Tag Archive for Israel

SELECTIVE HOSTILITY TO RELIGION AT UNIVERSITY OF OSLO

by admin • February 11, 2011 • 0 Comments

A female Jewish student tells of how she was harassed and harangued at the Univeristy of Oslo. Upon visiting a bar, she was told to go and “burn in Auschwitz”. The issue has been reported on in several media. The…

by admin • February 2, 2011 • 3 Comments

An anniversary of which we can be certain nothing will be written about in Norwegian media, although we have to point out that DN journalist Kjetil Wiedswang commented upon it in an article on July 4th 2009. Wikipedia on Hama…

by admin • January 22, 2011 • 12 Comments

In last week’s edition of Morgenbladet, a man wrote of how he upon visiting a cafe in Trondheim was slapped for the sin of refusing to be ashamed of having relatives in Israel. In this week’s issue, a Norwegian Jew…

by admin • January 21, 2011 • 5 Comments

The Ministry of Education and Knowledge’s working group on anti-Semitism and racism in the schools has delivered a report which been criticized for neither emphasizing how anti-Semitism is especially a problem among the Muslim population, nor setting out a realistic…

by admin • January 16, 2011 • 0 Comments

Is Israel any worse than other countries in the Middle East? This is what Dr.Mads tells us. Yet there is good reason to question his authority. Stanley Milgram conducted his first obedience – experiments at Yale University in 1963. The…

by admin • January 15, 2011 • 0 Comments

When the left-of-centre compares Israelis to nazis, Dagsavisen does not comment. When Hege Storhaug of Human Rights Service compares Muslim activists to nazis, Dagsavisen cries foul. A case of double standards? Above we see an excerpt from an editorial by…

by admin • January 14, 2011 • 4 Comments

Op-ed in Morgenbladet: A psychology student writes of how he tells a stranger that he has Israeli relatives, whereupon the stranger launches into a pro-Hamas harangue and slaps him. The op-ed is online in Morgenbladet. The psychology student tells of…

by admin • January 14, 2011 • 2 Comments

Melanie Phillips is sharp, knowledgeable and witty. Often, she is acidic or hamfisted. Equally often, she is absolutely right. She has now given an interesting interview on what she sees as the failure of Israeli hasbara – public relations. Are…

by admin • January 14, 2011 • 22 Comments

It is the artist’s job to paint the villain as a villain and the hero as a hero. In Norway, the villain is often Israel. And the artist? He is often subsidized by the state. An article in olsopuls tells…

by admin • January 12, 2011 • 2 Comments

When US money flows to Israel, Norwegians are told that this is an indication of the power and influence of the US Israel-lobby. When Norwegian money flows to Palestinian organizations, Norwegians are told that this is because supporting the Palestinians…

by admin • January 12, 2011 • 0 Comments

Unless there is progress in the peace process, Norway might acknowledge a Palestinian state this year. This position provides incentives for Israel, but not the Palestinians. NRK reports that FM Støre has stated that if there is an internationally coordinated…

by admin • January 8, 2011 • 0 Comments

According to NTB, FM Jonas Gahr Støre will be going to the Middle East on Monday. He will visit Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Syria and Jordan, in order to discuss development support, institutional development, and the construction of a Palestinian…

by admin • January 7, 2011 • 0 Comments

One may hold that for all practical purposes, our perception of reality constitutes reality. So if you perceive Israel today as being the same as apartheid-era South Africa, then Israel is the same as aparthied-era South Africa. In Norway the…

by admin • January 6, 2011 • 0 Comments

After some relatively quiet weeks it appears that the media has hit the Israel-vein again. Yesterday Aftenposten had a Gaza-story on its front page. Today it was Klassekampen’s turn. Not only that, but today’s Klassekampen also offered a bonus issue…

by admin • January 6, 2011 • 0 Comments

Aftenposten, having gained access to the latest batch of Wikileaks documents, today gloatingly reveals a minor case of coca-cola related smut on Israel. NOTE: Professor Gonagall has already covered this issue, see below. Too fast, that Gonagall. Too fast. The…

by admin • January 2, 2011 • 2 Comments

Aftenposten’s sharpest journalists have been studying the Wikileaks documents and now believe that Israel is preparing for an Irani attack. Aftenposten runs the story as a centerfold today, and several other media have picked up on the story. The article,…

by admin • December 23, 2010 • 2 Comments

Bjørn Tore Godal (Labor) headed Labor Youth in 1971, when the organization suggested that the Jewish state of Israel would have to give way to a one-state solution for both Jews and Muslims. As foreign minister in the mid-nineties, Mr.…

by admin • December 21, 2010 • 2 Comments

Susan Abulhawa’s “Morning in Jenin” is making a lot of people very happy. The author is making money, the publisher is capturing a large market-share and the readers get a whopping good read featuring an evil villain, a noble hero,…

by admin • December 20, 2010 • 4 Comments

“Eyes in Gaza” was penned by NORWAC doctors Erik Fosse and Mads Gilbert during the Hamas/Israel war in 2008/2009. NORWAC was founded as a joint venture between Norwegian pro-Palestinians and the MFA when Palestinakomiteen no longer was allowed to operate…

by admin • December 18, 2010 • 3 Comments

This transcript is not receiving anything near the attention it deserves. Read it again and compare it to the current Israel-debate in Aftenposten. The founder of Human Rights Watch, Robert L. Bernstein, recently delivered a lecture on human rights at…

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