Tag Archive for Kristin Halvorsen

US delegation to meet Kristin Halvorsen, discuss anti-Semitism

by admin • June 8, 2011 • 8 Comments

Next week Oslo hosts the seminar “Norway, Israel and the Jews”, in which selected American guests will partake in order to discuss anti-Semitism in Norway. On Wednesday 15th, the lucky Americans have the opportunity to meet with Minister of Education…

by admin • May 22, 2011 • 0 Comments

If links between the media and government were as strong in Israel as they are in Norway, Norwegian journalists would be having a field day. Verdens Gang, one of Norway’s largest newspapers, have published an article on how the Ministry…

by admin • March 30, 2011 • 1 Comment

Here’s to dear old Oslo The home of the bean and the cod Where tevee answers only to government And government believes it’s God

by McGonagall • March 27, 2011 • 3 Comments

Oh, now it has just gone from bad to horrible to a real stinker. After Solhjells pathetic attempt to claim that bomb Israel proposal was in fact only a horrible misunderstanding, SV leader decided to enter the fray to clarify…

by admin • March 25, 2011 • 0 Comments

Kristin Halvorsen applauds the popular uprisings in the Maghreb just as the Muslim Brotherhood seems to be consolidating its hold on Egypt. Kristin Halvorsen in NRK here “Israel no longer the only island of democracy in the Middle East“. As…

by admin • December 24, 2010 • 1 Comment

Philosemitism operates out of Belgium, where things have been tough for quite some time. Somehow they still find the time to squeeze in something about Norway: Il y a un an, la ministre norvégienne des finances de l’époque, Kristin Halvorsen, annonçait très…

by admin • October 12, 2010 • 0 Comments

Anti-Semitism has reappeared in Norway. One of the measures taken in order to limit anti-Semitism in the schools consists of a working group set down by Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left – see photo above). On September 27th…

by admin • October 2, 2010 • 2 Comments

Øyvind Vaksdal (Progess Party) has put the following question to Minister of Education and Knowledge Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left): “At what point did the Ministry of Education and Knowledge set up a specific group to combat anti-Semitism and racism in…

by admin • March 17, 2010 • 0 Comments

DagenMagazinet reports that Education Minister Kristin Halvorsen has taken the initiative to establish a working committee to combat racism and anti-Semitism in Norwegian schools. In the screenshot above – from Dagenmagazinet- we see leader of the Mosaic Religious Community Anne…

by admin • December 20, 2009 • 6 Comments

What is going on over here? It appears it is a rather cutting commentary on Jakken Bjørn Lian, Norway’s ambassador to Israel, and his rather feeble duel with JCPA’s Manfred Gerstenfeld in the Jerusalem Post. Notice the picture of Kristin…

by admin • November 17, 2009 • 0 Comments

Indonesia is huge enough to boom and bust at the same time yet hardly figures in Norwegian consciousness. In contrast Israel is an extremely small strip of land which a conspicuous large number of Norwegians are passionately interested in. The…

by admin • September 29, 2009 • 0 Comments

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…

by admin • September 12, 2009 • 1 Comment

Leader of the Center against Anti-Semitism Erez Uriely points out how ousting Elbit from the Oil fund was less than wise – entire article here. (In Norwegian) Elbit happens to be a supplier of technical equipment to far more than…

by admin • September 11, 2009 • 0 Comments

Many left-wing Norwegians find Ilan Pappe to be just about the smartest thing since cut cheese. And as for his book on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palesine – ah, blood and gore on almost every page. Of which there are…

by admin • September 5, 2009 • 1 Comment

The Palestine Committee is an NGO which in 2008 was allocated NOK 3 700 000 of Government money. The Palestine Committee is naturally rather content with Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen’s decision to exclude the Israeli company Elbit from the Oil…

by admin • September 5, 2009 • 1 Comment

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…

by admin • September 3, 2009 • 0 Comments

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…

by admin • September 3, 2009 • 0 Comments

Unauthorized translation from E24: Note that the terms oil fund and pension fund are used interchangeably but refer to the same – the Norwegian piggy bank, under this government in the custody of Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen of the Socialist…

by admin • May 8, 2009 • 0 Comments

The vices and virtues of multicultural society are under constant debate. On the one hand there is this, on the other there is that. Here is an unauthorized translation from IDAG.NO, May 28th 2004. Norwegian muslims applaud suicide bombers -He who bombed…

by admin • April 29, 2009 • 0 Comments

On April 2nd the Norwegian Ambassador to Israel, Jakken Bjørn Lian, writes to the Jerusalem Post (see below) about the Gaza-march in Olso on January 8th, in which the Norwegian Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen took part. Lian describes the march as…

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