Art and the humanities

Mads Gilbert in movie about Hamas-Israel war

by admin • March 28, 2011 • 0 Comments

The sun never sets on Norwegian anti-Israel activism. There is always something in the pipeline. Now, on the heels of a holocaust-denying Labor politico and the scandalous reception of Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz, we learn that a movie has been…

by McGonagall • March 26, 2011 • 20 Comments

The SV annual convention goes to vote. The deranged junior partner in the current government coalition will among other proposals vote on a motion to use armed force against Israel should it attack Gaza. The motion is the blood money…

by admin • March 25, 2011 • 0 Comments

At any given time there will be at least one Norwegian politician, intellectual or artist involved in some sort of action designed to harm Israel as much as possible. Vibeke Løkkeberg’s film “Tears of Gaza” is one such scheme. The…

by McGonagall • March 22, 2011 • 0 Comments

Ammar Al-Hamdam, the Norwegian journalist who has been abducted by the mad puppy of the ME, Saif Al-Islam, is still unaccounted for. The Norwegian press has simply dropped the matter, substituting calls for his release with toe-curlingly embarrassing tales of…

by McGonagall • March 22, 2011 • 5 Comments

Dershowitz came, spoke and challenged the crowd that turned up for his free lecture in Bergen. As previously reported, the University of Bergen declined the offer to receive a free lecture from Professor Dershowitz (actually, to be precise, they would…

by McGonagall • March 22, 2011 • 1 Comment

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…

by McGonagall • March 21, 2011 • 0 Comments

Vårt Land features an interesting article on the ethical dilemmas the coalition forces encounter as they have to respond to dirty tactics by Gadaffi. The question is: to bomb or not to bomb sites “protected” by human shields. Cecilie Hellestveit…

by McGonagall • March 21, 2011 • 10 Comments

Idag brings us a fascinating story on The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem and their unique offer to bring international Law expert and top Harvard Law School lecturer Alan Dershowitz to give free lectures, breakfast conferences to Norwegian leading politicians and…

by admin • March 16, 2011 • 5 Comments

In May 2010, author Erlend Loe, speaking with a Hizbollah flag flapping in his face, told Israel to be “ashamed” of itself. The reason? Israel had enforced the blockade of Hamas-run Gaza and, after being ambushed by cudgel-wielding, Khyabar-chanting activists,…

by McGonagall • March 10, 2011 • 0 Comments

As Norwegians recover after a skiing competition that spellbound the nation, people are slowly trying to come to terms with what happened in the rest of the world while we were mesmerized by athletes who can run fast with wooden…

by admin • February 28, 2011 • 2 Comments

The prestigious House of Literature is hosting the Saladin-days in March. A session on Israeli history is part of the program, during which Norwegians will be treated to a discussion between Avi Shlaim and Ilan Pappe. The Norwegian MFA is…

by admin • February 15, 2011 • 1 Comment

One would think that Vibeke Løkkeberg would be lauded in Israel for criticizing the authoritarian and misogynist regime in Iran. Then again, Vibeke Løkkeberg is a Norwegian feminist and great humanitarian. So insted it’s the other way around, Vibeke Løkkeberg…

by admin • February 14, 2011 • 1 Comment

The shot above was made in a bookstore in downtown Oslo today. It shows us a personalized recommendation, probably penned by one of the shops’ clerks, fastened to the cover of Susan Abulhawa’s Morning in Jenin. What the recommendation cheerfully…

by admin • February 12, 2011 • 3 Comments

Eric D, a reader of this site, asked us what we can say about the movie above, which deals with the Muslim Brotherhood in Norway. The movie, which was released this winter, is made by Walid al Kubaisi, a Norwegian…

by McGonagall • February 11, 2011 • 4 Comments

The Universitas article on a Jewish students trials and tribulations gives more food for thought. Reading the commentaries gives rise to very uncomfortable feelings, in particular this entry is extremely chilling: Israels antisemittisme mot palestinerne2011-02-11 11:39:21: There is no antisemitism…

by McGonagall • February 11, 2011 • 1 Comment

Vårt Lands brings us a terrifying story about the Jewish student Anja Savosnic, who was forced to give up Hebrew studies at the University of Oslo due to anti-semitic attacks from fellow students. In a harrowing account she tells a…

by admin • February 4, 2011 • 4 Comments

Jostein Gaarder has for some strange reason stood up to defend his ludicrous op-ed of 2006, a spectacular cocktail offering not only ridicule and chastisement of Israel but also outright expressions of anti-Semitism. Gaarder’s colleague Unni Lindell has expressed support…

by admin • February 2, 2011 • 1 Comment

Jostein Gaarder is a cherished Norwegian author and academic. Like many other Norwegian authors and academics he operates with two standards when it comes to the Middle East: one for Israel and a different one for Israel’s neighbors. Author colleague…

by admin • January 29, 2011 • 6 Comments

Five years after having written one of the most ludicrously anti-Semitic op-ed’s in Norwegian history, Jostein Gaarder still considers it to have been an expression of “legitimate Israel-criticism”. In 2006, author and academic Mr. Jostein Gaarder wrote one of the…

by admin • January 17, 2011 • 1 Comment

Being Norwegian is knowing Henrik Ibsen’s poem Terje Vigen. The MFA is now funding a project which weds Terje Wigen to a poem by Mahmoud Darwish. Being Norwegian then, is about supporting Palestine. Lindesnes Watchtower, an art venue, is now…

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