Any Lansman carries in his or her heart, in one form or another, fond memories of the lovely village Beltz. Sure enough, most often the Beltz we carry within us is a romantic, perhaps even a unrealistic representation of an ideal that cannot ever be reconstructed. Regardless of that childlike yearning, the comparison with...
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 […]
Municipal
State sponsors Palestinian film festival
As the Minister of Education, Kristin Halvorsen now has to deal with the unfortunate situation that Norwegian-Israeli parents feel stigmatized by state’s decision to sponsor book that casts Israelis as evil, the rest of the massive state apparatus throws more money after the various pro-Palestinian organizations. The Palestine committee, PalCom, has time and again...
Failed trip for Gaza
Hamar Arbeiderblad 2011 09 28, Stian F. Steinsvik Summary: A slightly tragicomically story on a failed project by the Municipality of Hamar: A local committee of pro-Pal activists were at first promised fiscal aid aid by the mayor of Hamar, Einar Busterud, in support of travelling to Gaza, the mayor being a pro-Pal activist....
Election results in – Socialist Left out
The short version of yesterdays election is: Labour Party does fairly well, with an overall percentage of just under 32. The conservative party had a party and came home with 28 percent, up a whopping 8,7%. The Progressive party had their party spoilt and lost an overall of 6,1%, earning 11,4% of the vote....
Money talks, also in Norwegian politics
Politics is by necessity a matter of negotiation. Unless you win an outright majority, you will have to strike deals, sell favors or call in favors. Even when you do have an outright majority, you still have to take the needs and sensitivities of the minority into consideration, if you wish to be remembered...
Election day coming to a polling station near you!
I have said it before, and I will now say it again. There can be no greater privilege – or duty – for a citizen, than voting. There is a most worrying trend where many Norwegians, but also Brits, Americans (North, Central and South), Europeans, stay at home on election day, because they dont...
Election time looming, presenting lies from SVs own argument database
On June 30 2011, this article was uploaded on the home page of the Socialistic Left party: first paragraph: For more than 40 years, Israel has occupied Palestine and has denied the Palestinians the possibility to live a decent life.In an apartheid system the world bare has seen the likes of, the Palestinian people...
Daniel Viflic z”l – The town of Hamar pays for flotilla, while Intl. Red Cross says no humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Sadly, Daniel Viflic’s life was cut brutally short. By a heat seeking missile from Gaza. Before him, the entire Fogel family was murdered, and before them hundreds, thousands have had their lives cut short, leaving families truncated, devastated by their losses. Another man also had his life prematurely and cruelly cut short. Vittiorio Arrigoni,...
Norway has been found out again – this time in Spanish
Oh, dearie me, Norwegian stocks are taking a beating lately. After having surfed the waves, playing the big pretender, it seems the party is over. After having been lambasted for the Dershowitz fracas, the impossibility that a man like Trond Andresen can teach at a University after publicly displaying his intolerance of others, the...
Holocaust denying labour politician made it to the international media!
Here is the latest on the sad saga of the Sami labour politician who denied the Holocaust. He made it to the ynet.com, where we are now getting our noses bloodied. So, just because Mathisen thinks he can hide behind his sami ethnicity to have a go at another ethnic group, I need to...
Sami politico plans contemplates funny holiday trip to Auschwitz
Anders Mathisen was a Labor politico until he denied the Holocaust, whereupon Labor found that Mathisen had not paid his annual party-membership fee and was therefore no longer a member of the party. Nor will he be allowed to rejoin, Labor has stated. Mathisen now states that he contemplates taking a “funny” holiday to...
Holocaust-denying politico: ‘I am being excluded for speaking the truth’
Until only two days ago, Anders Mathisen was a virtually unknown politician for Labor. Then Finnmarken, a local newspaper, broke the story of how Mathisen is a vehement Holocaust-denier. Labor has since found that Mathisen has not paid his party-membership fee and therefore is no longer a member of Labor, neither will he be...
Holocaust-denier is ‘not a member of Labor’
On March 11th we learned that Labor politico Anders Mathisen was a Holocaust-denier. Labor acted swiftly. Discovering that Mathisen had not paid his party-membership fee, Labor stated that Mathiesen was not a party-member and that he would not be allowed to rejoin. Multiple newspapers have followed the case – online. There has been very...
Labor tries to exclude Holocaust-denier
Yesterday every newspaper in Norway reported on how Labor politico Anders Mathisen denies that the Holocaust has happened. Today we learn that Labor does not recognize Mathisen as a member of the party as he has not paid his annual party-member fee. Labor has moved swiftly in this affair, sending out a strong signal....
Government-party politician: ‘I know the Holocaust did not happen’
To such an extent is Arbeiderpartiet (Labor) the most powerful political structure in Norway, that Norway’s most prominent political historian Jens Arup Seip once claimed Norway should be acknowledged as a one-party state. Today Dagbladet informs us that Labor politician Anders Mathiesen denies the Holocaust. Dagbladet publishes the story under the title “Labor politician...
Israel Oslo embassy case on hold
In an interesting turn of events, Dagen informs us that the notice served on Israel embassy in Oslo to vacate premises in 1 year has been withdrawn. For bureaucratic reasons. Which apparently surfaced after Ynet wrote a story on the case. Now it seems there is a question of incompetence (yes, the double pun...
Tromsø – a paradise only if you shut up
Here is another non-Israel story, with focus on the state of affairs for Norwegian prison inmates, in particular the wrongful use of prolonged detention before trial (in effect, suspects of crime are routinely imprisoned), isolation, sub standard medical care of prison inmates and how the City of Tromsø sided with prison director who is...
Borough boycott overruled: Socialist Left uses Nürnberg trials as argument for boycott
NRK reports that Oslo city council has overruled the Israel-boycott of the two Oslo-boroughs of Gamle Oslo and Grorud. Excerpt: This was against the votes of Rødt (Red) and SV (The Socialist Left), which wanted the entire borough to boycott Israeli produce. Read also: 300 new members after boarding The government party Socialist Left...
Document: ‘Gaza monologues – new propaganda gimmick at luxury hotel’
The good thing about a monologue is that you only get to hear one side of the story. Roy Vega writes about the “Gaza monologues” on Document.no: This years’ most one-sided political stunt, next after the Gaza convoys, is the “Gaza monologues”. Opening in Trondheim on Sunday evening. We thought Trondheim had had its...
Municipality of Troms: Labor and Rødt propose boycott of Israel
Tromsø.no reports that the municipal council of Troms, in Northern Norway, has blockaded a proposal of a boycott of Israel. From Tromsø.no (unauthorized translation): It was during Wednesday’s municipal board meeting that Jens Ingvald Olsen in the party Rødt (Red) proposed a boycott of Israel on the background of the situation in Gaza. This...