In 2009 there a massive, well coordinated and highly organized “boycott Israel” action at the prestigious university of NTNU. Today NTNU rector Digernes tells Aftenposten he learned much from watching “the lobby” in action. There are two aspects of Digernes’ reaction which are highly illustrating: 1) As Professor McGonagall points out below rector Digernes...
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 […]
Academia
We were molested, whines NTNU Chancellor
Thanks to wackyleaks we now know that news that professors at NTNU who proposed an academic and cultural boycott of Israel presented as a combo pack with highly biased “seminars” on Israel, caused considerable Transatlantic upset and that Washington politicians got seasick with this unexpected maneuver. NTNU chancellor Digernes whines that We were subjected to...
All is fine in my little belly button, sulks Støre
Our FM Støre reacts with incredulity to WickedLeaks that US embassy crew find him not smart, arrogant, in it for himself and with an attitude problem. Sincerely, I have not heard any of this conveyed to me in Washington, he says – adding that perhaps this might have been the case for US diplomats...
The UN regularly condemns Israel, but ignored genocide in Rwanda, Bosnia
Again, the NRK radio 2 brings us some shocking news, this time how the UN with Kofi Annan at its helm knew very well what was brewing both in Rwanda and Bosnia, but refused to label it a genocide as if so done, it, the UN, would then be under the obligation to act...
Time to come clean, Norwegian Church Aid and Norwegian Red Cross. Boycott this!
The other day, driving down the motor way and enjoying the beautiful scenery, my iphone brought me this podcast from NRK radio 2. For those not conversant in Norwegian, I suggest using google translate to get the general gist of the story in the accompanying article. This is no minor issue, in particular from...
Anti-Israel goons shut down shopping center – Norway Social Forum takes the mickey
We have already informed you of how our very local brand of red necks shut down a shopping center in Oslo in order to protest sale of Israeli products. According to Red Youth leader Iver Aastebøl, Norwegian consumers should not be allowed even the choice to buy Israeli products, just because he has decided...
Norwegian historians on thinner ice than Sonja Hennie after the war
Two Norwegian historians are claiming that Germany is romanticizing the occupation of Norway, when it is a fact that more Norwegian soldiers fought for Hitler than against him, that it was the Norwegian police who rounded up the Norwegian Jews, and that such a large number of Norwegian women swarmed to the Hugo Boss-dressed German soldiers that Norway...
Not in Norwegian news
Haaretz brings us today this delicious piece of information Palestinian jailed for logging on to Facebook as “God” to criticize Islam Norwegian media – which regularly quotes anything Haaretz writes – prefers story on Sharon coming home, how Saudi Arabia got a place on UN women’s rights council, the terrible fate of Pakistani Christian...
Journalism, Aftenposten style
It appears Aftenposten is unable to relate events as they happen in Israel, at least judging by what they chose to print. Whilst it did print a story about a Hamas operative who was shot and killed when refusing to cease approaching soldiers during a raid in the West Bank , it totally ignores...
University of Oslo debates 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 seen as relevant. So again it is time. In fact it is always...
NTNU academic goes easy on Sayid Qutb, is harsh on west’s ‘war on Islam’
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”...
Norman Finkelstein fills theaters, is praised by Nils Butenschøn
The screenshot above is a from an article in Bergens Tidende titled “Full score for Finkelstein“. The article tells of how Norman Finkelstein, author of the “Holocaust Industry”, enjoys success as he lectures for Norwegian students at the University of Bergen. Unauthorized translation: “Without looking at his notes, smiling and all the time cheerfully...
Nils Butenschøn: ‘In defense of Finkelstein’
Nils Butenschøn springs to the defence of Finkelstein. Above, screenshot from Retriever (Media analysis and archive tool). Unauthorized translation from Aftenposten below: VISITING: Norman Finkelstein appears as a Jewish Salman Rushdie or Shirin Ebadi, one who boldly challenges salient myths and powerfull people amongst his own By Nils A. Butenschøn, Norwegian Centre for Human...
1977: Radical Norwegian students harass Israeli academics
The clip above is from Aftenposten on September 26th, 1977. Summary: two readers, M.Langaker and Grethe E. Neufeld, write in to protest against how radical students belonging to the Palestinakomitee have harassed visiting Israeli academics and disrupted their lectures. One of the Israeli academics is mentioned: Professor Shanan, who lectured at the Institute for...
1977: Israel again singled out for harassement at University of Oslo
The article above is from Aftenposten on September 26th 1977. It tells of students form a human wall in order to stop protestors from disrupting a lecture by visiting Israeli professor Mark Perakh. Excerpt from the article’s first paragraph: Close to fourty students, who today attempted to stop a physics-lecture by visiting Israeli lecturer...
Great shame at universities of Oslo and Trondheim as Israeli academics are harassed
To the left, an article from Aftenposten on September 22nd, 1977.The article is written after visiting Israeli academics have been interrupted and harassed at universities in Oslo and Trondheim. Excerpt from the first paragraph: Great shame Arbeiderbladet (Ed: Later Dagsavisen) calls the anti-Zionist demonstrations in Oslo and Trondheim, held in connection with lecturs of...
Universities in Oslo, Trondheim 1977: Serious, systematic harassement of Israeli lecturers
Israelis have been harassed at Norwegian universities for a long time. There is nothing new about the phenomenon. The Aftenposten article above, from Aftenposten on September 9th 1977, is titled: “Serious harassement of Israeli lecturers”, “Government strongly distances itself” and “Systematic policy”. Excerpt from the article above: We are shamefull on behalf of the...
1977: Students stop troublemakers at University of Oslo
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