Norway, Israel and the Jews
In January 2009 Oslo was rocked by the worst riots in a decade and the streets rang with cries of “Kill the Jews”. Blitz helpfully handed out fireworks rockets to the rioters, who put them to good use by firing them at a pro-Israeli peace rally and the police, as well as by attempting...
Anti-Israeli and anti-semite sentiment is running high here in Oslo. Now please look at the photograph below. This photo of anti-Israeli protesters was taken on January 8th in downtown Oslo, right in front of the Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament building), during a peaceful, pro-Israeli rally. I remember this particular poster very well because I was...
Youth politico Erlend Bøe (Progress Party) was going to express his support for Israel during a demonstration today. After being threatened on his life, the 16 year old chose to stay at home instead. And who can blame him? Bergens Tidende has two articles on Bøe’s experiences: Threatened on his life after Israel support...
The article above covers Norway’s position on Kurdish PKK. Unauthorized translation: “Nobody can be soft on terrorists, and no terror-organizations will be allowed to operate from Norway, without being persecuted by the Norwegian police“, said Støre to the Turkish press. How does this go along with official support of PFLP and Hamas? linkscolor =...
Aftenposten has regrettably discontinued its excellent english-news service. Here is an excerpt from a 2008 article on rising radicalism: Security agency warns of rising radicalism in Norway. The PST, in charge of intelligence gathering in Norway, repeated earlier claims that most Islamic extremist activity in Norway comes in the form of support operations for...
After Aftenposten shut down its News in English, Norway is about as accessible for foreigners as North Korea. The articles are still accessible on the web, and are much preferable to sites such as this one: Norway, Israel and the jews. Here is an excerpt from the article “Israel says Norway finances terrorism” from...
Aftenposten has unfortunately discontinued its excellent News in English service. This is a highly regrettable decision. Blogs and websites such as this one cannot by any means fill the gap. Here is an excerpt from the article: “Anti-terror financial network full of holes” from December 21st, 2001, by journalist Nina Berglund. Norwegian financial institutions...
Dagbladet.no reports on how a Norwegian citizen of Somali background has been arrested in London and is charged with terrorism. Unauthorized translation: The Norwegian-Somali man was apprehended in London on September 24th last year. The 52 year-old is now incarcerated in Belmarsh-prison outside London, VG reports. The Norwegian is according to the charges to...
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The synagogue in Bergstien lies far west of the river, in a traditionally well-to-do area. Norway FM Jonas Berg Støre graduated from Berg videregående skole nearby. In 1982 the synagogue was spray-painted with anti-semitic and anti-Israeli graffiti. In the Aftenposten article above (November 22nd 1982) we can read of how the synagogue has been...
The clip above is from Aftenposten on September 26th, 1977. Summary: two readers, M.Langaker and Grethe E. Neufeld, write in to protest against how radical students belonging to the Palestinakomitee have harassed visiting Israeli academics and disrupted their lectures. One of the Israeli academics is mentioned: Professor Shanan, who lectured at the Institute for...
The article above is from Aftenposten on September 26th 1977. It tells of students form a human wall in order to stop protestors from disrupting a lecture by visiting Israeli professor Mark Perakh. Excerpt from the article’s first paragraph: Close to fourty students, who today attempted to stop a physics-lecture by visiting Israeli lecturer...
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In the article above we can read of how the film “Victory at Entebbe” has been stolen from the cinema at which it was to be shown, and that the audience will have to make to with western-flicks instead. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";
The short notice above is from Aftenposten on January 12th 1977. It tells of how 16 youths have been arrested by the police after forming a human chain in front of a cinema in Trondheim in order to prevent people from watching it. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel =...
To the left: a notice from Aftenposten telling of how an anonymous telephone warned of a bomb-attack against the Bergstien synagogue in Oslo. The caller claimed to be part of “National Front”. While no such organization had been heard of until then, there was an organization called “Nationalt Frontparti”. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor =...
The article above is from Aftenposten on April 17th 1934. It tells of how an Oslo-synagogue has been vandalized. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";