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At the University of Oslo, it's time to debate whether to boycott…Israel And so once again it is time, this time at the University of Oslo, to debate whether or not to boycott Israel. The fact that Israel is mainly populated by the only people Norwegians have helped try annihilate is generally not [...] NTNU is one of the most prestigous universities in Norway. It is also home to a handful of academics who are extraordinarily keen on assigning blame to the USA and Israel. As for the interviewer above, Kim Dino Saur, this is actaully his name. He says himself it was just “a matter of time” before [...] From Amazon: Twenty years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini called for the assassination of Salman Rushdie—and writers around the world instinctively rallied to Rushdie’s defense. Today, according to writer Paul Berman, “Rushdie has metastasized into an entire social class”—an ever-growing group of sharp-tongued critics of Islamist extremism, especially critics from Muslim backgrounds, who survive only [...] It’s the same song and dance. Norwegians behave badly, then just drift away and pretend nothing happened. The media lets them get away with it too, because we all got to stick together as a nation when criticized by nasty foreigners. Here are a few cases: Sidsel Wold and the disappearing tapes Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld edits [...] From Harvard Business Journal The facsimile above is from the Harvard Business Journal and shows how different countries score on price versus performance in health care. As we can see the USA scores high on price, but not all that high on performance. Meanwhile Norway, underlined in red, scores high on price and not so [...]
In today’s Verdens Gang (VG) daredevil author Aslak Nore writes an editorial on Israel where he, surprise surprise, voices skepticism against Netanyahu. To such an extent is right-wing extremism rampant in Israel, Nore writes, that intelligent young people flee the political field and are driven into commerce. The political scene under Netanyahu has [...] Norwegian soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan have too few doctors backing them up. Aftenposten today reveals that this is in part due to the efforts of maoist anesthesiologist Mads Gilbert, who rose to fame after he doubled as a news reporter/doctor during his stay at Shifa hospital in Gaza, which Hamas used as a [...] Business newspaper E24 counsels employer on how to avoid giving jobs to supporters of Israel E24 is a Norwegian online newspaper covering finance and business. It offers a regular “agony aunt” column where readers are advised on how to proceed on tricky management issues. The screenshot above is from E24 on April 13th, where a [...] VG on funnyman Otto Jespersen The screenshot above is from last weekend’s edition of Verdens Gang (VG), Norway’s largest daily. It includes an interview with Norwegian funnyman Otto Jespersen, who speaks his mind on ten different issues. No.7 attracts our attention (see below). Unauthorized translation: “I enjoy watching the rich bird-life in my garden, but [...] Progress Party suggests carrying star of David in solidarity with Norwegian Jews Leader of the Oslo section of the Progress Party Christian Tybring-Gjedde suggests that muslim students wear the star of David to show solidarity with Norwegian Jews. This is in part a hamfisted idea – one should hesitate before suggesting that minorities identify themselves [...]
A recurring topic is that of Europe’s muslims as “the new jews”, with miniscule similarities being turned into virtual likenesses. Norwegian author Herman Willis made every point there is to make on this issue years ago, but that’s yesterdays fish and chips and every day we have to fight the battle again. Here [...] There is a lot of focus on muslim anti-Semitism right now, and rightly so. As NRK’s Tormod Strand has disclosed, muslim children have brought anti-Semitism back into the Norwegian schools. Yet Kristin Halvorsen of the Socialist Left has a point when she says anti-Semitism is not a “muslim-problem” but a “Norwegian problem”. Anti-Semitism in Norway goes [...] The Russel Tribunal for Palestine is supported by among other Ilan Pappe, Ken Loach and John Pilger. There is also a Norwegian onboard, Mr. Johan Galtung – above behind the rostrum at what appears to be a Turkish university. Below you see a section from a transcript from his lecture, where Mr.Galtung identifies Israel’s policies [...] 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 [...] Aftenposten: Politiken apologizes for Muhammed cartoon Aftenposten today reports on how Danish newspaper Politiken has settled with muslim groups who were upset by Politiken’s re-publishing of the Muhammed cartoon in 2008. While Politiken does not apologize for having published the cartoon, nor promises to refrain from doing so again, the newspaper does apologize to “everyone [...] |
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