lifted from VG.no, bad google translate Can’t get answer about support for terrorism prisoners Progressive party warns against “testing the Parliament’s patience» Published 05/02/13 – 12:39, modified 02/05/13 – 12:39 (AP) By Erlend Skevik Norway has still not received any…
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Norway in the news
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Possibly not the media coverage that was hoped for…. Norway seen from abroad Bulletin April 21, 2013 Norway update: Possible hearing in Norwegian Parliament about Foreign Ministry’s misinforming Parliament about PA’s payment of salaries…
Wunderbar Norwegian double standards
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LIke former PM Gro Harlem Brundtland said several years ago. it is typical Norwegian to be good. She only forgot to complete the sentence. Good at double standards, she should have said! From jubilation to being upset about the Pensions…
bad news for the Norwegian MFA – the PA has been stringing them along the whole time
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The convicted terrorists themselves are in charge of the salary from PA The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has previously claimed that the salary payments to security prisoners [in Israel] are social benefits for their families. A Palestinian…
The Norwegian PA funding scandal now also picked in Miami
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I can only wish the political big wigs in Norway good luck squirming out of this dirt hole. Can you imagine the outrage when the rest of the world finds out that the current Government has mislead the Storting on how…
Støre’s whitewash
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here is the reply Støre provided to the MP Ropstad (conservatives) regarding PA financial support to Palestinian terrorists and families of suicide bombers. As expected, a whitewash… Not even attempting to investigate, but send off a fax to the PA…
Not in Norwegian news – how donor countries are wary of power struggle between Abbas, Fayyad
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Lifted from Jerusalem Post PA donors warn Abbas not to replace Fayyad By KHALED ABU TOAMEH04/24/2012 05:45 Donors aware of Abbas’s repeated attempts to remove Fayyad from power and seize control of Finance Ministry, diplomat says. Donor countries have warned…
Støre in a bit of a pickle
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FM Støre, or as we call him here, Teflon-Støre, now has found himself in a bit of a pickle; In 2008, the Foreign Ministry awarded NOK 6 million for a development project in the High North, ostensibly initiated by the…
Newly minted minister wants to let the Palestinians have a say at the Rio conference
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The folly of the Socialistic Left party seems to be never-ending. No sooner have they chosen a new leader who prior to this had to step down as Minister for Children, Equality and Social Inclusion for deeply unethical, if not…
While Palestinian business executives warn about the stifling effect of massive aid on proper Palestinian economic development, Fayyad begs for more
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We should have known it, when FM Støre met with a Palestinian business executive who warned that the massive aid packages in fact stifle economic growth for Palestinians, and promised something would be done about it, Støre in fact meant…
Palestinian business person: Aid is cause of Palestinian economic hardship
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For some time now, representatives of the African Union have tried to drive home the message to aid groups, that trade is better than aid. This has been a difficult lesson to learn for ‘aid’ specialists, who after all have…
PM Netanyahu slams Abbas for incitement in meeting with Norwegian FM Støre – Norway gives the PA NOK 240 million
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PM slams Abbas in meeting with Norwegian FM By: Herb Keinon Netanyahu brands Abbas’s J’lem comments “junk” and “libelous,” says int’l community should tell PA president to “cut it out.” Using especially harsh language against Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas,…
Israel diplomatic stations under attack – Norway keeps mum while the rest of the world condemned the attacks
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The Jerusalem Post published an article on how international community condemned the attacks on the Israeli embassies after yesterdays dramatic events for Israeli diplomats around the world. UN boss Ban Ki-moon, did it, Hillary Clinton did it, India’s FM Krishna…
No wonder Norway refused to meed an Israeli delegation on efficient oil exploitation, we were already in cahoots with Lebanon
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Going back about 8 weeks or so, a story much commented upon both here and elsewhere was the one where it transpired that Norway declined a request from Israel to receive a delegation to study the Norwegian oil industry, its…
Success for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Lebanon
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I am genuinely pleased for the Palestinians in question who now will get their homes reconstructed. However, what is missed from the presentation here, is why the refugee camp was razed in the first place. Could it be that as…
Norwegian People’s Aid Christmas campaign: Bring the Palestinians home, kick the Jews out.
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WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THOSE NICE WORDS BY NORSK FOLKEHJELP? MIFF 2011 12 07 Conrad Myrland Summary. Norwegian Pro-Israeli website MIFF publishes a letter received from an anguished Norwegian, Jewish woman. The letter is an appeal by Norsk Folkehjelp,…
Norway wants to learn from its mistakes in peace brokering in Sri Lanka
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Report: The Sri Lankan peace process failed; Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim brags he thinks Norway has done a good job. Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers were massacred in 2009, UN charges both rebels and Sri Lankan…
Union, Norwegian People’s Aid and Norad issue propaganda pamphlet on Palestina, call for “return of refugees”
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No more than 3 days ago, did Liv Tørres the general secretary of the Norwegian People’s Aid say the following in relation to the call for boycotting the annual telethon – The Telethon engages very many and contributes to clearing mines…
Anti-Semitic exhibition that was sponsored by Norwegian Church Aid removed after student protests
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Yesterday we reported on an anti-Semitic exhibition at Nesbru High School, and how the school, at the time the local newspaper – Budstikka – wrote the story, had not yet decided whether or not to remove the entire exhibition. Miff.no…
Secret diaries from Oslo
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A friend sent me a mail today, with a link to an article by Barry Rubin. In fact the same link as Eric R has shared. I am sure most of you have read it, but just in case, you…