flag, with the words murder underneath it. As an Israeli I...

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Donor tax deduction ban – a desperate measure by waning Socialist Left party

October 17, 2011
By McGonagall
Donor tax deduction ban – a desperate measure by waning Socialist Left party

A week or so ago, we wrote on how the Carmel Institute had been uniquely targeted for a proposed tax deduciton ban for donations destined to project within the disputed areas of Judea and Samaria. Now, the Carmel Institute says such a measure would be very unlikely to have any dampenign effect on donors,...

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Norwegian men’s rights group compares male circumcision to female genital mutilation

October 16, 2011
By McGonagall

Reform (resource center for men), likens male circumcision to female gential mutilation, according to an article in Dagen. In a press statement related to their deposition on the public hearing on male circumcision, they say As a resource center for men, we question the use of boys’ bodies as involuntary carriers of religious, cultural...

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Union rep wants to boycott the Histadrut, calls it an apartheid organization

October 9, 2011
By McGonagall

The leader of Fellesforbundet (The Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions), Lars Frøysa wants to boycott the Israeli Histadrut, on the grounds that it is an apartheid organization, according to an article in Vårt Land This is an organization only for Israeli Jews. In our world this is apartheid. We think that the labour...

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Dagsavisen’s moderator has no shame – publishes letter that proposes the dissolution of Israel

October 9, 2011
By McGonagall

Dagsavisen does not in the least worry about allowing extremists having a say on their debate forum. On october 5, they allowed a truly stunning proposal, signed by a Mr. Knut Vidar Paulsen, to dissolve Israel to replace it with a Palestinian state. The letter states among many very very peculiar positions: (I wonder...

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No more tax deductions for gifts to Karmel institute projects

October 7, 2011
By McGonagall

Dagen reports that according to the 2012 Budget, donors to the Karmel Institutes projects on the West Bank no longer will be able to deduct taxes from said donations. The leader of the Karmel Instute,  John Skåland says this decision has the finger prints of anti-Israel and leftist groups who want to suffocate those...

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What is it with Klassekampen, Andresen and anti-Semitism?

October 2, 2011
By McGonagall

Minervanett, a liberal (conservative) political blog questions Klassekampens relationship to the Jews. In an article, Klassekampen and the Jewish danger, the researcher Kjetil B Simonsen analyzes the relationship between conspiracy theories and classical anti-Semitism exemplified by our good friend, the associate professor at NTNU, Trond Andresen and Klassekampens inability to control its anti-Semitic tic....

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MIFF activists in Trondheim harassed by young commies

October 1, 2011
By McGonagall

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,...

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The NIJ blog – harassing academics into silence?

September 5, 2011
By McGonagall

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...

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