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 a question raised by Hans Olav Syversen of the CPP. Richard Goldstone’s article in...
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 ‘ Labor ’
Vårt Land: ‘Labor says yes to Palestinian state’
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: Labor has held its annual meet (landsmøte) and an overwhelming majority of the party...
Mark Steyn mentions Anders Mathisen
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 article with the following words: OSLO …BESIDES, IT NEVER HAPPENED A member of the...
Labor politico: ‘USA and Israel are equal to eastern Germany’
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 equal to eastern Germany. The author does not seem to find this comparison hampered...
Government-party politician: ‘I know the Holocaust did not happen’
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 Anders Mathiesen denies the Holocaust. Dagbladet publishes the story under the title “Labor politician...
The selective humanitarianism of Arbeiderpartiet
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 from the Twitter-site of Eskil Pedersen, leader of AUF (Labor Youth). His selected background...
An official ‘yes’ to trade with Israel
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 contacted by worried members of the US public, whom Salvesen refer to as “lobbyists”,...
Wikileaks: Barth Eide put personal ambition in front of Norwegian interests
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 were displayed by Swedish Aftonbladet.se today, and may be downloaded here. In a brief...
Labor: ‘Over the top to ask PM to apologize to Israel’
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 to apologize to the Palestinians. In the Dagbladet follow-up to yesterday’s article, journalist Jørgen...
Boycott: Regional Labor chapter ‘expects’ Gove not to test submarines
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 VG point out that the Ministry of Defence is actually boycotting Israel in violation...
Two more Israeli companies found unethical and kicked out of oil-fund
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. Our previous finance minister Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left) de-vested from Israeli Elbit, a company...
Decency is dead in Norway
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. One of the reasons is that Jan E. Hansen has called Israel “the only...
How Palestine-Lobbyist Hadia Tajik confuses humanitarian need with Jihadist thought
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 other members of “Friends of Palestine”, showed up in Parliament wearing kaffiyehs. As Norwegian...
Opposition questions Støre about anti-Semitism
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 or will he still contribute to combat anti-Semitic attitudes in Norway? Foreign Minister’s answer:...
Labor representative attends same Saudi uni as Mohyeleen Mohammed
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 modern, liberal Norwegian society. The Hadith includes among other a troubling passage about Mohammed’s...
LO (TUC) called upon to reassess perspective on Israel
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 NTNU) the Palestinian section proved the most popular. In LO leader Roar Flåthen’s May...
Labor’s Eva Kristin Hansen – ‘for Palestine. Against Israel’
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 to the Middle East. Before the conflict over leadership began, Eva Kristin Hansen had...