Yesterday we published the ynetnews.com’s version of Manfred Gerstenfeld’s oped article “Insanity and Demonization”. Now it turns out that the same article has also been published in the New York based, Jewish Press, both in print and electronic; Sane and Insane in Norway, the latter being slightly longer than the ynet version. The printed...
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 […]
Manfred Gerstenfeld
Gerstenfeld: Insanity and demonization
Insanity and demonization. Op-ed: Aftermath of Norway massacre raises questions about terror, anti-Israel feelings. Manfred Gerstenfeld Last month, two court-appointed forensic psychiatrists concluded that ideological mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik – who killed 77 Norwegians in July – is mentally insane. Other experts disagree. One poll found that 48% of Norwegians believe that he has...
Gerstenfeld: Essay on anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism in Western schools
Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld has published an extensive essay on anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism in Western schools. It is well researched and well documented and gives concrete examples from various countries in Europe. Below I have copied in some selected examples from Norway. It seems we are merely copying other countries, but in some areas upping...
Old sins come back to haunt minister Halvorsen
Op-Ed: The Hierarchy of Murder Promoters By Manfred Gerstenfeld The logical approach to the issue of attributing ideological responsibilities for inciting to kill should start with those who make the strongest direct calls for murder. The horrific murders committed by Norwegian Anders Breivik on 22 July led to huge debates in many countriesabout who has laid the...
Støre and Willoch get their credit dues for endorsing Gaza book – Western double standards exposed
The state terrorism myth Op-ed: Arab leaders falsely accuse Israel of state terrorism to hide their own crimes Manfred Gerstenfeld Threatening its own civilians is a traditional mode of state terrorism in parts of the Muslim world. A second type of state terrorism – the murderous one – has recently increased significantly. A few...
Gerstenfeld on Mainstream Double Standards against Israel
This article was published in Norwegian on the ICEJ website in Norwegian, we have got the English version to share with you. Although the article does not specifically mention Norway, it is sadly true that all of these serious shortcomings in professionalism is a hallmark of Norwegian medias attitude towards Israel. A very recent...
Our ambassador in Israel receives another hiding
23 Aug 2011, Jerusalem Post (not published online, but can be seen on Jpost e-paper) Revising the truth Sir, – In his recent Jerusalem Post op-ed (“Norway is proPalestinian – and pro-Israeli,” Opinion & Features, August 18), the Norwegian ambassador in Tel Aviv, Svein Sevje, continues to revise the truth by claiming that his government...
Right of reply for Gerstenfeld in Vårt Land
Just over a week ago, Vårt Land ran an article on the Jewish community in Oslo, and how they disagree with foreign criticism with regards to Norway’s relationship with Israel and the Jews. Now Vårt Land has given Gerstenfeld right of reply, of sorts, but editing his rebuttal (with the paragraphs that were edited...
Gerstenfeld – auf Deutsch
Konkret is a well respected German leftist news magazine. The latest issue analyses Norway post 22/7, where among other specialists, Manfred Gerstenfeld is interviewed (I bet you this was not quite what Fredrik Græsvik and Sidsel Wold had in mind when they decided to treat him to to their lies…) Unauthorized translation and with...
More negative press on Norway
Following the campaign to demonize or otherwise exclude those with a more critical view on Norway and her reluctance to owe up to, and deal with our particular tendency to nourish anti-Israel sentiments to such an extent it becomes “good old anti-Semitism”, we now seems to be on the receiving end of the stick:...
Ambassador Sevje gets a thumping
Jpost is much more generous with Norwegian ambassadors posted in Israel, than Norwegian media is with Israeli diplomates posted in Norway, and has awarded our ambassador with generous press space for him to put across his points of view (which should be interpreted as the Official Norwegian Point of View) Is it only my...
Gerstenfeld: My genuine anti-Semitic experiences in Norway
In the course of the last few days we have debated back and forth whether or not foreigners can opine on Norwegian domestic matters. In relation to this, we have mentioned and commented on persons like Gerstenfeld, Dershowitz, Glick and others as if they were commodities, not real persons. Gerstenfeld has provided this comment,...
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...
The debate rolls back and forth
The Christian daily Dagen has picked up on the discussion between the Jewish community in Oslo, represented by its leader Erwin Kohn on the one hand, and Manfred Gerstenfeld. Important points of views in both articles – perhaps both help to clarify the greater picture, that Norway is far from the worst country in...
Comment: How Israel should face hostile Norway gov’t
From time to time, talk-backers here suggest that Israel should respond to Norway’s anti-Israel policies by breaking off diplomatic relations, or even bomb Norway (so, how would that make Israel any different from the blood thirsty Fiskaa?) Setting aside for the moment the fact that we here at NIJ are neither the Israeli Ministry...
Gerstenfeld responds in Jerusalem Post
(August 15, 2011) Correction, a reader has commented that this article originally appeared in Jpost December 2008. I found it on Jpost on August 12, dated August 12 2011, a date I took at face value. I do apologize for this mistake. However, the letter as such is a good one and shows the...
Norwegian Jews react to Israeli criticism
An interview of the Rabbi of the Jewish congregation in Oslo, Yoav Melchior, by NTB, has been reproduced in Vårt Land. The Rabbi says the community in Oslo feels uncomfortable by the Israeli criticism of Norway. Unauthorized translation: Norwegian Jews react to Israeli Criticism After the terror attacks in Norway, Israeli commentators are furious at...
Whose discussion is it?
The discussion is tumbling back and forth, Norwegian media quote people put of context, said persons react and hit back. Glick, Rubin, Gerstenfeld and Dershowitz have all had crash encounters with the less than reliable Norwegian press, but only Dershowitz has experienced directly on his own person, that extreme brand of arrogance that only...
Coming: Norwegian translation of Gerstenfeld’s ‘The abuse of Holocaust memory’
Holocuast denial, what is there to know? A Holocaust denier is one who denies that the Holocaust occurred, nes pa? Not quite. One can accept the fact that the Holocaust occurred, and still fashion it into a weapon against the Jews. Impossible? Oh no, people do it all the time. Manfred Gerstenfeld’s book on...
Gerstenfeld: There are five walls of defense around Norway, and now they are cracking
Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld identifies the five walls making up the defensive system around Norway. “Cracks have started to appear” he notes. Norge IDAG recently ran a two-page interview with Manfred Gerstenfeld, one of the very few foreign academics who is sufficiently interested in Norway to be able to deliver any valuable criticism. In...