Norway, Israel and the jews

Alf van der Hagen and the ‘situation of the Jews in the twenties’

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:36:25 +0000

Morgenbladet's Alf van der Hagen suggest Gypsies today face the same situation as Jews in the 1920-ies

In the editorial of this week’s Morgenbladet, editor Alf van der Hagen quotes a philosopher on how the situation for the Gypsies today is not unlike the situation Jews were facing in the 1920-ies. [...]

A tale of three lobbies

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:56:55 +0000

Norwegians are often told of the US Israel-Lobby. But this is not the only lobby out there.

The Jerusalem Post recently published an article on the US Arab-Lobby. Excerpt:

Both the pro-Israel and pro-Arab lobby (really lobbies because there are several for each) are indeed powerful, but there is a big difference – a difference [...]

Hypocrisy: Norwegians in arms over Mavi Marmara, shrug of Israeli dead

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:40:46 +0000

Norwegians thronging to protest against Israel following the boarding on May 31st. Photo by NIJ street irregular.

When the IDF enforced the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Hamas-run Gaza, Norway was up in arms. There were demonstrations and protests and the Palestinakomite reported a massive increase of members. When Israelis are killed on [...]

Norvège: une convertie à l’Islam décrit un antisémitisme primaire

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:27:22 +0000

It is worthwhile to recall that anti-Semitism in Norway goes back to 1814, when our first constitution declared that Jews and Jesuits not be allowed access to the realm. Likewise one can hardly blame the Norwegian Muslims for how, during WWII, nazi-collaborators sent 700 Norwegian Jews to their deaths. And perhaps most importantly: contemporary anti-Semitism [...]

Al-Quds Day in Oslo, Norway

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:00:53 +0000

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LMD claims Israel ‘spies out European telecommunications’

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:00:34 +0000

Norway has been nervously peeping at Russia since 1965, when the Marjata, a former whaler, was converted into a spyship. LMD now encourages Norwegians to be shocked over how Israel also has intelligence operations.

Not only does Israel control US politics, wield mighty “miracle socks”, pester the Palestinians with savage “Homo-imperalism”, and fail [...]

Document 15 calls on Jonas Gahr Støre to explain Senator Brownback’s letter

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:12:32 +0000

"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 [...]

Ny Tid: ‘Debate on Islam similar to early anti-Semitism’

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:29:16 +0000

Magazine Ny Tid now tells us, again, that the Muslims are the “new Jews”.

Historians rarely explain one situation by comparing it to another, but prefer to explain and understand each situation in itself. On the other hand we have Norwegian social scientists and mediamen, who seem to understand little except if it [...]

NRK mentions Naqba-effect but omits war-cause

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:59:00 +0000

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

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:58:39 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:26:24 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:53:37 +0000

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 appears as if [...]

Washington Post on terrorism in Norway

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:19:32 +0000

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

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:29:08 +0000

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JP mentions Norway: Has Europe learned from its past?

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:56:33 +0000

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 [...]