Aftenposten today reports that the leader of Europe’s fatwa-council, Yusuf al -Qaradawi, has stated that the Holocaust was a divine punishment. The Islamic Council of Norway did not originally distance itself from the statement, but did so after five hours. The wellknown…
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Threatening letter – Israeli embassy
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Threats related to war in Gaza. Aftenposten today reports on a threatening letter sent to the Israeli embassy in Oslo. The letter appears to have been doused in an chemical irritant, such as tear gas, and two postal employees were briefly…
Hamas – back or forth?
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In a letter to Aftenposten today, a reader comments upon the newspaper’s use of statistics: —–Excerpt begins “In an editorial on Febuary 9th, Aftenposten writes that the war in Gaza, according to a recent opinion poll “has radicalized the population of…
Six wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza
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(From NTB, published in Aftenposten) Six people were injured in two Israeli air strikes on the refugee camp Jabaliya on the Gaza strip on friday. All six were hurt in the first attack which was made upon a workshop in…
Israel’s ethnic predicament
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Israel’s ethnic predicatment PER A. CHRISTIANSEN (From Aftenposten 13.02.09)Israel’s election of a new national constituency confirms that the conflict with the Palestinians has changed character. A CORNERSTONE of the programme of right-wing extremist Avigdor Liebermann was the demand for an oath…
Claims war was futile
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From Aftenposten 11.02.09. The article builds on an article by Gershon Baskin in the Jerusalem Post. Israelwhat will verify the status of Mr.Gershon Baskin before translating more of the article. —–Excerpt begins Neither strategically nor politically have the Israelis achieved…
Hate enough for all
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Norwegian author Niels Chr. Geelmuyden writes a co-ed in Aftenposten on February 10th under the title “Hate enough for all”. The article opens with the author telling us that the one time in his life he has received a death…
NORWAC doctors claim no indication of Hamas presence in Shifa hospital
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Below, an excerpt from Aftenposten Morgen (Morning edition, paper), on Janury 13th, page 4, section:news, by journalist Anne Hafstad. On NORWAC doctors Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse, who worked and reported from the Shifa hospital in Gaza. Caveat: this is an…
Aftenposten: Security agency warns of rising radicalism in Norway
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Aftenposten has regrettably discontinued its excellent english-news service. Here is an excerpt from a 2008 article on rising radicalism: Security agency warns of rising radicalism in Norway. The PST, in charge of intelligence gathering in Norway, repeated earlier claims that…
Norwegian development aid and terrorism
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After Aftenposten shut down its News in English, Norway is about as accessible for foreigners as North Korea. The articles are still accessible on the web, and are much preferable to sites such as this one: Norway, Israel and the…
Aftenposten: “Anti-terror financial network full of holes”
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Aftenposten has unfortunately discontinued its excellent News in English service. This is a highly regrettable decision. Blogs and websites such as this one cannot by any means fill the gap. Here is an excerpt from the article: “Anti-terror financial network…
Aftenposten 1980: ‘Soviet propaganda equals nazism with Zionism’
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Above: an article in Aftenposten from December 6th, 1980, on how Soviet propaganda incrementally has made Zionism look like nazism. The article is written by Judith Vogt, who has been researching anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and the means by…
Soviet Union endorses anti-Semitic painter
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Above: An 1979 article in Aftenposten on how the anti-Semitic paintings of a Russian artist are endorsed by the Soviet bureacuracy. Who would know that thirty years later, the Norwegian bureaucracy would help a Norwegian artist do the same? How…
Erik Blücher: ‘Jews are Khazars’
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In the Aftenposten op-ed above, of April 18th 1975, right-wing nationalist Erik Blücher presents many of the same arguments we hear from the left-wing today. Among other, he argues that while the Jewish people is a race, but not “race”…
Soviet Union, Norway, see ‘Zionist smokescreen’
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Norwegian critics of Israel fob of accusations of double standards and anti-Semitism. The allegations of anti-Semitism, they argue, is just a Zionist smokescreen to fob of accusations of human rights violations. The Soviets were of the same opinion. The article…
Aftenposten: ‘No mass executions in the concentration camps’
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The notice above is from Aftenposten on October 12th 1944. The title reads “No mass executions in the concentraiton camps”. The text tells of how the Germans, according to Polish emigrants, are planning mass executions in Auschwitz and Birkenau. The…