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...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- Happy 17th of MayOnce more, we gather under our flag to celebrate our freedom. Each 17th of May, the Jewish community in Oslo organize a formal and serene commemoration of Henrik Wergeland, the son of one of the member of the Constituent Assembly for our Constitution. In its original version, our Constitution was shamed by the exclusion of Jews and Jesuits in Norway, som […]
- “Minister of justice” to Jews in Oslo: too badThe synagogue in Oslo – already one of the most fortified structures in Norway – applied to the government for additional funds to secure its congregation. They asked for NOK 21 million but got NOK 7 million. After all the speeches Støre and Stoltenberg with no end to the flowery assurances, this is what it comes down to: Jews should be content feeling prett […]
- The Jewish Community in Oslo applied for NOK 21 million for security measures, only got NOK 7,2lifted from Vårt Land Synagogues receive NOK 7.2 million for security The money goes towards securing doors, upgrade the monitoring system and setting up a security fence. The Government proposes in the revised national budget to allocate 7.2 million forsecurity at the Jewish Religious Community (DMT). - No one should have to be afraid to exercise their rel […]
- Letter from a 17-year old Jewish boyAftenposten today published an op-ed from “Daniel,” a 17-year old Norwegian student who happens to be Jewish. He feels surrounded by antisemitic attitudes, ranging from comments by a fellow video game player (“just pretend they’re Jews when you aim at them”), to the inevitable “so you support killing babies?” when he mentions he supports Israel, to the inabi […]
- PalCom action ‘small and unsuccessful’lifted from miff.no Palestine Committee’s action was “small and unsuccessful” Only a small number of provocateurs from Palestine Committee participated in a store action against Israel’s Dead Sea products in Oslo last Tuesday (May 16) evening. The police were notified in advance and got them quickly away from the place. By Conrad Myrland Published: 16/05/201 […]
- VG’s Astrid Meland attacks Pal activists and media for unethical focus on IsraelAstrid Meland published an OpEd in VG on May 14, which currently is not online. MIFF has published a review article online, from where I have lifted the following: Astrid Meland believes Israel’s critics in Norway are victim of a collective neurosis, where you turn a blind eye to much worse breaches of human rights by other states. - Unethical focus on Isra […]
- Stand up, stand up – for the Hebrew MamitaIf I were a man, I would seriously consider inviting this lady out for dinner. Since I am not, I can only say – WAY TO GO, SISTER! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none"; […]
- Oopsie – Norwegian academia has become synonymous with academic anti-Semitismlifted from ynetnews.com This is the cost of allowing a guy like Galtung to roam free – regardless of round rejection of his recent remarks, this was by no means the first time the ‘mad professor’ let it rip, as is evident by the details of this op-ed. Why did not the Norwegian intelligentia react at an earlier stage? Did they perhaps agree with the previous […]
- Gloves are off: MIFF (With Israel for Peace) reports the PalCom to the policeLifted from miff.no What can I say? Bravo! MIFF is doing an incredibly important job and luckily their hard efforts are rewarded with a healthy growth in their memberships. Maybe readers of this blog could be entreated to find a way of supporting MIFF? By the way, I have no relation to MIFF, personally or professionally – this is just a courtesy call to reco […]
- What Karsten Tveit’s award really signifiesOdd Karsten Tveit wins the Gullruten lifetime award for his propaganda news coverage from the Middle East. When it comes to correspondents in the Middle East sent by NRK (the governmental broadcasting organization financed by a surcharge on owning a television), it’s a bit like watching the Eurovision song contest: you can endlessly discuss who is worse. Bu […]
Holocaust distortion
Asgeir Drugli: “Israel is the new Wehrmacht”
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...
Mads Gilbert says Gaza is worse than Warsaw ghetto
Norwegian doctors Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse are quoted in an article in Dagsavisen, a smaller Norwegian daily. Here is an unauthorized translation from the article by Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth on January 12th: The two believe conditions in Gaza are reminiscent of the ghetto in Warsaw during the second world war. – Gaza is the Warsawa-ghetto again,...
Diplomatic envoy Trine Lilleng
Trine Lilleng, first secretary at the Norwegian Embassy in Riaydh, Saudia Arabia, first attracted attention in 2007 through blogging about her meetings with members of the Saudi monarchy (VG). In January 2009 she made headlines across the world by equating Israel’s actions in Gaza to the Holocaust. Mrs.Lilleng sent out an email to friends,...
The Holocaust distortion of Torstein Dahle
Torstein Dahle is the leader of Rødt (Red), a socialist party to the left of Sosialistisk Venstreparti (Socialist Left). Rødt is four times as popular among journalists as among the population at large, among whom it commands a minimal following. In this unauthorized translation from Dagbladet on December 31st 2008, Mr. Dahle compares operation...
Klassekampen: Yehuda Bauer and intellectual anti-Semites
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...
Norman Finkelstein fills theaters, is praised by Nils Butenschøn
The screenshot above is a from an article in Bergens Tidende titled “Full score for Finkelstein“. The article tells of how Norman Finkelstein, author of the “Holocaust Industry”, enjoys success as he lectures for Norwegian students at the University of Bergen. Unauthorized translation: “Without looking at his notes, smiling and all the time cheerfully...
Aftenposten: ‘No mass executions in the concentration camps’
The notice above is from Aftenposten on October 12th 1944. The title reads “No mass executions in the concentraiton camps”. The text tells of how the Germans, according to Polish emigrants, are planning mass executions in Auschwitz and Birkenau. The newspaper refers to official statements from Germany, which denounce the allegations of planned mass...