Readers of our blog will remember the question posed to our FM Støre by MP Syversen whether or not Hamas is considered a terror organization. I guess we all expected a clear and short yes or no. To our great dismay, the right honorable FM pulls the wool over our eyes by saying that:...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- Happy 17th of MayOnce more, we gather under our flag to celebrate our freedom. Each 17th of May, the Jewish community in Oslo organize a formal and serene commemoration of Henrik Wergeland, the son of one of the member of the Constituent Assembly for our Constitution. In its original version, our Constitution was shamed by the exclusion of Jews and Jesuits in Norway, som […]
- “Minister of justice” to Jews in Oslo: too badThe synagogue in Oslo – already one of the most fortified structures in Norway – applied to the government for additional funds to secure its congregation. They asked for NOK 21 million but got NOK 7 million. After all the speeches Støre and Stoltenberg with no end to the flowery assurances, this is what it comes down to: Jews should be content feeling prett […]
- The Jewish Community in Oslo applied for NOK 21 million for security measures, only got NOK 7,2lifted from Vårt Land Synagogues receive NOK 7.2 million for security The money goes towards securing doors, upgrade the monitoring system and setting up a security fence. The Government proposes in the revised national budget to allocate 7.2 million forsecurity at the Jewish Religious Community (DMT). - No one should have to be afraid to exercise their rel […]
- Letter from a 17-year old Jewish boyAftenposten today published an op-ed from “Daniel,” a 17-year old Norwegian student who happens to be Jewish. He feels surrounded by antisemitic attitudes, ranging from comments by a fellow video game player (“just pretend they’re Jews when you aim at them”), to the inevitable “so you support killing babies?” when he mentions he supports Israel, to the inabi […]
- PalCom action ‘small and unsuccessful’lifted from miff.no Palestine Committee’s action was “small and unsuccessful” Only a small number of provocateurs from Palestine Committee participated in a store action against Israel’s Dead Sea products in Oslo last Tuesday (May 16) evening. The police were notified in advance and got them quickly away from the place. By Conrad Myrland Published: 16/05/201 […]
- VG’s Astrid Meland attacks Pal activists and media for unethical focus on IsraelAstrid Meland published an OpEd in VG on May 14, which currently is not online. MIFF has published a review article online, from where I have lifted the following: Astrid Meland believes Israel’s critics in Norway are victim of a collective neurosis, where you turn a blind eye to much worse breaches of human rights by other states. - Unethical focus on Isra […]
- Stand up, stand up – for the Hebrew MamitaIf I were a man, I would seriously consider inviting this lady out for dinner. Since I am not, I can only say – WAY TO GO, SISTER! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none"; […]
- Oopsie – Norwegian academia has become synonymous with academic anti-Semitismlifted from ynetnews.com This is the cost of allowing a guy like Galtung to roam free – regardless of round rejection of his recent remarks, this was by no means the first time the ‘mad professor’ let it rip, as is evident by the details of this op-ed. Why did not the Norwegian intelligentia react at an earlier stage? Did they perhaps agree with the previous […]
- Gloves are off: MIFF (With Israel for Peace) reports the PalCom to the policeLifted from miff.no What can I say? Bravo! MIFF is doing an incredibly important job and luckily their hard efforts are rewarded with a healthy growth in their memberships. Maybe readers of this blog could be entreated to find a way of supporting MIFF? By the way, I have no relation to MIFF, personally or professionally – this is just a courtesy call to reco […]
- What Karsten Tveit’s award really signifiesOdd Karsten Tveit wins the Gullruten lifetime award for his propaganda news coverage from the Middle East. When it comes to correspondents in the Middle East sent by NRK (the governmental broadcasting organization financed by a surcharge on owning a television), it’s a bit like watching the Eurovision song contest: you can endlessly discuss who is worse. Bu […]
Posts Tagged ‘ Hamas ’
Parliament: Siv Jensen on Hamas, Støre anwers
Siv Jensen (Progress Party) directs the following question at FM Støre: Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre 2011 01 31 The FM’s contacts with Hamas On the TV2 news on January the 27th, information was revealed, showing the FM had had talks with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, in spite of the FM denying this at...
Christian Democrats: Støre’s chat with Hamas sends the wrong signals
TV2′s interview with Khaled Mashaal makes it obvious that whatever Støre’s motivation was for telephoning Khaled Mashaal, Mashaal is using Hamas’ contacts with Norway as a ladder to respectability and acknowledgement. Today Dagfinn Høybråten, leader of the Christian Democrats, states that Norway is sending out the wrong signals and endangering the peace process. Vårt...
NRK silent while Dagsavisen applauds Støre’s talks with Hamas,
This weekend state broadcaster NRK was silent on Støre’s talks with Hamas. This is not good news. The editorial in Dagsavisen, formerly more aptly named Arbeiderbladet (Labor-magazine), applauds Støre and condemns the opposition for criticzing him. While the editorial is unsigned, this site wagers the man behind it is Arne Strand. Unauthorized translation: Storm...
