Støre replies to a question raised by Hans Olav Syversen of the Christian People’s Party. From the Parliament’s own website: A response to the question of the Goldstone report. MFA of Norway 2011 04 13 Jonas Gahr Støre Response to…
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Vårt Land: ‘Labor says yes to Palestinian state’
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Dagsavisen’s Roger Hercz once summed up Norway’s policy in the Middle East with the following words: “If it’s good for Palestine, it’s good for us”. Vårt Land today runs an article on how Labor will recognize a Palestinian state. Summary:…
Mark Steyn mentions Anders Mathisen
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Norway has already forgot about Anders Mathisen, the Labor politico who last week caused an online-only-uproar by denying the Holocaust. Political analyst Mark Steyn, a Canadian, has just heard about him. On his website Mark Steyn links to the Ynet…
Labor politico: ‘USA and Israel are equal to eastern Germany’
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Only a few days ago, Labor politico Anders Mathisen denied the Holocaust. He is not the only person holding curious opinions within the Labor party. Today we came across the article below. The article claims that USA and Israel are…
Government-party politician: ‘I know the Holocaust did not happen’
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To such an extent is Arbeiderpartiet (Labor) the most powerful political structure in Norway, that Norway’s most prominent political historian Jens Arup Seip once claimed Norway should be acknowledged as a one-party state. Today Dagbladet informs us that Labor politician…
The selective humanitarianism of Arbeiderpartiet
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Young politicos are all too eager to demonstrate their humanitarianism – as long as it involves satisfying popular demand for Israelbashing. When it comes to the current bloodshed in Libya, the same politicos are more relaxed. The screenshot above is…
An official ‘yes’ to trade with Israel
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Norway has on several occasions appeared to engage in pseudo-boycott of Israel. Now Aftenposten reports that our current government has signed no less than eleven contracts with Israeli companies. Aftenposten journalist Tarjei Leer-Salvesen reports on how Norwegian authorities have been…
Wikileaks: Barth Eide put personal ambition in front of Norwegian interests
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Aftenposten reports that a Wikileaks document suggests that deputy minister Barth Eide is motivated by personal ambition rather than national interest. Excerpt from Aftenposten’s article: This is made evident in the first documents from Wikileaks on Norwegian politicians. The documents…
Labor: ‘Over the top to ask PM to apologize to Israel’
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Yesterday the Progress Party stated that PM Stoltenberg should apologize to Israel after for Norway’s hasty judgement after the Mavi Marmara incident. Now Labor’s Eva Kristin Hansen, a member of the Palestinian-block in Norwegian politics, says the Progress Party ought…
Boycott: Regional Labor chapter ‘expects’ Gove not to test submarines
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German ThyssenKrupp builds submarines and tests them in Norwegian fjord. Now a regional division of Labor “expects” that the government refuses ThysseKrupp to test two submarines which are to be sold to Israel. The last seven days we have seen…
Two more Israeli companies found unethical and kicked out of oil-fund
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Only a few days ago it came to light that our Ministry of Defense is refusing to consider bids from Israeli companies. Today we can read that our current finance minister Sigbjørn Johnsen (Labor) has de-vested from two Israeli companies.…
Decency is dead in Norway
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Gudmund Hernes is a researcher at FAFO and a professor at BI, a Norwegian business school. He is furthermore a Labor party icon. In Morgenbladet July 30th Gudmund Hernes writes a scathing review of a commentary by Aftenposten’s Jan E.Hansen.…
How Palestine-Lobbyist Hadia Tajik confuses humanitarian need with Jihadist thought
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Hadia Tajik (Labor) is a member of the Parliamentary group “Friends of Palestine”, which outnumbers and outguns the smaller “Friends of Israel” group which is backed by members of the opposition. On June 1st Tajik, together with a number of…
Opposition questions Støre about anti-Semitism
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The above is a screen-shot from the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where it is only found in Norwegian. Unauthorized translation: From representative Øyvind Vaksdal (Progress Party) to the Foreign Minister: Has the Foreign Minister changed his view…
Labor representative attends same Saudi uni as Mohyeleen Mohammed
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Dagbladet has previously written that Mohyeleen Mohammed is an adherent of the Wahhabi school of Islam. This school is reported to “strictly follow Qur’an and the Hadith“. The mindset this encourages may arguably not be the easiest to integrate into…
LO (TUC) called upon to reassess perspective on Israel
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LO – the main Norwegian TUC – is one of many Norwegian organizations to embrace the cause of the Palestinians, even though the precise nature of this cause often remains unclear. During the May 1st march in Trondheim (home to…
Labor’s Eva Kristin Hansen – ‘for Palestine. Against Israel’
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In Dagbladet on September 28th 2002, politician Eva Kristin Hansen (Labor) is interviewed by journalist Bente Frøytlog under the heading: “Comrade in arms”. The section above deals with Ms.Hansen’s “commitment” to the Middle East. Unauthorized translation: We change topic. Over…