Maybe he can issue a press statement suggesting that calling for the collective death of Jews constitutes water boarding of human decency? Muslim Brotherhood rally vows to ‘kill all Jews’ By OREN KESSLER 11/27/2011 02:15 Organizers at Cairo’s iconic al-Azhar Mosque warn against “Judaization of Jerusalem.” A Muslim Brotherhood rally in Cairo on Friday...
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 […]
Norwegian Media
Klassekampen – The only Norwegian newspaper commemorating the horrors of November 26, 1942.
As far as I have been able to verify, ultra leftist and anti-Israeli newspaper Klassekampen, is the only Norwegian newspaper that has commemorated the horrible events of November 26, 1942. Their article is very welcome, as it not only reminds us of past horrors, but questions why Norwegian researchers and academic institutions have failed...
November 26 1942 – Norwegian Jews deported from Norway; November 26 2011, Norwegian boycott movement to target Israeli products in supermarkets.
As one reader commented yesterday, the “international BDS day” on November 26, does not seem like a randomly selected date. Officially, but perhaps only as some sort of paper exercise, Norway recognizes the enormous betrayal of our Jews: Tale/artikkel, 22.09.2011 Av: Utenriksminister Jonas Gahr Støre Stumbling to Remember Kronikk i Yedioth Ahronoth (Israel), 22. september...
Finn Graff’s cartoons came home to roost
In relation with the release of Gilad Shalit from unlawful kidnapping in Gaza, more than 1000 Palestinian terrorists, many with lots of blood on their hands, Norwegian cartoonist Finn Graff found no better way to celebrate the fact than to draw an anti-Semitic cartoon. At the time, Mr. Graff and (former) editor in chief...
Israelis mistrust Norwegians
As an apropos to the previous entry, Ouch, Norway put on the spot – which DeBacle very correctly has criticized for its factual mistakes, Vårt Land has picked up on the story that Israelis mistrust Norwegians. In an article not online, the significance of the poll that found Norways standing among Israelis at a...
Norwegian citizen illegally jailed in Syria, left to languish, while anguished family was left in the dark.
A Norwegian citizen Rani Auni, with background from Syria, was illegally arrested while visiting Syria for a family wedding. His story gives witness to the scant regard our authorities have for fellow citizen’s wellbeing and safety, especially when they have been illegally arrested by a foreign power. On September 3, while celebrating his cousin’s...
An emerging trend? – 3 articles in 3 different papers suggest there is some professional pride and decency after all
Below you can find resumes of articles published in today’s papers in Norway. Whilst it is probably premature to think that the Norwegian media will continue this trend of mainly correct and (at least in part) unemotional coverage of Israel and Jews, now at least we have proof that journalists can be stick to...
Norway’s cultural and social elites care little for knowledge
Unauthorized translation from an oped by Aftenpostens cultural editor, Knut Olav Amås on November 7 2011 Are we fleeing from knowledge? According to the country’s most prominent science journalist, the Norwegian cultural and social elites have destroyed much of the respect for knowledge in Norway. He is partly right in his assertion. I am currently reading a book that...
Norway, the most unfriendly country
While Sweden is going to the dogs, it is Norway who wins the prize for most unfriendly country. Lifted from miff.no According to a monthly survey by the University of Tel Aviv and the Israeli Democracy Institute, a whopping 51% of Israelis find Norway the most unfriendly (literally, the most anti-Israli) country. Norway scores...
NRK sees the world through Palestinian goggles
Thanks to Oxy who provided this. NRK does register attacks on Israel from Gaza but awaits covering story until Israel mounts a defensive operation from IAF to protect civilians. For the NRK it seems they prefer defensive operations with casualties, so they can once again use the big...
Klassekampen journalist who wrote a really bad book, takes bad review out on gays, Africans and Jews.
Here is the story on how a failed author and Klassekampen journalist Mimir Kristjansson took it out on gays, Africans and Jews in childish tantrum after stinging book review (Thanks to the reader who sent me the story and translated for me, much obliged!) Knut Olav Amaas, culture editor in Aftenposten, wrote a short...
Look Støre, the friendly Gaza neighborhood making nice with Israel, surely now the world will see that the political wing of Hamas is a nice bunch of people with only peaceful intentions.
Not a mention so far in Norwegian online newspapers about the 20-off rockets that have been fired at towns on Southern Israel in the last 24 hours. Hundreds of thousands innocent civilian Israelis are under fire, but where it the outcry from Norwegian peace activists? VG prefers to publish article on released terrorist who...
VG has discovered that Gaza poses a threat to Israel
Credit where credit is due! VG is one of the few mainstream newspapers that reported on yesterday’s rocket attack from Gaza and describes how its impact was widely felt in Ashdod, an indication that the explosive load was powerful. The article does not stop there, but details how missiles smuggled from Libya may have...
Palestinian refugee camp in Oslo gets respite from evacuation order
Newly appointed city councilor for the environment and communication in Oslo, Ola Elvestuen (Liberal party), has stopped an order to evacuate the Palestinian refugee camp in downtown Oslo. The councilor says that Must find solution. – First we want to establish a dialogue with the Palestinians who live there and find a solution based...
45000 killed in skirmishes between Turkey, Kurds since 1985; Turkey chasing PKK in Iraqi territory – world is mum
A tiny sample of the double standard applied to Israel compared to other countries in the world. VG reports (without showing pictures of dead babies or wailing women) on how Turkish troops and tanks are chasing PKK fighters (or terrorists, as VG concedes that they are) 20 km deep into Iraq. The invasion is...
Annual Telethon: some Christians call for boycott of Norwegian People’s Aid – talkback comments reek of anti-Semitism
The annual NRK telethon this year donates the funds collected to the Norwegian People’s Aid and their work to clear land mines, explosive devices left after war and conflict. The Telethon is a source of national pride, and billions of Kroner have been collected over the years, to in some small measure help ameliorate...
CPD for Finn Graff, Dagbladet, Nesbru High School and Norwegian Church Aid: The EU’s working definition of anti-Semitism
One would have thought that all of the above would know the difference between legitimate criticism of Israel (and any other country), and pure anti-Semitic hate trash. Sadly experience tells us that they have no idea, and possibly also no wish to educate themselves on these matters. So, realizing that they have been under-educated,...
Erling Rimehaug’s editorial in Vårt Land: Israel is taunted by Nazi label
Erling Rimehaug seems to be the only editor who has taken Dagbladet to task on its decision to publish Finn Graffs offensive drawing. After an extensive search in online newspapers I have been unable to find other comments.That reflects poorly on the wider media to acknowledge that the red line is routinely crossed when...
Norwegian Jews: Dagbladet demonizes Israel
It is not only the Jewish Congregation in Oslo that reacts with disgust to Finn Graffs offensive drawing. An article by Vårt Land, explores not only the shock and disgust among Norwegian Jews, but also that of other editors, including Jahn Otto Johansen, the former (and formidable) editor in chief of Dagbladet. Norwegian Jews...