Konrad Myrland, the daily manager at miff.no, has published a short article on some weird messages they received in the aftermath of 22/7 (unauthorized translation): Will there be more acceptance for Israel’s version? Published: Tirsdag 9. august 2011 By Conrad Myrland Norway will respond to terror with more openness, the Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said...
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 […]
Pro-Israel
Adios a un grande, farewell to Facundo Cabral
A great troubadour, perhaps the last of his kind, was brutally shot and murdered in Guatemala City this morning. Facundo Cabral, a stellar performer in all of the Americas, but also in Israel and other Middle Eastern countries and in Africa, was declared a world messenger of peace by UNESCO in 1996. Hit hard...
Blond bombshell septuagenerian volunteers for IDF
Norway has a powerful pro-Palestinian lobby. Supporters of Israel are outnumbered, yet there are more of them here than in most other countries. Farsunds Avis tells us of how 75 year old Erna Espelid recently served for 3 weeks with the IDF. Farsunds Avis article “Great-grandmother in the IDF” tells of how the blond...
Kudos to Amram Hussain for his Speech on behalf of the European Union of Jewish Students at the UN
This link brings you the speech of the young Muslim student who represented the European Union of Jewish Students at the UN on March 21 2011. Amram Hussain, I applaud your courage, decency and high moral principles. Prof. M. McGonagall linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";
A rare event: Norwegian academic praises Israeli universities
Here is something we do not see very often, a Norwegian academic singing the praises of Israeli universities. The clip above is from “Some domino-tiles fall” (Noen dominobrikker faller) an op-ed by historian Geir Lundestad in Aftenposten on February 28th. Lundestad writes that he is often asked why so many Jews, and so few...
Pro-Israel organization MIFF grows, receives gifts
The pro-Israel organization MIFF is experiencing increases in both memberships and income. The media often savages Israel. Journalists, a lefty lot, toe the political line and consistently single out the Jewish state for special treatment. The establishment, especially within academia, has a manichean perspective on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and no longer recognizes any nuances,...
NTB: ‘Israeli PR campaign in European countries’
NTB has released an article on how Israel, according to Haaretz, is aiming to affect public opinion by developing supporter-teams in European countries. NTB (here in VG) refers to Berglingske Tidende, which again refers to Haaretz. Excerpt from the NTB article: It is the controversial foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman who stands behind the initiative,...
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: linkscolor = "000000";...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...