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The Progress Party is Norway’s second largest and has a proven track record for standing up against anti-Semitism. Now one of party’s leading figures,Per-Willy Amundsen, blames government for having made light of, and thereby enabling, the upsurge of anti-Semitism in Norway. Mr.Amundsen appeals directly to Norway’s Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left). Unauthorized translation from [...] Prominent Norwegians such as Kristin Halvorsen, Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse are not actually doing anything new. They are merely part of a political tradition of the Norwegian left-wing which stretches back to at least the 1930-ies. One of the authors to deal with this aspect of Norwegian political history is Øystein Sørensen, who in his [...] Norwegian Bishops have come up with the idea that boycotting Israel just might be a fine idea. Foreign Minister Jonas Ghar Støre is opposed to a boycott and says so in today’s Verdens Gang – Norway’s largest daily. Unauthorized translation: – It is good that the Church speaks out for the opprssed, but the Church’s main [...]
The screen-shot above is from the MFA website and announces – in Norwegian only – that Norway FM Jonas Gahr Støre is to meet with Syria FM Walid Muallem, in Oslo on Monday 8th. It also says: “The purpose of the meeting is to exchange viewpoints on the political situation in the Middle [...] The Progress Party is Norway’s second largest and will often be found in fierce resistance to the red-green coalition government. On the party’s website politician Øyvind Vaksdal now voices discontent over how Foreign Minister Støre wrote the back-cover praise for NORWAC doctors Gilbert and Fosse’s book “Eyes in Gaza”, in which it is alleged that [...] During Cast Lead, Hamas successfully hid behind their own civilian population. Their diabolical strategy left approximately 1400 Palestinian civilians dead. Now Norwegian politician Bjørnar Moxnes from Red (Rødt) claims in an op-ed in Dagsavisen that 2500 Afghan civilians have been killed during combat operations. While it is uncertain where Mr.Moxnes has this figure from, it [...] From the web-pages of the Foreign Ministry The above is a screen-shot from the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where it is only found in Norwegian. Unauthorized translation: From representative Øyvind Vaksdal (Progress Party) to the Foreign Minister: Has the Foreign Minister changed his view or will he still contribute to combat anti-Semitic attitudes [...] Abid Raja is a prominent politician with the Liberals (Venstre). In Dagbladet today he blames the red-green coalition government for islamist extremism in Norway. Unauthorized translation: 24-year old Mohyeldeen Mohammad from Larvik attracted both attention and upheaval with his statements during the demonstration in Oslo on Friday where he warned against a September 11th on Norwegian [...]
Is the Norwegian government inventing enemies just so as to have someone else to blame but themselves? Here are three recent and current examples: 1: …a campaign… is being organized and orchestrated from circles who point out enemies of Israel [in Norway](Haaretz): During a tour to the Middle East, FM Jonas [...] Christian Democrats Christian Democrat Inger Lise Hansen caused a huge uproar when she recently displayed a list of seven items which she believed would draw a larger proportion of the electorate – a full three of the four points consisted of being less supportive of Israel. It is difficult to imagine what is more scary [...] Christian Democrats Christian Democrat politician Inger Lise Hansen has recently suggested that the party changes its stance on seven issues, three of which are on Israel: 1) Say no to the wall 2) No moving embassy to Jerusalem 3) . Ms.Hansen’s list 3) Stop one-sided support of Israel. Ms.Hansen’s list drew both support (from the liberal [...] Christian Democrats Can a suitably critical perspective on Israel be a decisive factor for a Norwegian political party? In order to fix steadily dropping ratings, segments of the Christian Democrats are looking to reinvent themselves. Second deputy leader Inger Lise Hansen has seven points of change on her list – three of which are on [...] Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is as quick to criticize Israel for human rights transgressions as he is to kow-tow to the slave-owning sheikhs of UAE in the hope of opening up the emirates for Norwegian Statoil. The media lets him get away with this. The intellectuals go “ah, well, anti-Semitism is a great evil [...] From Freedom House Norway FM Jonas Gahr Støre hung tough in Israel, criticizing the Jewish state for its restrictions on Vanunu, the enclosure of Gaza and impinging the human rights of anti-wall activists. Støre then shrugged of Israeli criticism of Norwegian hostility, attributing it a smear campaign being waged by unnamed forces. He then jumped [...] |
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