Lifted 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...
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 […]
terror and threats
One week after PM’s reassurance that nobody should live in fear in Norway – Justice Minister Grete Faremo to reassess Jewish community’s security needs
Lifted 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...
Rockets over Israel go untold
While 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...
Travel advice for Oslo
Not very much news on Israel this weekend so can feed you a little gossip on what goes on in our own little pond… The US embassy has issued the following warning to US travelers heading for Oslo: REQUEST AMERICANS TO BE CAREFUL WHILE IN NORWAY ABC Nyheter 2012 01 18, NTB On Tuesday,...
VG: Israel prepares for war
Remarkably balanced and correct, but who is prepared to believe that Leibovich actually called the Gaza terrorists “militants”? It has taken the press a mighty long time to get these facts, easily available for many months now…. maybe I am cynical, but I think these are moves to prepare the ground to once more...
Also not in Norwegian news; Jewish funeral procession in Oslo suffers harassment
First an admission – one Norwegian newspaper did report on this incident – the Christian daily Dagen. Excellent as though it is, it is hardly a paper read by your average Norwegian, so for the majority of Norwegians, who rely on NRK, Dagbladet, VG and Aftenposten for coverage of domestic affairs, this one has...
VG: Here Israel kills a militant Palestinian in Gaza
Two days ago, we published the story on how Norwegian media reported 3 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids on Gaza, but without mentioning the context of rocket attacks imminent terror threats against Israeli civilian targets. Today, VG has a follow up story on this, this time focusing on the moment of death of the...
IDF prevents terror attack from Gaza – Norwegian newspapers highlight the Palestinian victim, not that he was killed whilst preparing to attack Israel
this is NRKs rendering of the story, other news papers have more or less the same angle. Palestinian killed in air strike A 22 year old Palestinian and 5 others injured in Israeli air strikes against targets on the Gaza strip early Wednesday morning. The killed person belongs to the al-Quds-brigades, the armed faction...
On Iran’s expressed genocidal intent – Butenschøn: The West has not done enough to accommodate Iran’s attempts to dialogue; blames Israel
The world according to Butenschøn: Time after time, from the rostrum of the UN in New York, then, reiterated in Geneva and just about any other venue that foolishly has provided access to that genocidal lunatic who stole the presidency in Iran, the world has heard how the Iranian leader has promised to wipe...
The Utøya massacre: the terrorist ABB was psychotic, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, when he slaughtered the youth at Utøya
I have consistently steered clear of discussing the 22/7 tragedy here, not wanting to create an impression – or perhaps, reinforce the imagined impression among some of the anti-Israeli crowd – that there is any kind of relationship between the horrible madness of ABB on the one side, and Israel on the other (you...
Look Støre, the friendly Gaza neighborhood making nice with Israel, surely now the world will see that the political wing of Hamas is a nice bunch of people with only peaceful intentions.
Not a mention so far in Norwegian online newspapers about the 20-off rockets that have been fired at towns on Southern Israel in the last 24 hours. Hundreds of thousands innocent civilian Israelis are under fire, but where it the outcry from Norwegian peace activists? VG prefers to publish article on released terrorist who...
VG has discovered that Gaza poses a threat to Israel
Credit where credit is due! VG is one of the few mainstream newspapers that reported on yesterday’s rocket attack from Gaza and describes how its impact was widely felt in Ashdod, an indication that the explosive load was powerful. The article does not stop there, but details how missiles smuggled from Libya may have...
Gilad Shalt finally on his way home; Norwegian ME “experts” think this is a sign Hamas can become integrated in the political process
We are all delighted that finally, Gilad Shalit is on his way home. Finally, after more than 5 years in captivity, his nightmare, and that of his family and friends, is finally coming to an end. The story has been widely reported in Norwegian media, predominantly as a very positive development. But some researchers...
Dagsavisen’s moderator has no shame – publishes letter that proposes the dissolution of Israel
Dagsavisen does not in the least worry about allowing extremists having a say on their debate forum. On october 5, they allowed a truly stunning proposal, signed by a Mr. Knut Vidar Paulsen, to dissolve Israel to replace it with a Palestinian state. The letter states among many very very peculiar positions: (I wonder...
Also not in Norwegian mainstream media: Assad promises to bomb Tel Aviv if NATO should intervene in Syria
Aside from a short notice in Idag, no other Norwegian newspaper has bothered to write about Assad’s threat to bomb Tel Aviv if the world should have the audacity to intervene in Syria like it has in Libya. Jpost brought a short report on this yesterday: Assad: If NATO attacks Syria, we’ll strike Tel...
NTNU associate professor Andresen at it again
Below you will find an angry reply by Trond Andresen, the NTNU associate professor who previously has shared with us his peculiar views on the Jews, on an article by Øistein Strømmen, conspiracies in the national media. In this article, Øistein Strømmen, who actually is an expert on the extreme right wing, raises a scathing attack...
Peace and brotherly love as interpreted by Norwegian Muslim
Anti-Semitism ROCKET ATTACKS-LEGITIMATE AND NECESSARY Trond Ali Linstad Summary. Norwegian convert to Islam, Trond Ali Linstad, writes on his own blog, Koranen.no on the necessity of firing rockets at Israel- after all they are colonialists and all adult Israelis are in the military reserve. Legitimate target, courtesy Trond Ali Linstad. Trond Ali Linstad (born...
The NIJ blog – harassing academics into silence?
This appears to be the opinion of the editor of Universitetsavisa, Tore Oksholen. In an oped posted today, he laments that many researchers post 22/7 feel that they are being harassed into silence. See below for an unauthorized translation. As somebody who is intimately familiar with the Norwegian scientific community, may I be so...
“Peace negotiation” Palestinian style
Former leader of the Jewish Congregation in Oslo wrote an oped yesterday in Vårt Land, where she challenged Jews to be more critical of Israel, or to be more specific, certain aspects of Israeli politics. That is an important debate and hopefully it will turn out to be a fruitful one. But curiously absent...
Israel suffers huge terror attack, delusional Norwegian lefty claims Israel engages in state terrorism.
Here is an example of a truly disturbed mind! He seems to have forgotten context, terrorists in Gaza attack Israel with guns and rockets, killing 8, injuring scores more. I cannot see that this deeply immoral person has made any effort to talk on behalf of the Syrians, nor the Kurds, not even the...