If you ever go near NTNU, make sure you do not have anything to do with the university newspaper. Unless you are voicing the Palestinian narrative of course, in which case you had better call them straight away. Here is Universitetsavisa’s take on Alan Dershowitz’ speech at NTNU yesterday. Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz was...
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 […]
Riots/Violence/Terror/Threats
Phosphorous shells hit Southern Israel
Just in case anybody had any doubt, Israel is subjected to acts of terrorism on a daily basis, latest travesty is reports of phosphorous shells shot over Southern Israel where hundreds of thousands live. Already Israelis have sustained 2 grad rockets over Beer Sheva, 1 massive bomb in the heart of Jerusalem and now...
1 dead, 39 injured in Jerusalem; 4 explosions in Ashkelon, Hamas cheers
It is laudable that PA prime minister Fayyad now condemns these attacks, but condemning after the fact is not the same as preventing the terrorism in the first place Speaking one way in English, another in Arabic also cuts no ice, we are up to over 60 incidents of terror in less than 2...
25 hurt in J’lem, 1 in Beer Sheva, Ashdod also gets the friendly neighbor salute
What’s with the peace loving Palestinians? Coming up with all sorts of pretexts to not sit down face to face to negotiate, and while they gain some symbolic support for their cause they go ahead and fumble it themselves, since sooner rather than later they actually have to negotiate. I have no doubt that...
Norwegian journalist abducted, Norwegian press is silent
Ammar Al-Hamdam, the Norwegian journalist who has been abducted by the mad puppy of the ME, Saif Al-Islam, is still unaccounted for. The Norwegian press has simply dropped the matter, substituting calls for his release with toe-curlingly embarrassing tales of pubertal sex romps. Why is the Norwegian press ditching a colleague? Is it because...
The anti-Semitic demonstrations in Trondheim in 1941
Do you know anything about the anti-Semitic demonstrations in Trondheim in 1941? If you do, please get in touch. This site has never heard about them before. We would have, if we had read the book the excerpt above is lifted from, which from what we understand is a Norwegian classic on WWII. The...
Using children as human shield is a war crime
Vårt Land features an interesting article on the ethical dilemmas the coalition forces encounter as they have to respond to dirty tactics by Gadaffi. The question is: to bomb or not to bomb sites “protected” by human shields. Cecilie Hellestveit at the International Law and Policy Institute is very clear: (unauthorized translation of excerpts...
Missing in action- Ammar Al-Hamdam
Norwegian citizen, journalist and photographer Ammar Al-Hamdam is missing in Libya, having been captured by Libya’s own Saif Al-Islam, you know the guy brandished by PC progressives to be the nice guy, tragically trapped between the dream for a new deal in Libya and his fathers lunacy. Now efforts are focused on securing Ammars...
Stop the press: Dagbladet brings news from Israel
Updating our previous entry, where we suggested that the Norwegian press is embarrassed by its failure to investigate and write on dismal human rights in Arab, African and Asian countries and therefore cannot bring itself to write about Israel being bombarded with grad rockets. Utter rubbish, Dagbladet has actually published a piece on Israel...
50 bombs a day keeps the press corps away
Obviously, on a scale from 1 – 10, events unfolding in Libya, Japan; mounting pressure in Syria, Yemen, Saudi are very valid reasons for press to momentarily have abandoned their otherwise pathological obsession with Israel. On the other hand, maybe the news of more than 50 rockets launched against civil targets in Israel proper...
With love from your friendly Gaza neighborhood
Israeli media informs us that Israeli navy has intercepted a vessel with arms heading to Gaza via Alexandria with pit stop in Turkey. Consignors: Iran and Syria. Consignee: Hamas. Intended target: Israeli civilians in undisputed Israeli territory. At the same time, Israeli media also informs us of Hamas breaking up a demo by pro-unity protestors,...
‘Clash of the fascists’ as red meets brown in Oslo city centre
Young men will rumble. It’s in their nature and therefore also the one activity at which they really excel. Today the reds marched against the browns in Oslo city center. The extreme right dissolved in the nineties but now the police say there are signs of a revival. This gives Blitz all the reason...
Police report on present security situation
In the old days it was just the radical left and the radical right. Then the radical right disintegrated and was replaced by a new radical group: the Islamists. Now the police say the radical right is gaining ground again, and that this will radicalize the radical left and the Islamists further. Nice prospects,...
The fascist traits of Blitz
Blitz casts itself as an autonomous movement, but is funded with public money. Blitz claims to be anti-fascist, yet demonstrates obvious fascist traits itself. In the screenshot above we see Blitz calling sympathizers to arms against the Norwegian Defence League (NDL). NDL appears to be inspired by the English movement with a similar name,...
Trondheim: Maoists accost pro-Israelis, steals flag, makes for the hills
The nonsense and abuse you have to put up with from the anti-Israeli crowd is just endless. They will stop at nothing. Some of them are communists, others are socialists while others again are just plain anti-Semites. What they have in common is a complete and utter lack of respect for people holding other...
ORGANIZATION LED BY MULLAH KREKAR BLAMED OVER DEATH BOMBING
Mullah Krekar is a foreign terrorist. He walks a free man on the streets of Oslo. According to law, we cannot send him out of the country as this might place his life in jeopardy. Dagbladet journalist Espen Røst reports on how Ansar al Islam is being blamed for a suicide bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq, killing...
VG: Gaza-activists were career criminals
Author Eirik Eiglad tells of the riots of January 2009 in his book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo”. Today VG tells us some of the rioters were career criminals. During the riots of January 8th 2009, masked men tried to set the Oslo Freemasons’ lodge on fire. While there was a childrens’ Christmas party...
Norway finances campaign presenting female terrorists as role models
Dalal Mughrabi killed 37 civilians, women and children. The “White Hands” campaign holds her up a role model for Arab women. The campaign is financed by UNFPA. UNFPA is financed by Norway. Norway MFA meets with UNFPA today. Read on. Follow the links to the items above (click to enlarge) and you will find...
Gentleman politician suggests ban on Hizb
Hans Olav Syversen (Christian Democrats) is a well-mannered gentleman who can always be counted on in the fight anti-Semitism. Verdens Gang publishes an article today where Syversen makes his mind known on Hizb ut Tahrir and Qaradawi. A few quotes: “Growing anti-Semitism should be met with a ban against Hizb ut Tahrir, and a...
Al Jazeera and the Norwegian news outfits
As the riots in Egypt reach day 7 and no signs of any of the parts yielding to pressure, media outlets around the world seem to be in the mood for a little fantasy, to stoke the flames of discontent and perhaps up the circulation. Al Jazeera claims that Israel has sent anti-riot gear...