• Document 15 calls on Jonas Gahr Støre to explain Senator Brownback’s letter
    "Mowgli made leader of the Bandar-log" by John Charles Dollman On August 3rd  US Senator Brownback wrote a letter, expressing concern over Israel-hatred and anti-Semitism, to Norway’s ambassador to Washington DC. While this site published the letter on August 12th, Norwegian journalists failed to find it newsworthy. Members of the opposition […]
  • NRK mentions Naqba-effect but omits war-cause
    NRK reports on the Naqba without mentioning war which caused it Journalist Laila Ø. Bakken of the Norwegian State Broadcasting Authority NRK manages to report on how Abbas’ family fled during the “Naqba”, while completely omitting any mention of the 1948 war which caused the “Naqba”. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and […]
  • Letter from Minister of Defense denies boycott of Israel, claims ‘constructive dialogue’ with Israel
    Hans Olav Syversen from the Christian Democrats refers to a letter from the Minister of Defense Vårt Land today reports that the Christian Democrats (KrF) and Conservatives (Høyre) aim to stop Minister of Defense Grete Faremo (Labor) from boycotting Israeli companies on an individual basis. The article (above) refers to a letter from […]
  • NUPI invites Freeman to speak about US-Israel relations
    When Charles W. Freeman had to resign from a position with the Obama administration in March 2009, he blamed the Israel-Lobby. On Wednesday he visited NUPI in order to speak about US-Israel relations. Vårt Land reports, in an NTB article, that Freeman has as little faith in the current round of peace […]
  • Scandinavian democracy – a guided affair
    Screenshots from Norwegian newspapers Aftenposten and DagenMagazinet Not even in Scandinavia does democracy work flawlessly. Is there an invisible hand at work? In the screenshot above (left) we see an op-ed from yesterday’s Aftenposten, with Eirik Vatnøy from Civita, a liberal think tank, asking some rather poignant questions. Vatnøy points out that it appe […]
  • Washington Post on terrorism in Norway
    Three men were apprehended this summer on suspicion of terrorism. As the Washington Post points out, we Norwegians were told that we at no time have been in any danger whatsoever. Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls In late 2009, Jakobsen went to Norway’s Police Security Service and began providing information on Davud’s activities after what he […]
  • Protected: Norway suspects Israel unethical, invests in Turkmenistan
    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. […]
  • JP mentions Norway: Has Europe learned from its past?
    In material terms, being Norwegian is like winning the lottery. Intellectually it is like living in a carnival. Once groupthink sets in there is nobody left to comment upon how it affects us, and prominent citizens can act bizarrely with impunity . The JP, which editor of Aftenposten Harald Stanghelle tells us is […]
  • Interview with a convert reveals anti-Semitism
    In Aslak Nore book “Ekstremistan” the author predicts that in the near future, Norway will be more mulit-cultural, for good and for worse. The reader is treated to some of the latter in Nore’s interview with a Norwegian convert to Islam, who reflects upon some of her formerly held beliefs. The following […]
  • Nous allons manger des pommes de terre israéliennes », annonce notre hôte
    This blog is not about Israel or the Norwegian Jews. It is about Norway’s perception of and relationship to Israel and Jews. Yet Norway is only one little piece in a larger puzzle. It is while trying to solve this puzzle that foreigners every now and then are brought to pay attention to us up […]

NUPI invites Freeman to speak about US-Israel relations

When Charles W. Freeman had to resign from a position with the Obama administration in March 2009, he blamed the Israel-Lobby. On Wednesday he visited NUPI in order to speak about US-Israel relations.

Vårt Land reports, in an NTB article, that Freeman has as little faith in the current round of peace [...]

Washington Post on terrorism in Norway

Three men were apprehended this summer on suspicion of terrorism. As the Washington Post points out, we Norwegians were told that we at no time have been in any danger whatsoever.

Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls

In late 2009, Jakobsen went to Norway’s Police Security Service and began providing information on Davud’s activities after what he [...]

