• Escandinavia, a la cabeza de la Europa del bienestar y del ¿antisemitismo infantil y juvenil? – Norway, Israel and the jews
    Safed-Tzfat, keeping the Spanish-speaking world up to date: La estación nacional noruega de televisión, la NRK, ha entrevistado a unos maestros de la escuela primaria y secundaria de ciudades donde la inmigración es muy fuerte (y mayoritariamente musulmana). Ningún maestro ha hablado con la cara descubierta por temor a las represalias. Todos por lo tanto han […]
  • Klassekampen – the anatomy of deceit
    Klassekampen article claiming NRK's broadacst exaggerates the problem of anti-Semitism in the schools Often you will not read an entire article. Often you will merely glance at the heading and first paragraphs. Journalists know this, and structure their articles so you read the most important parts first. Except for when the journalist does not have [.. […]
  • Aftenposten journalist is Palestine-activist
    Aftenposten: "Beat Palestinian children during interrogations" On March 15th Norway’s second largest newspaper Aftenposten published an editorial on the importance of combatting anti-Semitism. As Document.no points out, Aftenposten can start by examining its own journalists. John J.Mearsheimer og Stephen M.Walt write about the media (in “The Israel […]
  • Action Plan focuses on islamophobia, not anti-Semitism
    Anniken Huitfelt in Dagbladet, April 17th 2009 Following NRK journalist Tormod Strand’s program on anti-Semitism in Norwegian schools, the media is all over the issue. But this is not new. Anti-Semitism in the schools was a big issue almost exactly one year ago as well. The news is that even the problem was known, it [...] […]
  • Situation in Norway proves necessity of Jewish state
    Aftenposten op-ed "The Norwegian Jew disappears" Norway is one of those societies which has great difficulties in providing Jews with circumstances in which they can thrive. The author of the op-ed in Aftenposten above raises an interesting question: If Jews cannot live in Norway, does not that prove the necessity of a Jewish state where [...] […]
  • Opposition gently demands action plan against anti-Semitism
    Syversen of the Christian Democrats Hans Olav Syversen of the Christian Democrats is asking that the authorities take anti-Semitism seriously. Mr.Syversen has a good track record of doing so himself, although there are those who say that he is too much of a gentleman to be a match for the brawlers he faces. Unauthorized translation [...] […]
  • Klassekampen and Islamic Council join in against anti-Semitism, sort of
    Communist daily Klassekampen Communist daily Klassekampen has little love for Israel but is pitching in against anti-Semitism – in its own way. Unauthorized translation from “We need to clean house“, with General Secretary Shoaib Sultan of the Islamic Council - We need to know more, says Sultan to Klassekampen. - Concrete measures demand a better mapping of […]
  • Oslo bookshop offers Saudi-sponsored anti-Semitic litterature
    Bookshop sells Saudi-sponsored anti-Semitism Sara Azmeh Rasmussen says to Vårt Land (above) that she recently purchased a vehemently anti-Semitic book at a bookstore in Oslo. The bookstore in question is located in the same building as a mosque and the Islamic Council.  The book is allegedly subsidized by Saudi-Arabia, and goes for NOK 55. She is [...] […]
  • το πρότυπο του ισπανού μπλόγκερ είναι η νορβηγική ιστοσελίδα Norway, Israel and the jews
    This keeps happening. Blogs in foreign languages hook up. The reason is not that people necessarily are all that interested in Norway, or that NIJ is such a fantastic blog people just cannot stay away, but rather that people all across the world are starting to recognize the international obsession with Israel for what it [...] […]
  • La Croix-Rouge veut que les Juifs norvégiens soient jugés pour crimes de guerre commis en Israël
    Decades of one-sided information has made many prominent Norwegians incapable of recognizing their desire to punish Israel for what is is – a malign obsession. Even as anti-Semitism is being uncloaked, Bernt G. Apeland is only to happy to step up to bat, speaking of investigating Norwegian Jews for war-crimes. Perhaps one of these days [...] […]

Aftenposten journalist is leading figure in Palestine-Committee

Aftenposten: "Beat Palestinian children during interrogations"

On March 15th Norway’s second largest newspaper Aftenposten published an editorial on the importance of combatting anti-Semitism. As Document.no points out, Aftenposten can start by examining its own journalists.

John J.Mearsheimer og Stephen M.Walt write about the media (in “The Israel Lobby” p.169): “A key part of preserving postive public attitudes
toward [...]

Tormod Strand's broadcast translated into French: L’éducation de la haine en Norvège

One of the foreign sites to follow NIJ is JSS, which now has translated parts of the transcript from the broadcast on anti-Semitism in Norway put together by journalist Tormod Strand. The translation has attracted 11 talkbacks. Read the full post on JSS, excerpt below:

La chaîne de télévision nationale norvégienne NRK a interviewé des enseignants [...]

