THREE YEARS SINCE BOMBING OF GAZA Ship to Gaza Norway, no date, Nikolaos Tavridis-Hansen Summary. In anti-Israel demo on December 29th 2011, held nearby the Israeli embassy in Oslo, Mr. Nikolaos Tavridis-Hansen of the Norwegian Ship to Gaza, held a speech directed against Israel, the translator contends himself with translating the first lines of...
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 […]
Holocaust distortion
The debate rolls back and forth II – Right of reply for Gerstenfeld
The Christian daily Dagen, has followed up the interview with Kohn with a reply from Gerstenfeld: The Norwegian government takes lightly on anti-Israeli terror, and indirectly supports such terror. This is a double standard on behalf of the Norwegian cultural elite Norwegian double standards Chairman of the Oslo DMT claims in Dagen that I...
Hunting for votes
A comment by Vetle Lid Larssen, Aftenposten August 12, 2011, with thanks to Erwin Kohn who made me aware of it. Hunting for votes Every time somebody draws parallels between the fate of the Jews and other forms of racism, I get suspicious. Not because the Jews are the only persecuted people in the...
Erna Solberg says Muslims are treated like the Jews in the 1930s
The leader of Høyre, Erna Solberg has said in an interview with VG that Muslims in todays Norway are being treated like the Norwegian Jews were treated in the 1930s. To be very fair (and this is of fundamental importance in todays Norway), she has underlined that Muslims today are not subject to the...
Op-ed on anti-Semitism: Israel created because of Holocaust…
In an op-ed on anti-Semitism, the author claims that the state of Israel was created in consequence of the Holocaust. The op-ed does have a lot of fine features, as it for instance points out that anti-Semitism in by no means a “muslim” problem. In this, Mr.Ali is entirely correct. But he is completely...
‘The abuse of Holocaust memory’ to be published in Norwegian
Manfred Gerstenfeld, nemesis of Norwegian anti-Semites, has written the well received book “The abuse of Holocaust remembrance”. The book is now being translated into Norwegian. This is excellent news that Idag.no brings us! With only 240 pages the book is relatively slender, but it packs a vicious punch. “Says who?” our readers might ask....
Prof.Volli on Norway, Quisling and Mathisen
Professor of Semiotics Ugo Volli, at the University of Turin, has written a piece on Norway, Quisling and Mathisen in the Informazione Corretta. It is interesting to notice how quickly Labor was allowed to distance itself from Anders Mathisen after he publicly denied the holocaust. Contrast this with how the media fell on the...
JP: Outrage over Holocaust-denying Norwegian lawmaker
The Jerusalem Post, which Aftenposten editor Harald Stanghelle claims is a right-wing rag way past its prime, has an article on the Holocaust-denying Labor politico Anders Mathisen. From JP article “Outrage over Holocaust-denying Norwegian lawmaker“: … There is no evidence the gas chambers or mass graves existed,” he told the newspaper, according to reports. “Even reputable...
Haaretz on holocaust-denying Labor politico
Up here in Norway, Labor got away from the holocaust-denial of one of its members pretty easily. It was an isolated incident. A matter of no significance. It was a Sami member of the Sami parliament. Who cares? Haaretz does, enough to run an article on the matter. From the Haaretz article “Norwegian lawmaker...
The strange world of Trond Andresen – one of the NTNU initiators of the Boycott Israel campaign
By now, very many people in Norway have been made aware of the academic boycott of anyone who remotely could be espousing a pro-Israel point of view. But not so many are aware that Dershowitz singled out one particular man for chiding: Trond Andresen, one of the NTNU initiators of the call for academic...
Mark Steyn mentions Anders Mathisen
Norway has already forgot about Anders Mathisen, the Labor politico who last week caused an online-only-uproar by denying the Holocaust. Political analyst Mark Steyn, a Canadian, has just heard about him. On his website Mark Steyn links to the Ynet article with the following words: OSLO …BESIDES, IT NEVER HAPPENED A member of the...
Holocaust denying labour politician made it to the international media!
Here is the latest on the sad saga of the Sami labour politician who denied the Holocaust. He made it to the ynet.com, where we are now getting our noses bloodied. So, just because Mathisen thinks he can hide behind his sami ethnicity to have a go at another ethnic group, I need to...
Sami politico plans contemplates funny holiday trip to Auschwitz
Anders Mathisen was a Labor politico until he denied the Holocaust, whereupon Labor found that Mathisen had not paid his annual party-membership fee and was therefore no longer a member of the party. Nor will he be allowed to rejoin, Labor has stated. Mathisen now states that he contemplates taking a “funny” holiday to...
Norvegia: il deputato laburista Anders Mathiesen nega l’Olocausto
Andrea Carancini is on the Mathisen case. Seems to be a pretty well-ordered blog, too: Traduco il seguente pezzo più per il suo interesse politico (e per l’obbiettivo coraggio del deputato laburista norvegese) che per l’effettiva competenza del deputato in questione, su cui ho delle riserve. L’”Olocausto” è materia complessa: per i “profani” è...
Holocaust-denying politico: ‘I am being excluded for speaking the truth’
Until only two days ago, Anders Mathisen was a virtually unknown politician for Labor. Then Finnmarken, a local newspaper, broke the story of how Mathisen is a vehement Holocaust-denier. Labor has since found that Mathisen has not paid his party-membership fee and therefore is no longer a member of Labor, neither will he be...
Holocaust-denier is ‘not a member of Labor’
On March 11th we learned that Labor politico Anders Mathisen was a Holocaust-denier. Labor acted swiftly. Discovering that Mathisen had not paid his party-membership fee, Labor stated that Mathiesen was not a party-member and that he would not be allowed to rejoin. Multiple newspapers have followed the case – online. There has been very...
Labor tries to exclude Holocaust-denier
Yesterday every newspaper in Norway reported on how Labor politico Anders Mathisen denies that the Holocaust has happened. Today we learn that Labor does not recognize Mathisen as a member of the party as he has not paid his annual party-member fee. Labor has moved swiftly in this affair, sending out a strong signal....
Government-party politician: ‘I know the Holocaust did not happen’
To such an extent is Arbeiderpartiet (Labor) the most powerful political structure in Norway, that Norway’s most prominent political historian Jens Arup Seip once claimed Norway should be acknowledged as a one-party state. Today Dagbladet informs us that Labor politician Anders Mathiesen denies the Holocaust. Dagbladet publishes the story under the title “Labor politician...
Daring artist sees ‘something like Eichmann’ in Israel, West Bank
It is the artist’s job to paint the villain as a villain and the hero as a hero. In Norway, the villain is often Israel. And the artist? He is often subsidized by the state. An article in olsopuls tells of how Artist Henrik Placht sees great evil in Israel. The nazi-reich is acknowledged...
Norwegian historians on thinner ice than Sonja Hennie after the war
Two Norwegian historians are claiming that Germany is romanticizing the occupation of Norway, when it is a fact that more Norwegian soldiers fought for Hitler than against him, that it was the Norwegian police who rounded up the Norwegian Jews, and that such a large number of Norwegian women swarmed to the Hugo Boss-dressed German soldiers that Norway...