Israel has sent a letter of complaint to the NRK, pointing out that Israel is consistently being cast in the role as a villain. In the DN article below a spokesman for a PR company -which turned down an offer to work for Israel in Norway – agrees that the media is placing Israel...
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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘ Dagens Næringsliv ’
DN:Israel reprimands state broadcasting authority NRK
Well-reputed Dagens Næringsliv today tells us that Israel is unhappy with the state broadcasting authority NRK, which consistently and predictably casts Israel in a negative light. The article informs us that the embassy of Israel has sent a letter of complaint to the NRK, but feels that this letter has not been taken seriously....
Wiedswang on Hama, double standards
On Wednesday this site glumly predicted that the anniversary of the Syrian army’s massacre at Hama would go unobserved by the Norwegian media. Today’s editorial in Dagens Næringsliv is on… how the massacres of Sabra and Shatila are well known while the massacre at Hama is virtually forgotten. The editorial is written by Kjetil...
Opposition: Unconscious fear dominates Israel-debate
In Norway, the only democracy in the Middle East is routinely lambasted for actions that go without mention when they occur elsewhere. The Palestinian narrative is as popular as the Israeli narrative is ignored. Now Dagens Næringsliv tells us that Norwegian PR firms will not take Israeli money. Unauthorized translation from Dagens Næringsliv below....
Norway: Israel not entitled to good PR
The Norwegian establishment will not allow Israel the right to fight against Hamas, except in no-mans land. They will not allow Israel to blockade of Hamas, which has vowed to annihilate Israel. They will propagandize against Israel, but they will not allow Israel’s embassy to maintain a security fence against the attacks which this...
Immigration: Jeffrey Sachs on Norway, Economist on Europe
Norway is doing well. Jeffrey Sachs is warning us not to let our successes go to our heads. Dagens Næringsliv published two pages on Sachs’ warnings yesterday (Saturday January 29th). Sachs points out that Norway is not immune to the following: 1) Corruption: when money enters politics it displaces the public debate 2) Immigration:...
Review of Susan Abulhawa:’…political propaganda wrapped up as a novel…’
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Voices of reason from Norway’s leading business paper
Dagens Næringsliv is primarily a business newspaper but its journalists are generally a cut above the rest. To put it this way, a DN journalist who reads Ilan Pappe and Norman Finkelstein will also read Benny Morris and Alan Dershowitz. In today’s editorial Kjetil Wiedswang, who just might bear a grudge against this site...
Spook bigwig: War on terror just begun
The head of PST – the Police Security Services in Norway is interviewed in this weekend edition (January 23/24th) of Dagens Næringsliv, a prominent and well respected business daily. She brings disturbing news. Unauthorized translation below: Age of extremists. “Extreme Islamicism” appears in the first sentence in PST’s last threat-evaluation. And the security service...
DN Nov. 5th: False Quote on Anti-Semitism
In the last week of October journalist Kjetil Wiedswang in the prestigious business daily Dagens Næringsliv commented on the strained aspects of Norway-Israeli relations . In doing so he unfortunately relied upon “chinese whispers” about Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld, including a misquote which has been bandied about by both the Norwegian and Swedish News...
Kjetil Wiedswang on Norway – Israel relations
(Originally published on October 27th – republished on request on November 5th) Mr.Kjetil Wiedswang is no fool. A prominent and respected Norwegian journalist in the employ of Dagens Næringsliv, a well-reputed business daily, he can often seize the attention of the country’s elites (read more by Mr.Wiedswang here and here). On October 24th this...
Dagens Næringsliv contaminated by chinese whisper
Despite this unfortunate affair, DN remains one of Norway’s finest newspapers and Mr.Wiedswang one of our sharpest journalists. The only mistake Mr.Wiedswang made was to believe the information provided to him by his colleagues. In the climate offered by the Norwegian debate on the Middle East, this is not advisable. Below; letter from Manfred...
Op-ed:Operation Cast lead “almost” like al-Assad massacre at Hama
Saturday July 4th, 2009. Journalist Kjetil Wiedswang writes the commentary “Obama’s first war” in Dagens Næringsliv, Norway’s largest business newspaper. Wiedswang claims that there are two basic strategies for defeating a wellequipped and motivated guerilla army; the al-Assad way and the Briggs way. The first and most widely used strategy consits of using raw and unrestricted violence. It...
Lady of peace
Norway’s leading business newspaper Dagens Næringsliv runs a two-page interview with the new leader for the Committee for Palestine, Mrs.Line Khateeb. The interview is titled “Lady of peace” and is a cordial affair where Mrs. Khateeb expresses concern over the high level of traffic accidents in Israel, which she attributes to the high level...
Dagens Næringsliv: ‘A touch of Jew-hatred’
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Kåre Willoch gives in to pressure, refuses to meet Dalai Lama
Former premier Kåre Willoch (Conservatives) is very concerned with human rights as long as he can accuse Israel of having violated them. When it comes to Tibet, he is less tough. Quotes from the Dagens Næringsliv article “The nominee” (Nominasjonsvinneren) about politician Theo Koritzinsky (Socialist Left) by journalist Øyvind Finstad, 19.10.1988, page 16: Recently he...