This weekend, as part of the 3 year anniversary for the Gaza campaign, the NRK gave the best prime time slot for Saturday night entertainment to medic Mads Gilbert, portraying him as a life saving hero in Tromsø and Gaza, as usual a one-sided, glorification program designed to make Dr. Gilbert look like a...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro”The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro” Brazilian Vale, which Norwegian Hydro has a tight partnership with, only accepts the bare minimum of social responsibility, according to a new poll where Greenpeace ranked the Norwegian Hydro partner as the “the world’s mo […]
- VG’s Hanne Skartveit: the great betrayalLifted from VG. Applause to Skartveit for this eminent oped The great betrayal Synagogue OSLO (AP) We were unable to protect our Jewish compatriots during the war. And today we are unable to give them the security they need. Do we simply not care? OpEd by Hanne Skartveit In the street where I lived for some years, just outside Washington, DC, we had a neighb […]
- One week after PM’s reassurance that nobody should live in fear in Norway – Justice Minister Grete Faremo to reassess Jewish community’s security needsLifted from Dagbladet, but also mentioned in other media. Faremo to reassess Synagogue security needs – Is in constant contact with police and the Police Security Services. The Minister of Justice Grete Faremo (Labour) is reviewing the safety precautions in place for the Synagogue in Oslo, and is in constant contact with the police and the police and the sec […]
- Rockets over Israel go untoldWhile the Norwegian media rightly now focuses on the ongoing atrocities in Syria, and even our FM has felt compelled to politely tell the naughty Assad regime off for the continuing blood bath, one may perhaps be sympathetic to editors’s decision to not cover news from Israel. However, since coverage of Israel continues to be tendentious and one-eyed, one mu […]
- Norwegian support for Israel at record highLifted from Vårt Land Record Norwegian support to Israel More Norwegians buy Israeli goods, provide financial support and join the pro-Israel organizations. By: Lise Marit Kalstad and Olav Solvang Norway set a new record in the import of goods from Israel in 2011. In the last year Norway purchased Israeli goods for NOK 722 million, the corresponding number f […]
- Norwegian People’s Aid failure to report on SyriaAt a time when the rest of the world are slowly, ever so gradually starting to notice the atrocities that go on in Syria (but also many other places on our beautiful planet), one would have thought that the Norwegian People’s Aid would at least have mentioned the word Syria, somewhere, anywhere, on its web pages. But nope, not a word, yet NRK, who cannot fin […]
- The PMs Holocaust Memorial Day speech in full“Dear all, This year marks 70 years since the “Danube” cast off from this quay, and embarked on a voyage of shame . 532 Jews were brutally stowed on board. Only nine returned. One of them was Samuel Steinmann. He is the last survivor. I’m especially glad you are here with us. Today we remember the millions of innocent people who were wiped out in History’s m […]
- Our deepest regret this could happen on Norwegian soilFinally, the first real step towards acknowledging our own role in the tragedy. Only after accepting responsibility, can the hard work of forgiveness and the arduous task of reconstructing relations begin. Lifted from Aftenposten (by Elisabeth Rodum and Halvor Hegtun) PM Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) deeply regretted the deportation of Norwegian Jews at the Holo […]
- Holocaust commemoration ceremony today at 1500 hrs in OsloLifted from Dagen.no, but also covered most other news outlets. For more details on the event itself, you can go to http://www.holocaustdagen.no/ Thinks Jens will apologize to the Jews Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is expected to come up with a form of apology to the Norwegian Jews during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day today. Bjørn Arild Hatle […]
- Mixed signals from Norway as Holocaust commemoration ceremony is expected to bring a much awaited formal apology from Norway to its Jewish communityToday, at 3 PM, our PM Jens Stoltenberg is widely expected to officially and formally apologize to the Norwegian Jewish community for the state sponsored persecution and murder of Norwegian citizens with a Jewish background during the WWII. Whatever form that eventual apology finally would be presented as, does not detract from the perception that Norway con […]
Sweden
The way Sweden is going….
With kind collaboration from a reader with contacts in Sweden. Lets just hope this scenario does not pan out in Norway… Jews are leaving Malmö in Sweden and the community Rabbi fears the hatred he meets in the city. In a unique interview in the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter the Rabbi of Malmö blames...
A Swedish point of view
Today, many Norwegians have choked on their morning coffee by reading about this oped in one of the biggest newspapers in Sweden, Dagens Nyheter. I too am perplexed by this analysis, and tend to agree with many a Norwegian pundit, that this is not necessarily sound reasoning and that too many issues have been conflated...
Swedish fiction writer Mankell talks gibberish at Hay-on-Wye festival, then must face realities of rejection
The season of festivals is upon us and in the UK that means a lot of fun and provocations. This weekend, festival goers to Hay-on-Wye literature festival got a bit of everything, starting with a scientist who presented credible studies to sound alarm bells that many Muslim communities, especially from South East Asia, allow...
‘The Jewish Bias of the Nobel Prize’
Is the Nobel prize committee biased in favor of Jews? A Swedish academic makes a ham-fisted attempt at finding out. As Alexander Pope pointed out for us, the proper study of mankind is man. There is nothing wrong then, about studying how groups differ from each other. To the very contrary, this is exactly...
