Once more, tempers have been brought to a boil on the West Bank, this time the flames of hatred are being stoked by the PA and their buddies who – incapable of facing the consequences of their own corruption, nepotism…
Media bias
Khaled Abu Toameh – Painful truths
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lifted from Document.no I wonder if anybody in high places will bother to read this? Unlikely, but since Norwegian mainstream media continues to reflect the selected soundbites the PA finds good to release, here are some reality checks that should…
Dagbladet’s Christmas message: blame da Joooos!
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Dagbladet is back in good old form and also takes advantage of the Christmas spirit to heap anti-Semitic myth upon anti-Semitic myth on the bonfire of hatred which has been kindled in Norway. Mr. Smilden’s rant is also fairly lacking…
An NRK TV debate – a Willoch platform pushing the anti-Semitic cart ahead of him, on the eve of the 26th of November commemoration of Norway’s betrayal of Norwegian Jews
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November 22, Norwegian state owned TV, NRK, broadcast a debate with a panel of two pro-Palestinian and two pro-Israeli participants and where also Norways new Foreign Minister, Espen Bath Eide, participated. In the audience was Israel ambassador, Naim Araidi,…
VG – a propaganda outlet for Hamas?
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BBC-journalist mistet sønnen (11 mnd): – Hva gjorde han for å dø slik? KNUST: Jihad Masharawi fortviler med sin døde 11 måneder gamle sønn i armene. Foto: Majed Hamdan/AP Publisert 16.11.12 – 09:25, endret 16.11.12 – 09:41 (VG NETT) Av Lars Kristian Tranøy , Dennis…
The Jewish communities blame the press for anti-Semitism
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Lifted from Vårt Land Three quarters of Jews living in Oslo believe anti-semitism in the population has grown. by: Sigbjørn Kiserud sigbjorn.kiserud @ vl.no This morning the Jewish community reeled the results of a survey among the members of the…
NTB’s incomplete version of history II
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A follow up of Kafka’s earlier story, here is the NTB article fully translated: HAMAS WILL EDUCATE GAZAN CHILDREN IN HEBREW Aftenposten 2012 05 25 NTB The Hamas government in the Gaza strip will introduce education in Hebrew in Palestinian…
NTB invents news – there was no official Norwegian warning against Norwegian oil sector involvement in Israel
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Lifted from miff.no Background story: The NTB published an article regarding increased Norwegian investment in Israel offshore sector, claiming that the Norwegian Foreign Ministry had warned against such involvement in Israel. This NTB article was in turn picked up by…
VG’s Astrid Meland attacks Pal activists and media for unethical focus on Israel
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Astrid 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…
Not in Norwegian News: Abbas reverses censorship of anti-regime websites
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lifted from Times of Israel Why was this not a topic for Israel bashers at May Day events? Why has the Norwegian media collectively failed to point out these serious breeches on journalistic freedom in areas controlled by PA or…
What Norwegians get to know about Israel today. And Turkey!
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Norway is officially on Easter holiday, with most Norwegians safely tucked away at remote cabins, looking for snow so that they can re-connect with their inner Norwegian, the one on skis, a lone figure, braving storms and avalanches as he…
VG: reports on upcoming meeting between Israel, PA; reports on alleged house demolition in West Bank but forgets to mention Palestinian football goalie shooting spree with mates from Red Crescent
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to meet this week Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will meet over the next few days and hold the first official meeting in over two months, according to a Palestinian official. - There are currently ongoing preparations with the Israelis to hold a meeting between Saeb Erakat and Yitzhak Molcho over…
VG: Norwegian media coverage makes Israel scape goat
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This story was published in VG to day. I applaud this, a decent self-critical article. More of this, please! VG net) The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians gets more media attention than bloodier conflicts elsewhere in the world. The Organization…
Toulouse fallout – Palestinian damage control: PA PM Fayyad – keep the Palestinian cause separate
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In the fallout after the horrific Toulouse killings, the PA is busy doing some damage control in Norwegian media. NRK.no has published a story where PA PM Fayyad claims to utterly condemn the murders of French Jewish kids, whilst urging…
An (un)popular story not told in Norway
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Norwegian NGO’s and media prefer to cast Israel as the meanie, and the Palestinians as the hapless and helpless, in particular when it comes to health care and emergency care. Lifted from Miff.no 115,000 sick Palestinians treated in Israel The cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians is growing in…
More media lies
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Lifted from miff.no, where they have several stories to show how the Norwegian news agencies deliberately cherry pick their stories and “angles”. 8-year-old boy in Gaza was not killed in air strikes, but hit by ‘Palestinian’ bullet shot during funeral…
NTB thinks truth is optional
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Lifted from miff.no (they have had a few stories on this topic) How to draw new lines in a drawing that presents Israel as a child killer. Monday morning a 15-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by an explosion in the north…
Thieving Socialist Youth are not only deeply dishonest, they engage in hate crime too
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While Socialist Left party representative Audun Lysbakken has had to step down as Minister for Children, Equality and Social Inclusion over a scandal where he has dished out over NOK 50 million to “special projects”, riding roughshod over rules that…
The Ramallah station raid: NRK’s version and Ynetnews version
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Hmmm, which one to believe? So difficult, so difficult… Perhaps I should go with the NRK on this one, after all, they got it right on the Jenin “massacre”, which the then reporter Jan Sigurd Sunnanå claimed had cost 1000…