JP mentions Norway: Has Europe learned from its past?

In material terms, being Norwegian is like winning the lottery. Intellectually it is like living in a carnival. Once groupthink sets in there is nobody left to comment upon how it affects us, and prominent citizens can act bizarrely with impunity .

The JP, which editor of Aftenposten Harald Stanghelle tells us is [...]

Nous allons manger des pommes de terre israéliennes », annonce notre hôte

This blog is not about Israel or the Norwegian Jews. It is about Norway’s perception of and relationship to Israel and Jews. Yet Norway is only one little piece in a larger puzzle. It is while trying to solve this puzzle that foreigners every now and then are brought to pay attention to us up [...]

There is no lobby

NORWAC doctors Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse have supported the Islamic revolution in Iran. They have supported the bombing of 9/11. They have inverted the Holocaust by claiming that Gaza is “worse than Warsaw”. Yet Norway’s Foreign Minister has written back-cover praise to  their book “Eyes in Gaza” and our Prime Minister has told them [...]

The Hidden Jewish History of Norway

The Jewish Museum in Calmeyers street in Oslo was until 1942 inhabited by several Jewish families, among them the Samuels (See above – picture from Oslo Jewish Museum). On November 26th 1942, Norwegian collaborators sent 19 of the 28 residents of the building to Auschwitz.

By Minerva McGonagall, an NIJ-street-irregular

For tourists visiting Oslo there [...]

Right of reply: Lars Gule

This site is, for safety reasons, anonymous. It has good reason to remain anonymous. This does not mean that this site has the right to snipe away at people with abandon. Lars Gule, academic at the University College of Oslo, has posted the comment below to this post.

For a while I thought this web site [...]

Two more Israeli companies found unethical and kicked out of oil-fund

Only a few days ago it came to light that our Ministry of Defense is refusing to consider bids from Israeli companies. Today we can read that our current finance minister Sigbjørn Johnsen (Labor) has de-vested from two Israeli companies. Our previous finance minister Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left) de-vested from Israeli Elbit, a [...]

Clip: Welcome to Gaza

This clip raises a few interesting questions. We know enough of its contents to be correct to put it up here.

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The JCPA sends out a daily alert five times a week, to more than 200 000 people around the world. Study the excerpt below and ask yourself the following questions:

1) Is it correct that US Senator Brownback has sent a letter to the Norwegian ambassador to Washington DC, where he expresses concern over Israel-hatred and [...]

Armaments exports triple while Ministry of Defense boycotts Israeli helmets

It has recently come to light that Norway’s Ministry of Defense has refused to accept bids from Israeli companies on no less than five occasions since the current government came to power. Today NTB reports that Norwegian armaments exports have tripled over the same period of time.

NTB reports, here in Dagbladet:

The war in [...]

Statebacked 'Blitz' movement views West Bank as 'frontline'

The state-financed movement "Blitz" views the Westbank as a "front"

The Blitz movement sent drummers for the riots on January 8th 2009, sends “brigades” to the West Bank, has attacked the Israeli chamber of commerce and regards the West Bank as a “frontline”. Blitz is financed by the state.

The screenshot above [...]

McGonagall recommends: 'BBC’s flotilla film slammed as ‘biased’

NIJ's McGonagall recommends that you read this article…

Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress and head of Gryffindor House, also happens to be an NIJ-street-irregular. She finds the following article in the Jerusalem Post interesting, not to say entertaining, and suggests that you have a look. Here is an excerpt:

LONDON – A BBC documentary screened this week [...]

Norway pundits believe US Israel-lobby makes peace impossible

Norwegian pundits believe the US Israel Lobby stands in the way of peace

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Opposition questions objectivity of 'Tears of Gaza' movie

Movie director Vibekke Løkkeberg has, with the aid of Mads Gilbert, made the movie “Tears of Gaza” . Many suspect that “Tears of Gaza” has been put together in such a way as to make the blood of its audience boil, with hatred against Israel and with compassion for anyone claiming [...]