Who would have thought it would ever come to this. Read the Jerusalem Post “Making sense of Norwegian anti-Semitism“. This is terrifying. Excerpt: Do you consider Norway to have the highest levels of anti-Semitism among the Scandinavian countries? It’s close, but if I had to bet on which country was the worst, I do think I’d...
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The Jerusalem Post, which Aftenposten editor Harald Stanghelle claims is a right-wing rag way past its prime, has an article on the Holocaust-denying Labor politico Anders Mathisen. From JP article “Outrage over Holocaust-denying Norwegian lawmaker“: … There is no evidence the gas chambers or mass graves existed,” he told the newspaper, according to reports. “Even reputable...
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Norwegian journalists and intellectuals are quick to quote Human Rights Watch when it criticizes Israel. Let us see whether they quote anything from this lecture by Robert L. Bernstein, the founder of HRW, which you can read in the Jerusalem Post. Notice how Bernstein refers to a report on the Hamas administration’s Interior Minister...
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Norwegian journalists, scholars and clergymen usually attribute the difficulties of Palestinian Christians to Israel. They do not tell us about how Palestinian Muslims persecute Palestinian Christians, nor about how this is part of a larger picture where Christians having been forced out of Muslim countries for centuries. The article below was first published in...
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The Turkish TV series “Palestinian in Love and in War” is casting IDF soldiers as rapists and cold-blooded killers. Norwegian media has picked up on this, as well as how Israel has reacted to this. What we probably will not see Norwegian media reporting on is how Palestinians are protesting against the show. Jerusalem Post...
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Excerpt from JP – Analysis: Why don’t Norwegians take on anti-Semitism by Benjamin Weinthal. Mr.Weinthal defines the Norwegian Leftists as Islamists, which is strange. Beyond that, there is not much to object to. Norwegian television aired a broadcast showing Jewish parents and teachers – who did not reveal their identities – blowing the whistle on Norwegian school...
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The screenshot above is from Verdens Gang, Norway’s largest daily. The heading runs Great Britain is an anti-Semitic dog. Which is an uncouth thing to say so no, it is no wonder the story it into Norwegian. It ran in Israel on March 23rd and in Norway on March 24th. The screenshot below is...
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Jerusalem Post reports Anti-Semitism in Europe highest since WWII. “Classical anti-Semitism is changing, and it’s been replaced with a new anti-Semitism, which takes its shape in the form of unbridled attacks against the idea of a Jewish state” stated a spokesman for the Jewish Agency at a conference in Jerusalem. In today’s Dagsavisen journalist Roger...
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Yesterday Norway’s ambassador to Tel Aviv, Jakken Bjørn Lian, had his right of reply published in the Jerusalem Post. Below you see a reply to Lian’s right of reply, by Manfred Gerstenfeld. In his letter Mr.Gerstenfeld invites the Norwegian ambassador to a dialogue. This is an offer ambassador Lian hopefully will get permission from...
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Today JP, which a prominent Norwegian newspaper editor has slammed has a untrustworthy right-wing rag, publishes an op-ed by Dr.Gerstenfeld of the JCPA, whom the same Norwegian newspaper has characterized as a blinded and inexhaustible fanatic. Excerpt below: However, not all is black. Most Norwegians have other problems than the Middle East conflict. There...
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JP has published a well written op-ed by a Norwegian, one John A. Moen, under the title “Is Norway really anti-Semitic”. Here is an excerpt: While awaiting the researchers’ conclusions, we can summarize the following: The problems we encounter as Norwegian Jews primarily derive from the fact that some Muslim immigrants transfer their hatred...
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Iran is more than bearded fundamentalists and especially Tehran boasts a solid middle class which would seeks to resolve situations in an adult manner, rather than just rant and rave. The Tehran Times, “Iran’s leading international daily“, comments on the boycott proposal at NTNU (quoting the Jerusalem Post as its source): Alsberg also believes...
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NTNU is making regular appearances in the newspapers these days. The Norwegian Press Agency (NTB) has written an article on the issue which has been published in both Verdens Gang (Norway’s largest daily) and Dagbladet. Foreign newspapers are picking up as well these days. Here, from Jpost, starting with a bit of the basics:...
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The Jerusalem Post reports that HRW founder Robert L.Bernstein criticizes HRW for “helping those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state.” Norwegian daily DagenMagazinet follows up on it. Other Norwegian newspapers, so eager to comment when HRW condemns Israel, remain silent on occasions such as this – actually Dagsavisen, a minor daily,...
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Back in March, the Jerusalem Post published an erroneous article on anti-Semitism in Norway. Now we Norwegians, as opposed to Israelis, are not used to having erroneous articles printed about us in foreign newspapers. So naturally there was a legitimate outcry and the JP retracted their article. Some Norwegians had the decency to point...
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This is a Norwegian blog. The excerpt below is from the Tundra Tabloids – in Finland. See Israel’s former ambassador to Stockholm, Sweden, speak about Aftonbladet’s blood-libel story here. IBA News: Israel’s former ambassador to Stockholm, Zvi Mazel, currently a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Ambassador Zvi Mazel, thank you for...
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Norway’s Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left) has ordered oil fund holdings with Israeli companies to be scrutinized, in order to ascertain whether they are in violation with ethical considerations. Upon finding out that the Israeli company Elbit has delivered technology to the separation wall between Israel and Gaza, she kicked Elbit out of...
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The Norwegian Pension Fund is vast. It is placed in holdings throughout the globe. Jerusalem Post now alerts to how Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left) has thrown the Israeli company Elbit out of the Pension Fund. See an unauthorized translation from Norwegian E24 below, here. The reason for the exclusion? The Pension...
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Jerusalem Post August 19th – Gerald Steinberg writes the article Swedish government funds anti-Semitic NGO’s. As any Scandinavian will tell you, Sweden and Norway are in many ways very similar – we speak more or less the same language, hold few and shallow grudges against our neighbors, are dedicated to the idea of wealth...
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Philosemitism is a Belgium-based blog which also covers Norway. The blog does quite of bit of translation, from English to French. Here is an excerpt from one of Philosemitism’s posts, – from the French edition of the Jersualem Post – on Trine Lilleng. En apprenant par le Haaretz que la diplomate norvégienne Trine Lilleng basée à...
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