Robin Shepherd, formerly of The Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, at present Director of International Affairs at Henry Jackson Society, has won acclaim for his most recent book A state beyond the pale, Europe’s problem with Israel. The book is 300 pages long and poses and in part answers questions such as: Why [...]
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The red-green government has been a staunch supporter of the PA, Hamas and the UNRWA. Yet when it is revealed that Hamas rejects tuition on the Holocaust in Gaza-schools, the red-green government is silent. Perhaps Norwegians should take the criticism from Sri Lanka to heart – perhaps Solheim the Silent is indeed a fitting nickname [...] This year Norway heads the ITF for Holocaust Remembrance. Norway is also one of UNRWA’s largest sponsors, which do not teach about the Holcaust in their Gaza-schools. Why? Hamas won’t allow it. From UNRWA's website Perhaps Erik Solheim should pop over to Gaza and lay down the law? linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; [...] The Norwegian ITF chairmanship commenced on 17 March 2009. Yet on the streets of Oslo we see nothing of it. On the webpages of the Norwegian Embassy in Israel, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is quoted as saying “The mentalities and stereotypes that led to the Holocaust have not gone away“. Unfortunately this is true. [...] Here is a journal which NIJ is not familiar with yet, but which just might turn out alright. A journal offering a ”critical discussion of philosopher Ragnar Næss and his authority in Norwegian public and academic circles on the topic of the Armenian Genocide” can’t be all bad. From the journal’s own webpage: Welcome Etter Lemkin (After Lemkin) [...] The Danish author Carsten Jensen recently compared his position on immigration politics to the situation of Anna Frank – hiding in an attic and waiting desperately for help. It would be helpful if somebody pointed out to the great Dane how his situation is nothing like Anna Frank’s at all. Unfortunately, Mr.Jensen is not the only person in the [...] The position of the Norwegian government on the Middle East is becoming increasingly indefensible. Just the other day the skeleton of Mulla Krekar came rattling out of the closet. Now in Haaretz, July 22nd, 2009, journalist Cnaan Liphshiz writes an article on Trine Lilleng under the heading: Did Norway promote a diplomat who compared Israelis [...] Asgeir Drugli is a politician in Rødt (Red), a socialist party to the left of the Sosialistisk Venstreparti (Socialist Left). Rødt is four times as popular among Norwegian journalists as it is with the population in general. Drugli aspires to be elected to parliament in the elections in 2009. In an interview in the regional [...] Unauthorized translation from Klassekampen, by journalists Christiane Jordheim Larsen (text) and Greg Rødland Buick (photo). Intellectual anti-semites According to professor Yehuda Bauer the contemporary debate on anti-Semitism has led to a resurgence of the perception of jews as a homogenous group. Saturday 26. august, 2006 Yehuda Bauer has arrived from Jerusalem to Oslo in order to participate in the [...] |
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