And so again a foreigner needs to write an op-ed pointing out how ridiculously indefensible the Norwegian Israel-debate is. After the boarding of the Mavi Marmara last year, the Norwegian middle class flew completely of the handle. For the sake…
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Ynet on ritual slaughter, compares to Norway stance on whaling
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Does Norway have a lengthy anti-Semitic tradition? Some, pointing at the “no jews” paragraph of the original 1814 constitution, the holocaust and recent events, say yes. Other are inclined to say no, all of that is just legitimate criticism of…
Odd-Bjørn Fure rages against Manfred Gerstenfeld, speaks of ‘Israeli propaganda-offensive’
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Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld is the only foreign author to have published a book on contemporary anti-Semitism in Norway. He has volunteered advice on how Norway ought to fashion an upcoming survey on anti-Semitism in Norway. Now Odd-Bjørn Fure, director…
Dishonest Reporter Award: Sidsel Wold
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Dishonest Reporter Award 2010 lists NRK (State broadcasting authority) journalist Sidsel Wold among “other dishonorable mentions”, for “haranguing Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld during an interview, compelling the Israeli professor to fisk his own interview“. In more general terms, recognition for the most…
EU commissioner:’Orthodox Jews have no future in Holland’
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Former EU commissioner Frits Bolkestein states that orthodox Jews have no future in Holland due to the anti-Semitism of Moroccan immigrants and their descendants. The only Norwegian newspaper to touch this so far is Vårt Land. Journalist Johannes Morken writes:…
IDAG.no reports new NRK interview with Gerstenfeld unmarred by ‘Wold-like’ mistakes, yet omits criticism of Wold
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The Christian daily Idag today reports that NRK’s new interview with Gerstenfeld stands up to scrutiny. As opposed to the previous one, in which journalist not only asked the questions, but also made up the answers. Sadly, the new NRK…
NRK redoes Gerstenfeld interview after Sidsel Wold botches job
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A little while back, NRK’s correspondent to Israel Sidsel Wold interviewed Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld, author of “Behind the humanitarian mask”. After Sidsel Wold lost the tapes from the interview she put together a commentary on Gerstenfeld instead. When Idag.no…
Missing piece in Norway-Israel puzzle: Lohne and Hercz encouraged to investigate
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While going over some older posts I stumbled over this article, where Dagsavisen’s fig leaf of decency Roger Hercz writes: “…the episode (Deputy Minister meeting with Hamas) came only months after the newspaper Yedioth Aharonot published based on sources (Dagsavisen’s…
Is Norway in denial?
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In an April 21st right-of-reply (see above) to Vårt Land, a Norwegian daily, Manfred Gerstenfeld of the Jerusalem Centre suggests that Norwegians are in denial about the realities of our elites’ attitudes towards Israel as well as the relationship between…
Book review: ‘Anti-Semitism in Norway’
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“Anti-Semitism” in Norway is the most recent, most comprehensive and well-documented work on contemporary anti-Semitism in Norway on the market today. Anti-Semitism in Norway The recently published book ”Anti-Semitism in Norway” includes updated and translated chapters from “Behind the Humanitarian…
NRK-gate: Communication breakdown
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Finnish Tundra Tabloids has referred to Sidsel Wold’s interview with Manfred Gerstenfeld, where the former answers her own questions and the latter only gets to speak for twenty seconds, as a”spike in high profile instances of ridiculous journalistic tomfoolery“. This is…
Does Sidsel Wold prove Gerstenfeld right?
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Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld has written extensively on anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the Nordic countries. He suggests that we have not really got a level playing-field up here, and that arguments explaining Israel’s actions are obfuscated or ignored while the…
Manfred Gerstenfeld writes to Sidsel Wold
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Late in March, NRK’s Sidsel Wold was to interview Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld. Whatever transpired during that interview will however never be known, as the misfortunate Sidsel Wold went and lost the tape on which it was recorded. She managed…
Sidsel Wold, Manfred Gerstenfeld and the ghost of Arthur Koestler
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The picture above is of deceased author Arthur Koestler, whose ghost we had to conjure in order to do justice by NRK journalist Sidsel Wold. Intrigued? Read on. Sidsel Wold and the McCarthyist spin Sidsel Wold, NRK’s Middle East correspondent…
Transcript: Sidsel Wold on Manfred Gerstenfeld
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In 2008 Manfred Gerstenfeld edited “Behind the Humanitarian Mask”, a book on anti-Semitism in the Nordic countries. After an interview with a Norwegian journalist he was misquoted throughout the Scandinavian peninsula and subsequently ridiculed and demonized. Last week, he published…
Dagbladet writes same old about Gerstenfeld
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Dagsavisen has unexpectedly decided to give Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld a “fair go”, asking him relevant questions and presenting his answers in a straightforward and honest interview. Meanwhile Dagbladet sticks to the old, tried and tested method of allowing Gerstenfeld…
DAGSAVISEN GIVES GERSTENFELD ‘FAIR GO’
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Dagsavisen is a struggling Norwegian daily traditionally associated with the Labor movment, unions and party. It is a newspaper which can be counted on to support the red-green coalition government in Norway. Today it gives Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld a…
Gerstenfeld’s press release statement March 24th
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Many Norwegian hold opinons of the contents of Gerstenfeld’s books. But how many of us have actually read them? Several Norwegian journalists have already commented upon Gerstenfeld’s press release, which he held on Wednesday. Yet how many of them actually…
Are also ethnic Norwegians threatening Jews?
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NRK journalist Tormod Strand has uncovered anti-Semitism among Norwegian muslims. This has attracted a lot of attention. People are nodding their heads saying “Yes, the muslims, fierce anti-Semites, ikke sant…” Now DagenMagazinet reports that Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld, editor of…
Aftenposten on Gerstenfeld’s new book on anti-Semitism in Norway
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When Norway criticizes Israel, newspapers often call it “legitimate criticism”. When Israeli acadmic Manfred Gerstenfeld criticizes Norway, the same newspapers tend to refer to the criticism as “allegations” or “accusations”. The screenshot above is from Norway’s second largest daily Aftenposten,…