• Document 15 calls on Jonas Gahr Støre to explain Senator Brownback’s letter
    "Mowgli made leader of the Bandar-log" by John Charles Dollman On August 3rd  US Senator Brownback wrote a letter, expressing concern over Israel-hatred and anti-Semitism, to Norway’s ambassador to Washington DC. While this site published the letter on August 12th, Norwegian journalists failed to find it newsworthy. Members of the opposition […]
  • NRK mentions Naqba-effect but omits war-cause
    NRK reports on the Naqba without mentioning war which caused it Journalist Laila Ø. Bakken of the Norwegian State Broadcasting Authority NRK manages to report on how Abbas’ family fled during the “Naqba”, while completely omitting any mention of the 1948 war which caused the “Naqba”. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and […]
  • Letter from Minister of Defense denies boycott of Israel, claims ‘constructive dialogue’ with Israel
    Hans Olav Syversen from the Christian Democrats refers to a letter from the Minister of Defense Vårt Land today reports that the Christian Democrats (KrF) and Conservatives (Høyre) aim to stop Minister of Defense Grete Faremo (Labor) from boycotting Israeli companies on an individual basis. The article (above) refers to a letter from […]
  • NUPI invites Freeman to speak about US-Israel relations
    When Charles W. Freeman had to resign from a position with the Obama administration in March 2009, he blamed the Israel-Lobby. On Wednesday he visited NUPI in order to speak about US-Israel relations. Vårt Land reports, in an NTB article, that Freeman has as little faith in the current round of peace […]
  • Scandinavian democracy – a guided affair
    Screenshots from Norwegian newspapers Aftenposten and DagenMagazinet Not even in Scandinavia does democracy work flawlessly. Is there an invisible hand at work? In the screenshot above (left) we see an op-ed from yesterday’s Aftenposten, with Eirik Vatnøy from Civita, a liberal think tank, asking some rather poignant questions. Vatnøy points out that it appe […]
  • Washington Post on terrorism in Norway
    Three men were apprehended this summer on suspicion of terrorism. As the Washington Post points out, we Norwegians were told that we at no time have been in any danger whatsoever. Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls In late 2009, Jakobsen went to Norway’s Police Security Service and began providing information on Davud’s activities after what he […]
  • Protected: Norway suspects Israel unethical, invests in Turkmenistan
    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. […]
  • JP mentions Norway: Has Europe learned from its past?
    In material terms, being Norwegian is like winning the lottery. Intellectually it is like living in a carnival. Once groupthink sets in there is nobody left to comment upon how it affects us, and prominent citizens can act bizarrely with impunity . The JP, which editor of Aftenposten Harald Stanghelle tells us is […]
  • Interview with a convert reveals anti-Semitism
    In Aslak Nore book “Ekstremistan” the author predicts that in the near future, Norway will be more mulit-cultural, for good and for worse. The reader is treated to some of the latter in Nore’s interview with a Norwegian convert to Islam, who reflects upon some of her formerly held beliefs. The following […]
  • Nous allons manger des pommes de terre israéliennes », annonce notre hôte
    This blog is not about Israel or the Norwegian Jews. It is about Norway’s perception of and relationship to Israel and Jews. Yet Norway is only one little piece in a larger puzzle. It is while trying to solve this puzzle that foreigners every now and then are brought to pay attention to us up […]

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Snapshot picks up on the nomination of Manfred Gerstenfeld for the Norwegian Media Victim award of Stray Spetalen. We have copied the entire post this time, rather than just an excerpt. Visit Snapshot anyway, it’s an up-to-date, intelligent website:

And the Nominee for Norwegian Media Victim of the Year Is…

Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

So unbridled is [...]

IDAG.no reports new NRK interview with Gerstenfeld unmarred by 'Wold-like' mistakes, yet omits criticism of Wold

An illustration of the "Thuggee cult", from Max Bachmeier

The Christian daily Idag today reports that NRK’s new interview with Gerstenfeld stands up to scrutiny. As opposed to the previous one, in which journalist not only asked the questions, but also made up the answers. Sadly, the new NRK interview does not let Gerstenfeld speak [...]

Nominate Manfred Gerstenfeld for Stray Spetalen's 'media victim' award

In Norway, Gerstenfeld is known for statements he has never made

Aftenposten’s Harald Stanghelle has called him “a blinded fanatic”. NRK’s Sidsel Wold has called him a “Norway-hater”. NTB has called him an “aging, right-wing Israeli”. He is known throughout Scandinavia for statements he has never made and beliefs he has never harbored. [...]

