lifted from Vårt Land Slogans against Israel in the cities In Bergen, 1st of may organizers are accused of Jew hatred. - Nonsense, the city’s trade union leader responds. “Free Palestine – Boycott Israel”, “Stop the Israeli occupation – recognize Palestine” -slogans like these are repeated in many of the rallies that mark this year’s 1st of May...
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 […]
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Liberal party politician slams government over Syria crisis
Wow, we actually have national politicians who are capable of delivering stinging criticism and demand better performance in our foreign affairs. Rebekka Borsch was born in Germany, but is now a Norwegian citizen. She is the leader of the Liberal party (Venstre) in the province of Buskerud, and is also a member of the party’s...
No wonder Norway refused to meed an Israeli delegation on efficient oil exploitation, we were already in cahoots with Lebanon
Going back about 8 weeks or so, a story much commented upon both here and elsewhere was the one where it transpired that Norway declined a request from Israel to receive a delegation to study the Norwegian oil industry, its technology and strategies. The following story may explain this puzzling rejection by Norway, we...
Libya: First we bomb then, then we take their oil
This contrasts to the treatment Israel was given after requesting a technical visit to Norway…. But on the other hand, maybe this is a win-win proposal tabled by Norway: Libya wins since we helped bombing their country to smithereens, kill their women, children and elderly, whilst in return we get to help ourselves to...
Norway: We do not boycott Israeli wines, but Golan wines are Syrian
Following up on the story from a few days back, when we reported that Jørund Rytman, the new leader of Stortingets Friends of Israel group, had written to the Minister of Health to query why Israeli wines are not readily available in Vinmonopolet’s stores. Today, the NRK has a follow up story, where a...
Israel after rebuffed by Norway: in negotiations with India over natural gas exports
A couple of weeks ago we brought you the story on how Norway rebuffed Israel over its request to send a delegation to Norway to learn more about the Norwegian oil development model. While it still is unclear how Norway will treat the Israeli delegation when it arrives, Israel meanwhile entered negotiations with India...
Former chief Apple Evangelist Guy Kawasaki: Norway should learn from Israel
HARBORS THE OPINION NORWAY SHOULD LEARN FROM ISRAEL Dagens Næringsliv 2011 12 16 p 16, Stig Arild Pettersen, Not Online Summary. This article is an interview with Guy Kawasaki of Apple. Mr. Kawasaki is comparing Norway to Israel; stating Norway has a lot to learn in the question of education, and other issues. Quote:...
Norway gives Israel a cold shoulder over off shore petroleum industry
The technical journal, Teknisk ukeblad brings us this story on how Norway has rebuffed Israel over its request to send a delegation to Norway to learn more about the Norwegian oil development model After the discovery of large quantities of gas in sea off Israel last year, the country has been eager to exploit its hydrocarbon industry. Earlier this year, the Israeli embassy in Oslo requested...
Boycott movement: announcing actions against shops that sell Israeli products
The anti-Israel movement in Norway is planning to target supermarket chain Coop for their audacity to continue to stock Israeli goods, of any kind and any origin, in an action planned for November 26. It will be interesting to see whether aspiring political leaders will take part in this event – the FB page...
Union rejects motion to boycott Israel
A few days ago, we reported on Fellesforbundet’s (The Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions) motion to vote for a boycott of its sister-union, the Histadrut. Vårt Land now reports that the motion was rejected by a clear majority of union members, which is sort of good news. Nevertheless, the union voted for several...
Union rep wants to boycott the Histadrut, calls it an apartheid organization
The leader of Fellesforbundet (The Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions), Lars Frøysa wants to boycott the Israeli Histadrut, on the grounds that it is an apartheid organization, according to an article in Vårt Land This is an organization only for Israeli Jews. In our world this is apartheid. We think that the labour...
Union leader: Use Norwegian missiles
Trade union leader Roar Flåthen is quick to condemn arms and guns as long as there are no Norwegian interests in it. But when there are potential Norwegian jobs in it, he is happy to walk over corpses to get his way. Preferably Libyan and Afghan corpses. The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions demands...
New research project on slave work during WWII: The dominating narrative of heroism in Norway during WW2 will be challenged.
An ongoing research project at the NTNU is exploring how slave work during WW2 laid foundations for Norway’s economic growth. This article is from Gemini, the online news channel on science and research at the NTNU. This land was built on slavery Professor Hans Otto Frøland, Department of History and Classical Studies, converses with the reporter Siv Ingrid Skau Ekra: During World War...
Counter boycott bites back
This is a Sunday morning cut and paste job, borrowed from the Muqata blog, where blogger Jameel Rashid has put together a very useful list of Scottish products to leave behind. Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd. info@morrisonbowmore.co.uk Distillers of: Auchintoshan, Bowmore, Glen Garioch, McClelland’s Loch Lomond Distillery Co. Ltd mail@lochlomonddistillery.com Distillers of Loch Lomond, Scots...
Human Rights Organizations ask Crown Prince to not go to Azerbaijan
Several human rights organizations has asked the Crown Prince of Norway, Haakon, to not go on an official visit to Azerbaijan, according to Vårt Land. His Royal Highness is going to represent Norwegian business interests at the opening of the Baku Oil and Gas expo in June. The human rights organizations have warned that...
Now Norwegians know what Khaybar means
Norwegians who read Dagbladets book review of Halvor Tjønns book “Muhammed” will by now probably understand the extreme gravity of the placard in the 2009 Gaza demonstration that turned into a pogrom in Oslo. Several placards had the words Khaybar, Khaybar, ya yahoud, jaish Muhammad saufa ya’ud” painted on them. This means “Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews,...
Oslo taxis refuse to drive to the Synagogue
A young girl writes to Aftenposten, asking when anti-Semitism will end. One thing is for certain, it won’t end unless we take it seriously. The letter is published in Aftenposten under the title “Jew – a swear word“. Summary: A teenager tells of how the word “Jew” is used as a swear word, even...