Wiesenthal centre visits Malmö, Sweden
March 10th: NTB reports that the Wiesenthal Centre is visiting Malmö in Sweden. The title of the article is “Wiesenthal Centre visits Malmö”. The NTB article provides a highly unsatisfactory background of the situation in Malmö, mentioning only two events out of the many which have plagued the city of Malmö over the last...
Scandinavia pays Dane-geld
There is a chill wind blowing over the Scandinavian peninsula. The good thing about Scandinavia is the opulence and the quality of life. The bad thing is that such luxurious, peaceful conditions in general do not produce men with spine. The truth is, we no longer know how to take a punch in these...
Ny Tid keeps company with Mohamed Omer
Ny Tid recently published an op-ed by Lasse Wilhelmsson, who associates with the well-known Mohamed Omer. For a translation of Wilhelmsson’s op-ed in Ny Tid, see below. This op-ed is very similar to Lasse Wilhelmsson’s speech at Al-Quds day in Stockholm, which you can read here. We have now found out that the other...
SWC travel advisory urges ‘extreme caution’ in southern Sweden
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre is issuing an travel advisory urging extreme caution when visiting southern Sweden. The advisory is not connected to last week’s Islamist terrorist bombing in the heart of Stockholm. Sweden, Israel and the Jews reports that the Swedish media is not yet picking up on this. Has anyone seen anything in...
Attack on blogger spread through world – by bloggers
On November 22nd a blogger was physically assaulted in his own home in Sweden. He was wrestled to the floor, hit in the head with a bottle, and called a “Jewish pig”. Newspapers are unconcerned – the victim was not one of theirs. Bloggers are spreading news of the incident to the best of...
A minor matter: Pro-Israel blogger attacked in own home, called ‘Jewish pig’
Swedish Folkbladet, a local newspaper, gave us the bare bones of the story. You see it below. That’s it. That’s all there is as of now in the newspapers. Assaulted in apartment Norrköping Immediately before 18:30 police and ambulance were called to an incident of assault in an apartment in Trädgårdsgatan in Norrköping. Two...
The agony of the canary bird
Brother-site Spain, Israel and the Jews alerts us to an article by Pilar Rahola below, of the situation for Malmø’s Jews. Now Malmø is in Sweden, true, but it’s close to the border. Right next door. In more ways than one. Muchos creerán que esto no va con ellos, que solo es un tema...
Nordic bloggers show anti-Israel media bias to be Nordic phenomenon
This site has repeatedly demonstrated how the Norwegian media is biased against Israel, among other here. Now the Tundra Tabloids (Finland) and Sweden, Israel and the Jews (Sweden) and Ilya Meyer (Sweden) have made similar findings. Ilya Meyer excerpt In an average month of 30 days, there are never more than 3 days without...
The silence of the Swedes
Norwegian author and journalist Bjørn Gabrielsen appears to be in the habit of leading with his chin. Just the other week he questioned how his colleague Erlend Loe had lent his voice to the Palestinian narrative at a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy. At the demonstration, which was organized by the AKP-ml affiliated Palestinakomiteen,...
Cyber solidarity post: Lars Vilks’ web-site hacked
Yesterday Lars Vilks was physically attacked. Now NRK reports his web-site has been hacked. So here you go, here is the infamous Mohammed-as-a-hound-dog. Read more on always excellent Sweden, Israel and the Jews. Finland’s own “raging bull” Tundra Tabloids has loads of material on Vilks, including an exclusive 2008 interview. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor...
Neue Zurcher Zeitung on anti-Semitism in Norway, Sweden
Neue Zurcher Zeitung is one of the larger European newspapers. In the article Nahost im hohen Norden journalist Aldo Keel examines anti-Semitism in Norway and Sweden. Aldo Keel ⋅ In Norwegen sorgen Fernsehreportagen über Judenhass an Schulen für Aufsehen. Da klagt ein Vater, halbwüchsige Muslime hätten seinen Sohn erhängen wollen, weil er Jude sei....
State television NRK broadcasts on anti-Semitism in Norway
Forces of evil are moving. Today state television NRK broadcast on anti-Semitism in Norway. The broadcast, which was approximately five minutes long, was put together by NRK journalist Tormod Strand and sent during prime time as part of the national news at 7 pm. There was an introduction on the state of affairs in...
Document.no: Pogroms in Oslo
Document.no is more than a blog, it is a community. Whatsmore it is intelligent, well-mannered and subsequently growing, which makes a lot of people somewhat worried. Document.no now offers a lengthy post on Norwegian author Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-jewish riots in Oslo”. Unauthorized translation from Pogroms in Oslo: Researchers and the police can...
Malmö: Ever since I came here people have been shouting ‘fucking Jew’ at me
Anyone concerned for the re-emergence of anti-Semitism in Scandinavia who is not reading Sweden, Israel and the Jews is robbing themselves blind. If you follow Sweden, this is the place to go. Ilya Meyer has a larger archive. On the other hand Norwegian newspapers, with exception being made for Aftenposten, are not particularly interested...
Aftenposten centrefold on anti-Semitism in Malmö
Aftenposten today covers anti-Semitism in Malmö in Sweden with the article “Jew-hatered has reappaered in Malmö“. The article tells of how; a) a Holocaust survivor has been called a lier by Malmö-schoolchildren b) the mayor Ilmar Reepalu has denied that Jews have been attacked, that it is no business of the city if Jews...