AUF leader Eskil Pedersen is indignant that it could occur to anybody that AUF might better understand the need for a balanced approach to the ME debate after the horrific terror attacks that brutally took away the best of our youth last summer. ISRAEL EXPERIENCE 22/7 ON A WEEKLY BASIS NRK Norge 2012 03...
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 […]
Norwegian society
A travel suggestion for Drs. Gilbert and Fosse
If the 71 year old (strong) Dr. Beres can make it to Syria, then surely the relatively younger Drs. Gilbert and Fosse can chip in their share too? I am sure they must have a friend or two in Lebanon who could help them to get in to Syria, or maybe their friends happen...
Aftenposten – now also a propaganda outlet for FM Støre
The mind boggles… Is this a sample of critical and independent journalism? Aftenposten does not receive direct financial support over the press support system, but gets massive indirect support through VAT exemption Støre’s Diplomatiathlon Norway, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Tunis. Algeria, Morocco Kjetil Østli, Tekst Foto After traveling with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre...
Støre fears two state solution is dead, suggests Israel will be an apartheid state
In spite of all the money and political stunts Norway has poured into the ME peace process, the process for the time being is going nowhere. And it is unlikely to move even a millimeter for as long as the Palestinian project consists of saying no to everything, or trying to “resolve” the conflict...
The Ramallah station raid: NRK’s version and Ynetnews version
Hmmm, which one to believe? So difficult, so difficult… Perhaps I should go with the NRK on this one, after all, they got it right on the Jenin “massacre”, which the then reporter Jan Sigurd Sunnanå claimed had cost 1000 Palestinian lives… Israeli army closed down Palestinian media Israeli soldiers entered the PA ruled town of Ramallah in the...
PM Netanyahu slams Abbas for incitement in meeting with Norwegian FM Støre – Norway gives the PA NOK 240 million
PM slams Abbas in meeting with Norwegian FM By: Herb Keinon Netanyahu brands Abbas’s J’lem comments “junk” and “libelous,” says int’l community should tell PA president to “cut it out.” Using especially harsh language against Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu characterized as “junk” Tuesday Abbas’ charges earlier this week that Israel...
Over 7500 persons murdered in Syria – NRK P2 radioprograms, Norwegian People’s Aid and Norwegian Church Aid harp on about Israel
Apart from a fairly well written and well researched article in Aftenposten on ultra orthodox Jews in Israel and how they somehow scavenge on the secular Israelis – which raises the question – why are we being told that somehow it is a dubious enterprise to be religious and to dress in a particular...
Palestinian refugee hijacked bus
A 24 year old Palestinian man, who according to NRK is stateless, but with psychiatric problems hijacked a bus this evening, throwing the passengers off, while forcing the driver of the bus to continue to another location, threatening them with an axe. The incident has now been resolved, the driver being taken care of...
A thieving State Secretary’s racist rant
Yesterday I wrote about the thieving socialists and the scandal that has developed under the auspices of the Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, Audun Lysbakken. While skeletons keep falling out of the closet, threatening to derail Broiler Lysbakken’s gravy train to the throne of the failed Socialist Left party, someone helpfully dug...
Not in Norwegian media: How Finkelstein flogged the BDS movement; they don’t want Israel to exist.
This must really be galling for the fanatical haters. And finally a moment of honesty from Mr. Finkelstein. A small fig leaf, but at least is provides some modest evidence of decency! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";
The thieving socialists
A political scandal has exploded, involving the leader in waiting of the Socialistic Left party, and current minister of Children, Equality and Social inclusion. Mr. Lysbakken has used the public purse to fund the youth organization of his party, that was organizing a self-defense workshop for young girls. The law in Norway is very...
NUPI researcher thinks condemnation of Syria’s Assad is selective and opportunistic
NAÏVE PRAYERS OVER SYRIA Aftenposten 2012 02 21 p 6, Helge Lurås Summary. Helge Lurås of NUPI expresses deep skepticism over the Syrian opposition, admitting the Assad regime is not exactly being a model of democracy of human rights and democracy, however it is having the support of perhaps 50 per cent of the...
Gutting Israel over its embassy
Norwegian media continue to make a feast out of Israel’s difficulties in finding a suitable venue for its embassy, which both takes security concerns and costs into consideration. Maybe we shall remind the ironic commentators that there is a very good reason why Israel is particularly sensitive with regards to security; its embassy was...
ooopsy,that’s the Nobel price taken off our hands then…
Some of you may remember an entry from December last year, at a time when Norway had suffered several set-backs reputation wise. A substantial part of that entry was dedicated to an oped by the great grandson of Alfred Nobel, who charged that the Norwegian Nobel committee does not fulfill its obligations under the...
The Embarrassing Embassy story…
As Kafka says, Norway isn’t very keen on being a good host – but then I suppose Norway is very happy with the arrangement for our own embassy in Tel Aviv, situated on top of a fancy shopping center in very upmarket part of town, where security is taken well care of by shopping...
Aftenposten allows anti-Semitic comments
Aftenposten today published an oped by Martin Bodd, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, responding to a proposal by Aftenposten’s editor for culture and debate Knut Olav Åmås to name a square after one of the Jewish children we sent off to an early and cruel death in Auschwitz in 1942. The talkbacks to this...
The product of a rotting mind
Dagsavisens forum for polite debate can from time to time look surprisingly like the inside of the head of a person with very unstable hormones, or perhaps neurons like over-ripe camembert cheese. Or, like a grotty catacomb where no air has circulated for centuries. It is probably a style thing; to be oddly out...
Frightened Norwegian shooters stay at home
I wonder if the powers that be in Norway have put similar travel warnings in place for anybody going to Sweden, specifically to Malmø? Norway Says Israel Dangerous, Won’t Allow Shooting Team to Visit Norway’s security authorities rule that Israel is dangerous, the country’s national shooting team cancels its trip to Israel next month....
Fjordman hits back
TERRORISM AND GENUFLEXION Verdens Gang 2012 02 17 p 27, Peder Nøstvold Jensen, a.k.a “Fjordman”. Not Online Author Øyvind Strømmen has been referred to by the media as an expert post 22/7; though it is rather vague what he is supposed to be an expert in. Strømmen took part in the Labor party’s seminar...
Stupid Støre tries to blame the USA for UNESCO’s broken back
FM Støre is beyond belief – contrary to the many warnings issued by the USA before that ill-fated vote to grant Palestinians full membership in UNESCO, that by Law, USA would have to block funding to this body, as specified in Section 414 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal 1990 and 1991, “No...