State television NRK broadcasts on anti-Semitism in Norway

Forces of evil are moving.

Today state television NRK broadcast  on anti-Semitism in Norway. The broadcast, which was approximately five minutes long, was put together by NRK journalist Tormod Strand and sent during prime time as part of the national news at 7 pm. There was an introduction on the state of affairs in Malmö, Sweden, [...]

VG on Bishops’ Boycott

Verdens Gang (VG) – Norway's largest daily

Verdens Gang (VG) is Norway’s largest daily. In today’s editorial the newspaper claims that the Bishops Boycott is, pretty much, a walk down nonsense street. Unauthorized translation:

We believe that the Bishops ought to bury the though of a boycott of trade as soon as possible. They receive the [...]

No Press Accreditation for PR-woman Yngvild Mortensen

Qassam rockets: from Ynet news

Dagbladet reports on how freelancing journalist Yngvild Mortensen has her knickers in a twist as Israel refuses to grant her press accreditation. The reason Ms.Mortensen is not getting one is because she is a freelancer, and not in steady employ. When one looks back upon the long series of biased [...]

Is Dagbladet confusing Gaza with the Westbank?

Dagbladet attributes this picture to Gaza, by Reuters, Elilana Aponte and Scanpix.

The picture above is from an article in Dabladet titled “New peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians“. The first half hour the picture did not have any explaining subtext, which easily might have lead readers to believe the picture shows an Israeli kicking [...]

Editor slams Bishops' Boycott

DagenMagazinet

For Vebjørn Selbekk “freedom of expression” is more than just words, as is “courage”. After publishing an article on the cartoon-war in 2006, he became embroiled in it himself, receiving only luke-warm support from the Norwegian intelligensia and political establishment as he stood up for his editorial right to publish news-stories on relevant contemporary [...]

Amos Oz to be published in Arabic

Sandefjords Blad informs us that the memoirs of Amos Oz are to be published in Arabic. While reading the little notice it struck me how horrible seldom one in the Norwegian press reads “feelgood” news like this about Israel. An article about an author being translated into a foreign tongue! This suggests that Israel is [...]

Aftenposten: Jew-hatred among Israel's enemies

Aftenposten’s Jørgen Lohne today writes an interesting piece on how Israel’s enemies are, at least in part, motivated by racist hatred. This is not something which the Norwegian media often reports on.

Lohne’s article tells of how conspiracy theories concerning 9/11 and the like fester and about how Europe exported anti-Semitism to the Middle East and [...]

Aftenposten covers anti-Semitism in Malmö

Aftenposten today publishes a story on anti-Semitism in Malmö. On the one hand this is good: Aftenposten is one of Norway’s largest newspapers and the situation in Malmö has up to now received little – if any – attention from the Norwegian media. On the other hand this is old news – why are Norwegian [...]

Danish newspaper Politikken settles with plaintiffs over cartoon dispute

Aftenposten: Politiken apologizes for Muhammed cartoon

Aftenposten today reports on how Danish newspaper Politiken has settled with muslim groups who were upset by Politiken’s re-publishing of the Muhammed cartoon in 2008. While Politiken does not apologize for having published the cartoon, nor promises to refrain from doing so again, the newspaper does apologize to “everyone [...]

Let's not talk about Malmö

The Norwegian media is keen on reporting about events in Israel. Right now the most recent stories are, according to Webavisen (an indexing service): 1) Here is Israel’s new super-weapon, on a new Israeli drone 2)  Important to react against violence in Gaza, a reader’s comment on Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo”, [...]

Aftenposten on Eirik Eiglad's 'Anti-Jewish Riots'

Aftenposten’s Knut Olav Åmås has a full-page comment on Eirik Eiglad’s book “The Anti-Jewish Riots in Oslo” today. On the one hand, that’s good. Aftenposten is Norway’s second largest newspaper and Mr.Åmås is a savvy somebody. On the other hand, Eiglad’s book has already been covered in Spanish Midtskogen, French Philosemitism and JUIF.org, [...]

Press awards “Good boy” prize to NORWAC doctors Fosse, Gilbert

Mads Gilbert, Pål Steigan. From Klassekampen archives

NRK (State broadcasting) reports that the Press Photographers club has awarded NORWAC doctors Erik Fosse og Mads Gilbert the “Good boy” prize  for what a NRK television anchor has called “Israel’s war against the Palestinian people” – Operation Cast Lead. The “good boy” prize is awarded annually to [...]

Norwegian company gets contract in Malmö

The Norwegian media insists on not covering the anti-Semitic incidents in Malmö. They do however mention the city in other contexts. The latest mentions of Malmö in Norway are: 1) Malmö aviation wins Grand Travel Award for tenth time 2) Swedish contract to Goodtech and 3) Man killed in Malmö center. None of these even [...]