Journalists ignore Sidsel Wold scandal

Graphic from Tundra Tabloids

April 30th: Editor of Norge.IDAG Bjarte Ystebø points out how Norwegian journalists in the mainstream media are disregarding how NRK’s correspondent to Jerusalem, Sidsel Wold, appears to have fabricated an interview with Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld. This is particularly evident as the details of the case unfolds. Unauthorized translation:

NRK journalist Sidsel [...]

Book review: 'Anti-Semitism in Norway'

“Anti-Semitism” in Norway is the most recent, most comprehensive and well-documented work on contemporary anti-Semitism in Norway on the market today.

Anti-Semitism in Norway

The recently published book ”Anti-Semitism in Norway” includes updated and translated chapters from “Behind the Humanitarian Mask” (2008). Both are edited by Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld, an accomplished author and business [...]

NRK-gate: Communication breakdown

Graphic from Tundra Tabloids

Finnish Tundra Tabloids has referred to Sidsel Wold’s interview with Manfred Gerstenfeld, where the former answers her own questions and the latter only gets to speak for twenty seconds, as a”spike in high profile instances of ridiculous journalistic tomfoolery“. This is perhaps a bit strict.

Sidsel Wold might very well be speaking the [...]

Does Sidsel Wold prove Gerstenfeld right?

Graphic from Tundra Tabloids

Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld has written extensively on anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the Nordic countries. He suggests that we have not really got a level playing-field up here, and that arguments explaining Israel’s actions are obfuscated or ignored while the Palestinian cause is doted upon. Now recently Sidsel Wold, a journalist [...]

Are also ethnic Norwegians threatening Jews?

NRK journalist Tormod Strand has uncovered anti-Semitism among Norwegian muslims. This has attracted a lot of attention. People are nodding their heads saying “Yes, the muslims, fierce anti-Semites, ikke sant…”

Now DagenMagazinet reports that Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld, editor of the book on Nordic anti-Semitism Behind the Humanitarian Mask, is claiming that Norwegian Jews [...]

Kjetil Wiedswang on Norway – Israel relations

(Originally published on October 27th – republished on request on November 5th)

Mr.Kjetil Wiedswang is no fool. A prominent and respected Norwegian journalist in the employ of Dagens Næringsliv, a well-reputed business daily, he can often seize the attention of the country’s elites (read more by Mr.Wiedswang here and here). On October 24th this weekend he [...]

Lieberman critisizes Norway, is critisized by Norwegians

Haaretz notifies us that Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is critisizing Norway. This puzzles some Norwegians while it makes other Norwegians extremely angry. The puzzled go: “What, Hamsun again? We’ve discussed him all our lives?” The angry go… well, go and read Aftenposten or have a look at our favorite Haaretz talkback:

If Lieberman knew just [...]

The “riddle” of Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun, 1859-1952

Norwegian author Knut Hamsun won the Nobel prize for litterature in 1920. He suffered terribly throughout his childhood, and grew up on tales of the starvation the English blockade had caused during the Napoleonic wars. He was often sick and always destitute and at times suicidal.  He went to America – twice – [...]

Pro-Palestinian aggression

Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen from the Socialist Left (SV) protesting on January 8th. The sign to the right says: "Evil's two axis USA and Israel"

Aggression and violence does have its own, wicked charm. Everyone who has once enjoyed the feel of testosterone and adrenalin surging through his veins can testify to the “pull” [...]

Norway attracts international attention for anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism

Norway is a small nation. Only approximately 3 percent of the world’s population knows Norway exists at all. Now, Norway is learning the hard way that all PR is not good PR. Acts of anti-Semitism, unchecked Israelbashing and the arrogance of our chattering classes has started to provide Norway with the sort of international attention [...]

TV2 alters webpage during PFU media complaints hearing

TV2's original article by Fredrik Græsvik, over which Manfred Gerstenfeld took TV2 to the PFU media complaints

Something very strange has recently happened. The article above, which is based on an interview, has been switched for the article below in a non-event most people will not even notice. Except for one thing: TV2′s original [...]

Archives: Progress party challenges Jonas Gahr Støre

Here’s one piece of news from late March which escaped us at the time. Source. Taking into consideration the upcoming Græsvik vs. Gerstenfeld PFU hearing, it is still of interest today.

Vaksdal challenges the foreign minister 

In a written question to the foreign minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, Progress Party representative Øyvind Vaksdal asks what is [...]