DM on Støre’s talks with Hamas: ‘Norway has put herself on the sidetracks in the Middle East’
DagenMagazinet’s editorial today is on Støre’s talks with Hamas. It criticizes Støre’s ME politics and praises TV2 for its journalism. Unauthorized translation: “Norway has put herself on the sidetracks in any negotiation in the Middle East. We are no more being regarded a neutral actor in this conflict. The Norwegian government has all by...
Israel: How can we trust Støre after this?
Most Norwegians would not like it if Lieberman chit-chatted with the Taliban, who are trying to kill our soldiers in Afghanistan. Especially if we first had explicitly asked him not to do so. Now Norway’s post-realist politics have led our handsome foreign minister to jaw-jaw with Hamas. Dagbladet.no has interviewed Israeli FM spokesman Yigal...
Israel: All contact with Hamas is damaging
Many Norwegians would resent it if Lieberman were to jaw-jaw with the Taliban. Now Støre has been chattering with Hamas. Aftenposten.no quotes from an Israeli embassy press release in the article “All contact with Hamas is damaging“: - Israel’s position with regards to the terror-organization Hamas is well known to Norwegian authorities. As long...
Dagbladet:’Støre caught pants-down’
Norway FM has been very naughty and admits to have enjoyed telephone-chats with Hamas leader Mashaal in Damascus in 2007. In Dagbladet above we see Støre trying to conclude the interview as he is confronted with the issue of the telephone-chats. The headline reads: “Støre caught pants-down / red-handed“. Read more about this in...
Norway FM: We will not sanction Palestinians over Shalit
On November 2nd, Øyvind Vaksdal of the Progress Party asked FM Jonas Gahr Støre what the red-green coalition government intends to do to secure the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. On November 8th, FM Støre answered, saying there is not much Norway can do. Read the question from Mr.Vaksdal (Progress Party) and the...
Israelphobes receive Hamas-affiliate with open arms
If an Israeli dignitary were to visit Norway he would be met with demonstrations and demands for boycott. Now Norway is visited by a Gaza-mayor who most certainly will be affiliated with, if not a member of, Hamas. He is received with open arms. No questions asked. A representative of an authoritarian, genocidal movement,...
Waage does not believe Hamas tightly connected to Iran
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Missing piece in Norway-Israel puzzle: Lohne and Hercz encouraged to investigate
While going over some older posts I stumbled over this article, where Dagsavisen’s fig leaf of decency Roger Hercz writes: “…the episode (Deputy Minister meeting with Hamas) came only months after the newspaper Yedioth Aharonot published based on sources (Dagsavisen’s typo) in Israel’s MFA that Norway is considered the “most anti-Israeli” in Western Europe“....
Al Aqsa TV tells kids “Slaughter the jews”
Norway supports the Palestinian people (pr.capita) more than any other people on earth. Yet this support appears to be completely unrelated to the actual behavior of the regimes of Hamas and Fatah. Blatant racism and incitement to murder goes virtually unnoticed by the red-green coalition government, although it has been questioned by the opposition...
“Israel furious with Norwegian diplomat”
NTB article, here from Aftenbladet.no (not to be confused with Swedish Aftonbladet): Israeli authorities have cancelled a meeting with Norway’s envoy to the Middle East Jon Hanssen-Bauer because he has met with the top leader of Hamas without informing Israel. The highly profiled meeting was cancelled earlier this month, Hanssen-Bauer confirms to NTB. He...
Christian Democrats: “Horrible of Hamas to deny the Holocaust”
The red-green government has been a staunch supporter of the PA, Hamas and the UNRWA. Yet when it is revealed that Hamas rejects tuition on the Holocaust in Gaza-schools, the red-green government is silent. Perhaps Norwegians should take the criticism from Sri Lanka to heart – perhaps Solheim the Silent is indeed a fitting...
Progress Party speaks out against Hamas’ racism
Two days ago Aftenposten’s ME correspondent Jørgen Lohne wrote about how Hamas rejects Holocaust-education in Gaza-schools. Seeing as how Norway not only heads the ITF this year but also is one of the PA’s, Hamas’ and UNRWA’s greatest sponsors, one would expect the government to react. Alas, the red-green coalition government has so far...
20.02.09 Aftenposten: Latest ten articles on Israel…
Hamas – back or forth? (14.02 2009) Russian rocket system pawn in game over Iran’s nuclear program (18.02 2009) Israeli chemist charged with sale of cyanide (18.02 2009) Six wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza-strip (14.02 2009) Israel’s ethnic predicament (13.02 2009) Hamas promises truce with Israel (12.02 2009) Israel moves to the right (12.02 2009) Israeli election “conqueror” proposes...
The battle for existence
We’re snowing under here in Oslo these days! Today I got a letter from one of my brothers, who lives up north in Sweden. The letter contained two pages from the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen, a weekend special, containing an interview with Israeli writer Yossi Klein Halevi. My brother says sorry about being old school...
Harlan Rivlin writes well!
Rare piece of real journalism on the middle east today, by Harlan Rivlin in Dagsavisen. Under the title “Hamas wins Israeli election”, Mr. Rivlin suggests that Likud’s leader Netanyahu should send flowers to Hams in gratitude for having given him victory on a plate. Mr. Rivlin recalls the Israeli elections in 96 and 06,...
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...