• Document 15 calls on Jonas Gahr Støre to explain Senator Brownback’s letter
    "Mowgli made leader of the Bandar-log" by John Charles Dollman On August 3rd  US Senator Brownback wrote a letter, expressing concern over Israel-hatred and anti-Semitism, to Norway’s ambassador to Washington DC. While this site published the letter on August 12th, Norwegian journalists failed to find it newsworthy. Members of the opposition […]
  • NRK mentions Naqba-effect but omits war-cause
    NRK reports on the Naqba without mentioning war which caused it Journalist Laila Ø. Bakken of the Norwegian State Broadcasting Authority NRK manages to report on how Abbas’ family fled during the “Naqba”, while completely omitting any mention of the 1948 war which caused the “Naqba”. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and […]
  • Letter from Minister of Defense denies boycott of Israel, claims ‘constructive dialogue’ with Israel
    Hans Olav Syversen from the Christian Democrats refers to a letter from the Minister of Defense Vårt Land today reports that the Christian Democrats (KrF) and Conservatives (Høyre) aim to stop Minister of Defense Grete Faremo (Labor) from boycotting Israeli companies on an individual basis. The article (above) refers to a letter from […]
  • NUPI invites Freeman to speak about US-Israel relations
    When Charles W. Freeman had to resign from a position with the Obama administration in March 2009, he blamed the Israel-Lobby. On Wednesday he visited NUPI in order to speak about US-Israel relations. Vårt Land reports, in an NTB article, that Freeman has as little faith in the current round of peace […]
  • Scandinavian democracy – a guided affair
    Screenshots from Norwegian newspapers Aftenposten and DagenMagazinet Not even in Scandinavia does democracy work flawlessly. Is there an invisible hand at work? In the screenshot above (left) we see an op-ed from yesterday’s Aftenposten, with Eirik Vatnøy from Civita, a liberal think tank, asking some rather poignant questions. Vatnøy points out that it appe […]
  • Washington Post on terrorism in Norway
    Three men were apprehended this summer on suspicion of terrorism. As the Washington Post points out, we Norwegians were told that we at no time have been in any danger whatsoever. Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls In late 2009, Jakobsen went to Norway’s Police Security Service and began providing information on Davud’s activities after what he […]
  • Protected: Norway suspects Israel unethical, invests in Turkmenistan
    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. […]
  • JP mentions Norway: Has Europe learned from its past?
    In material terms, being Norwegian is like winning the lottery. Intellectually it is like living in a carnival. Once groupthink sets in there is nobody left to comment upon how it affects us, and prominent citizens can act bizarrely with impunity . The JP, which editor of Aftenposten Harald Stanghelle tells us is […]
  • Interview with a convert reveals anti-Semitism
    In Aslak Nore book “Ekstremistan” the author predicts that in the near future, Norway will be more mulit-cultural, for good and for worse. The reader is treated to some of the latter in Nore’s interview with a Norwegian convert to Islam, who reflects upon some of her formerly held beliefs. The following […]
  • Nous allons manger des pommes de terre israéliennes », annonce notre hôte
    This blog is not about Israel or the Norwegian Jews. It is about Norway’s perception of and relationship to Israel and Jews. Yet Norway is only one little piece in a larger puzzle. It is while trying to solve this puzzle that foreigners every now and then are brought to pay attention to us up […]

Foros de Noticias on NTNU

Someone in the Spanish speaking world has picked up on the seminar-series at NTNU. From Foros de Noticias.

Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (Universidad de Ciencia y Tecnología de Noruega) ha hecho un llamamiento al boicot académico a Israel. Bjørn K. Alsberg, académico de la citada Universidad, ha dado a conocer su parecer:

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Dignernes’ blog down after SPME article

The SPME has publised Manfred Gerstenfeld’s article – NTNU, a Norwegian Hate University – which was originally published in Hebrew in the weekly Makor Rishon.

Scholars for Peace of the Middle East, which opposes academic boycotts has already informed the 30 000 academics on its worldwide mailing list about NTNU’s abuse of values of what a [...]

NTNU student to dean: “We will not give in”

On his blog, Dean Torbjørn Digernes at NTNU  “salutes” the organizing committee behind the NTNU seminars on Israel and remains convinced that the seminars-series is a “praiseworthy initiative”. Students, staff and ordinary citizens are less convinced. The latest comment to Mr.Digernes’ blog is another protest – unauthorized translation below:

Dear Dean.
It is saddening to see my university [...]

Criticism builds against unbalanced NTNU seminars

Criticism is building against the Israel-seminars which are hosted at NTNU this autumn. As critics point out both the programme-committee behind the seminars and the speakers are well-known Israel-critics, and it is suspected that this will be reflected in the seminars. Furthermore there is reason to believe that the seminars are intended to gather support for the call for [...]

Christian Democrats: “Horrible of Hamas to deny the Holocaust”

The red-green government has been a staunch supporter of the PA, Hamas and the UNRWA. Yet when it is revealed that Hamas rejects tuition on the Holocaust in Gaza-schools, the red-green government is silent. Perhaps Norwegians should take the criticism from Sri Lanka to heart – perhaps Solheim the Silent is indeed a fitting nickname [...]

Progress Party speaks out against Hamas’ racism

Two days ago Aftenposten’s ME correspondent Jørgen Lohne wrote about how Hamas rejects Holocaust-education in Gaza-schools. Seeing as how Norway not only heads the ITF this year but also is one of the PA’s, Hamas’ and UNRWA’s greatest sponsors, one would expect the government to react. Alas, the red-green coalition government has so far not [...]

Norway: election opinion polls show gov on defensive

Here is the latest opinion polls. Roughly broken down the “Reds” – left of centre parties – are in favour of the “right of return” and such. The “Blues” – right of centre parties – understand how “the right of return” is unacceptable to the people of Israel as an influx of five million Palestinians [...]

Reader query: Will donations to Palestinian organizations be scrutinized too?

A reader asks whether donations to Palestinian organization, like those to Israeli organizations, will be subjected to the same level of scrutiny (As we have posted on the Socialst Left wants to end tax exemptions for donations to Israeli organizations operating on the West Bank). This is a highly relevant topic. Norway is a major [...]

Dagen: Sweden condemned in Israel

The scandal over Boström’s article has so far not caused much of a ruckus in Norway.  One of newspapers that has picked up on the story is DagenMagazinet. Here is an article from August 22nd, by Odd Sverre Hove. Unauthorized translation below:

An Israeli newspaper by the name of Jisrael Hajom wrote yesterday that one in [...]

Norway and Israel – trade increases in spite of threats of boycott

In some circles there is a conspicious amount of talk about how important it is to boycott, out of all nations on earth, precisely Israel (see Boycott-category). Indeed on May 1st, Israel was the only country to be singled out for criticism by powerful LO (trade union conferderacy) leader Roar Flåthen. It is therefore interesting [...]

“Free Shalit” 4000 christians call at pro-Israel rally

Between 3500 and 4000 christians rallied in support of Israel on Sunday.  The excerpt below is from the Global News Service of the Jewish People. 

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Demonstrators at a pro-Israel rally in Norway called for the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

More than 4,000 Christian supporters of Israel participated in Sunday’s rally, which is being [...]

Huge gathering in support of Israel

In Norway you miss out on a lot if you don’t read DagenMagazinet, a christian daily roughly on the same size as Klassekampen (Class War), a communist daily. Here is an unauthorized translation of an article covering a huge pro-Israel rally held last Sunday, by journalist Bjørn Arild Hatlem. Now 3 500 may not sound [...]