This last week, we Norwegians have been more concerned with the fate of our countrymen who have been taken hostage in Algiers (desperately awaiting news about them, alas so far not forthcoming), than with whatever is going on in the…
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An NRK TV debate – a Willoch platform pushing the anti-Semitic cart ahead of him, on the eve of the 26th of November commemoration of Norway’s betrayal of Norwegian Jews
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November 22, Norwegian state owned TV, NRK, broadcast a debate with a panel of two pro-Palestinian and two pro-Israeli participants and where also Norways new Foreign Minister, Espen Bath Eide, participated. In the audience was Israel ambassador, Naim Araidi,…
This is the kind of language that does not call for any specific reactions from the Labor Youth party (3x rated)
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Excerpt of longer article lifted from document.no Semi Vrazeni, who posted the original status update on Facebook, is apparently no longer a member of the Labor Youth Party, but 33 year old Ahmed, a former county secretary for the Labor…
The King cancelled the Medal of Merit for anti-Semite Linstad – here is a sample of the many reasons why Norway protested.
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wholesale copy from Tundratabloids.com INFAMOUS NORWEGIAN CONVERT TO ISLAM TROND ALI LINSTAD CONDONES MURDER ONLINE, INSISTS ON ISRAEL TO BE DESTROYED ……… Posted on 21/11/2012 by KGS Antisemites throughout Norwegian society. This is the same man who was to receive a medal for…
Norwegian Muslim Labor politician serves anti-Semitic slurs on Facebook
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Abysmal translation from google translate… but you get the gist… Jews harassed on facebook From Nettavisen today, November 20th It says that Jews are being harassed on facebook by AUF members (youth labor party) AND Ap…
NRK style religious education for kids: on Judaism
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Some sorry sod actually thinks this is unbiased, and correct information, suitable to small children…. I read in todays Times of Israel that some blogger have started a BBC watch blog… BBC is infinitely much better than the NRK in…
The Mayor of Oslo and his views on freedom of speech
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Norway too, has also felt the consequences of upsetting Muslim sensitivities. Luckily, we were spared riots and gratuitous violence, which seems to be the most common way a not insignificant proportion of Muslims think they are entitled to react with…
Hercz of Dagsavisen gets a telling off by rabid North American Pal Activist
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I was in fact looking for an oped penned by Roger Hercz a couple of days ago, when I came across this reaction to an oped he published in early in August. It is a most bizarre letter, apparently written…
Støre in Haaretz: Norway has zero tolerance for intolerance
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In an oped in Haaretz, our FM brags that Norway has zero tolerance for intolerance, in a carefully worded attempt to dispel rumors that it is not easy to be a Jew in Norway – what with reports that show…
Jerusalem Post: Norwegian student in Oslo burns Jewish pupil
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Lifted from Jpost.com Note to Jerusalem Post, the story first appeared on miff.no, written by Conrad Myrland, I have merely translated the story, so claim no merit. Note the furious reaction from Vebjørn Dysvik, the Chargé d’affaires at Norway’s Embassy…
Advice to Minister of Education Halvorsen; get over you analysis paralysis and get busy on the ground
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The story of how a Norwegian- Israeli teenager has suffered anti-Semitic harassment for several years, culminating in Monday’s fire branding event has now been made known to the wider world, thanks to bloggers, press releases and letters of concern by…
The Wiesenthal Center’s response to fire-branding take 2.
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Grete Faremo, Minister of Justice and Public Security, Postboks 8005 Dep 0030 Oslo Norway Madam Minister, The Simon Wiesenthal Centre is an international Jewish human rights organization with a worldwide membership of 440,000. Established in 1977, with headquarters in Los…
The Wiesenthal Center’s response to fire-branding take 1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2012 WIESENTHAL CENTER PRESSES NORWEGIAN AUTHORITIES TO ACT FOLLOWING FIREBRANDING Of ISRAELI-NORWEGIAN TEEN The Simon Wiesenthal Center today demanded that Norwegian authorities take immediate action against the perpetrators following yesterday’s fire-branding of a teenage student…
Anti-Semitism in Norwegian Schools – now they are fire branding Jewish kids
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Lifted from miff.no Fire branded because his father is Israeli? Two years ago, when her son was in eighth grade, his mother told the NRK evening news about anti-Semitic harassment. The last school year has been better for the boy…
Støre in cloud cuckoo land: thinks the PA takes anti-Semitic incitement seriously
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Unless of course, we have misunderstood, and that the PA takes it very seriously indeed, throwing all their efforts behind it. MP Syversen asked Støre what precautions the Government would take in the wake of the book; Deception, betraying the…
More reactions on documented anti-Semitism in Norway
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The Jewish community released its own survey on how Jewish children experience anti-Semitism in Norway. This survey comes only a week after the Holocaust center released its national survey on anti-Semitism in Norway. The Minister of Education and Knowledge, Kristin…
Reactions to the Anti-Semitism in Norway study
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A compilation of reactions to the Anti-Semitism study released yesterday. It is interesting to note that many of the online talkbacks and related blog ping-backs confirm the main findings – there is a significant level of antisemitism in Norway. The…
Church matters: Christian communities in ME at historic low – Israel is at fault
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Isn’t it interesting how Israel and the whole of the ME have been all put into one big lump, in the first paragraph? Beyond this malicious error, the rest of the information does not withstand scrutiny. Sadly, this is the…
NY Times: Jews discussed the Internet’s dangers, NRK: Jews protested against the internet
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Lifted from miff.no NY Times: Jews discussed the dangers of internet, NRK: Jews protested against the internet. – 40,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered “to demonstrate – against the internet,” the NRK writes. But the source for this is an article in the…
Gloves are off: MIFF (With Israel for Peace) reports the PalCom to the police
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Lifted 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…