Dagsavisen has unexpectedly decided to give Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld a “fair go”, asking him relevant questions and presenting his answers in a straightforward and honest interview. Meanwhile Dagbladet sticks to the old, tried and tested method of allowing Gerstenfeld to be criticized by people who obviously have not read his book. Now this...
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 […]
“Muslims are the jews of today”
Gerstenfeld in Olso, launches book on anti-Semitism in Norway
Manfred Gerstenfeld of the JCPA is today holding the press-release for his new book on anti-Semitism in Norway at Litteraturhuset – the House of Litterature – in Oslo. This is a bold move. After Gerstenfeld wrote a book on anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism in the Nordic countries he was misquoted and demonized throughout Norway and...
NRK’s Gro Holm: ‘Palestinians paying price for Holocaust’
NRK (State Broadcasting) journalist Gro Holm claims that the Palestinians are paying the price for the Holocaust. This is very silly of her. The entire world knows that the Jews payed the price for the Holocaust. But then again, the entire world does not work at NRK. Sidsel Wold does however, and she probably...
Dagsavisen: Gilbert compares Israel to Nazis – again
While we are witnessing what appears to be a return to solid reporting in both Aftenposten and Verdens Gang, moribund Dagsavisen is still sniping away. Today, an interview with NORWAC doctor Mads Gilbert by journalist Espen Løkeland-Stai. Mads Gilbert’s piece is titled “One year since the bombing” and is a repetition of the accusations...
Irshad Manji debates Tariq Ramadan
By Hans Rustad at Document.no, one of the nation’s finest websites. Irshad Manji debated Tariq Ramadan for the first time in Oslo on Friday. It turned into a very interesting exchange. Ramadan was from the start exasperated with Manji. And when she asked him what on earth was wrong, he blurted out: Woman! Freedom...
“The moslems are the jews of today”
- Muslims are the jews of today, stigmatized, generalized and presented as a threat to society, says a spokesman for Arbeiderpartiet (Labor) on March 26th. It is not uncommon to find different aspects of xenophobia and persecution examined through the Holocaustic lens. If so-and-so is being persecuted, this line of reasoning goes, then so-and-so...
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...
1987: ‘Jews are not jews but Khazars…’
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Erik Blücher: ‘Jews are Khazars’
In the Aftenposten op-ed above, of April 18th 1975, right-wing nationalist Erik Blücher presents many of the same arguments we hear from the left-wing today. Among other, he argues that while the Jewish people is a race, but not “race” in the sense that the word is usually used, as the Jews are a...