Norwegian politics

NRK:’Støre stops Israeli submarine testing in Norway’

by admin • September 29, 2010 • 9 Comments

NRK today reports that Norway is refusing to allow German submarines, intended for Israeli, to be tested in Norwegian waters. NRK writes: “MFA’s resolution is a marked tightening of Norway’s politics versus Israel“. Meanwhile FM Jonas Gahr Støre argues that…

by admin • September 25, 2010 • 4 Comments

Norway has an embassy in Israel and a representative office to the Palestinian Territory. We can note the following about the two. Norway’s embassy to Israel has a staff of seven. The representative office to the Palestinian Territory has a…

by admin • September 23, 2010 • 0 Comments

Norway’s relationship with Israel is unique. Here we go again. Haaretz reports: Norway: Deputy FM Ayalon “distorted the facts” about meeting with Palestinian PM” Excerpt: Norway’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accused Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon of “distorting the facts”…

by admin • September 21, 2010 • 1 Comment

Øyvind Vaksdal (Progress Party) has questioned FM Jonas Gahr Støre (Labor) on the captivity of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped on June 25th by armed Palestinians. Vaksdal asks what the Foreign Minister is doing to fulfill the Council…

by McGonagall • September 18, 2010 • 0 Comments

The newspaper Ny Tid has recently featured some very interesting articles on the Norwegian arms industry. The articles highlight how Norway’s arms sales have sky rocketed (no pun intended!), with the red green moral supremacists issuing on average 5 new…

by admin • September 16, 2010 • 6 Comments

Norway has for “ethical” reasons divested from Israel and denied Israeli companies the right to participate in bids. Aftenposten today reports that Norway now is investing – albeit indirectly – in North Korea. An official states that this is ethically…

by admin • September 8, 2010 • 1 Comment

US Senator Sam Brownback has, in a letter to Norway’s ambassador to Washington Dc, expressed concern over anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism in Norway. The Progress Party, in opposition, has questioned FM Jonas Gahr Støre on what he intends to do about…

by admin • September 8, 2010 • 0 Comments

The true nature of the “Free Gaza convoy” is becoming known, and Progress Party politician Morten Høglund suggests that PM Stoltenberg (Labor) apologize to Israel for his hasty condemnation. Unauthorized translation from Dagbladet: Reacts to Norwegian criticism Høglund now rebukes…

by admin • September 2, 2010 • 2 Comments

On August 3rd US Senator Brownback wrote a letter, expressing concern over Israel-hatred and anti-Semitism, to Norway’s ambassador to Washington DC. While this site published the letter on August 12th, Norwegian journalists failed to find it newsworthy. Members of the…

by admin • September 2, 2010 • 0 Comments

Vårt Land today reports that the Christian Democrats (KrF) and Conservatives (Høyre) aim to stop Minister of Defense Grete Faremo (Labor) from boycotting Israeli companies on an individual basis. The article (above) refers to a letter from Grete Faremo (below).…

by admin • September 1, 2010 • 0 Comments

Not even in Scandinavia does democracy work flawlessly. Is there an invisible hand at work? In the screenshot above (left) we see an op-ed from yesterday’s Aftenposten, with Eirik Vatnøy from Civita, a liberal think tank, asking some rather poignant…

by admin • August 28, 2010 • 0 Comments

Norwegian ME pundits agree that the upcoming talks will fail. Here is how and why they might be right, for the wrong reasons. According to conventional Norwegian wisdom, the logic runs like this: The Middle East peace talks can only…

by admin • August 27, 2010 • 0 Comments

German ThyssenKrupp builds submarines and tests them in Norwegian fjord. Now a regional division of Labor “expects” that the government refuses ThysseKrupp to test two submarines which are to be sold to Israel. The last seven days we have seen…

by admin • August 25, 2010 • 0 Comments

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)…

by admin • August 23, 2010 • 0 Comments

This is an update to the previous post on how the Government Pension Fund is de-vesting from two more Israeli companies. The opposition is now pointing out how hypocritical this is, as long as Norway continues to invest in countries…

by admin • August 21, 2010 • 0 Comments

The Blitz movement sent drummers for the riots on January 8th 2009, sends “brigades” to the West Bank, has attacked the Israeli chamber of commerce and regards the West Bank as a “frontline”. Blitz is financed by the state. The…

by admin • August 20, 2010 • 0 Comments

Is the Ministry of Defence in effect boycotting Israel by refusing to allow Israeli companies to participated in bids? Hans Olav Syversen from the Christian Democrats believes it can hardly be seen in any other way, and points out that…

by admin • August 18, 2010 • 0 Comments

Roger Hercz is to Dagsavisen what Tzipi Livni said she refused to be to Netanyahu – a fig leaf of decency. As the first journalist in Norway he finds the Senator’s letter to be newsworthy enough to mention it in…

by admin • August 16, 2010 • 0 Comments

Roger Hercz is to the newspaper Dagsavisen what Tzipi Livni said she refused to be for Netanyahu – a fig leaf of decency. In today’s paper he claims that Norway plays a larger role in the Middle East now than…

by admin • August 6, 2010 • 2 Comments

It is a sad fact that Israel is one of the only countries on earth, except perhaps Burma, with which Norway has “chilly” relations. With all other countries, including Israel’s authoritarian neighbors, Norway gets along excellently. In a 2002 poll,…

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