Reporting that some schools on the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip will be offering Hebrew lessons, fake news organization NTB highlights the Israeli “blockade” of Gaza. It may be worth comparing the NTB article with this one from the New York Times,…
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NTB’s “free” and “open” border crossing
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You don’t have to read Norwegian newspapers for a long time to realize that NTB functions a bit like the political commisariate for the press here. Their releases read like political talking points for the editors who reprint things. NTB…
NTB: ‘Israeli PR campaign in European countries’
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NTB has released an article on how Israel, according to Haaretz, is aiming to affect public opinion by developing supporter-teams in European countries. NTB (here in VG) refers to Berglingske Tidende, which again refers to Haaretz. Excerpt from the NTB…
Newsworthy: Palestinian olive trees allegedly ruined by Israeli sewage
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When a prominent US Senator expressed concern over Norwegian anti-Semitism and Israel-hatred to Norway’s ambassador to Washington DC, it got one mention in one article in one newspaper. Contrast this with how a Palestinian allegation of Israeli sewage destroying thousands…
NTB article on ‘humanitarian’ ship to Gaza
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Dagbladet today runs an NTB article on the Libyan ship Amalthea, which is said to be carrying 2000 tons of aid to Gaza. The ship is financed by a humanitarian organization bearing the name of Moamar Gadaffi. The article reminds…
NTB tut-tuts treatment of Gilad Shalit
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Several NIJ readers have reacted to an Norwegian News Agency (NTB) article in Dagbladet which seems to tut-tut the conditions under which Gilad Shalit is being held captive. Citizen H, one of the NIJ street irregulars, comments: Gilad Shalit has…
Islamists operate out of University College, rector clueless
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In May 2008 Islamnet invited Zulqarnain Sakandar Madni to speak at the University College of Oslo. Madni told his audience that Bush and the Jews were behind 9/11. Yet as late as in February 2010, rector Sissel Østberg refused to believe there were any extremists at…
Madrid stands up to Israeli homo-imperialism, kick Israelis out of march
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NTB reports that a group of Israeli homosexuals are not being allowed to take part in a gay-pride type march in Madrid, Spain. The reason is that the Mayor of Tel Aviv, the city which sponsors the Israeli group, has not distanced himself…
NTB sanitzies and distorts Helen Thomas story
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NTB claims that Helen Thomas said Jews should “get out of Palestine” on June 1st, after the IDF enforced the blockade of Hamas-run Gaza. This is wrong. The article above is from the Norwegian News Agency (NTB) and was published by…
What kind of ‘Swedish peace activists’ are thrown out of Israel?
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Both TV2 and Dagbladet publish the NTB story on how Swedish peace activists have been thrown out of Israel. They do not tell us about what kind of peace activists we are talking about. Sweden, Israel and the Jews (SIJ)…
NTB: Lieberman wants to execute arab reps. in Knesset
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NTB (Norwegian News Service) reports on a report it claims to have accessed (somehow) from the Norwegian embassy in Tel Aviv. The report claims that Israel is systematically discriminating against the Arab population in the country. This NTB article raises…
Media reports Israeli grunts to receive ´miracle socks´
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The extent to which Norwegian newspapers follow Israel is quite remarkable. Several newspapers are now publishing an NTB article on how Israeli soldiers are being issued odorless socks. From Adresseavisen, a regional newspaper servicing the Trondheim area: All new infantry…
The conspicuous silence of NTNU rector Digernes
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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…
Scandinavian news agencies: TT and NTB
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Back in March a number of Norwegian newspapers published an NTB (Norwegian News Agency) article quoting an Israeli academic for saying that Norwegians were “unintelligent” and “barbaric”. The academic was Manfred Gerstenfeld, and he had done nothing worse than publish…
Norwegians fighting for Al-Shabab – Somalia
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Here is a strange story, far too close for comfort – these days, Oslo boys are going to Somalia to fight. Here is an unauthorized translation from the Norwegian News Agency (NTB), here from the christian newspaper DagenMagazinet: – Norwegians…
Norwegian judge suspects Israel of genocide
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Imagine if an Israeli judge suspected Norway of being guilty of genocide in Afghanistan, where Norway is at war. Imagine if this Israeli judge participated in an investigative committee backed by a circle of states determined to destroy Norway as…
Headlines in the Norwegian media
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Aim and method: What is the extent of Norwegian interest in Israel? To what extent do Norwegian media cover Israel? This rough survey consists of counting headlines in the indexing service of www.webavisen.no. Webavisen lists headlines and stories from 240…
Jews blamed for financial crisis
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The Norwegian News Agency (NTB) today reports in Aftenposten. Jews blamed for financial crisis Israel’s war on the Gazastrip is not the only cause for increasing antisemitism. Jews are increasingly being blamed for the financial crisis. During an international conference…
Few boycott Israel
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NTB today report that Norway imported goods for NOK 71,3 million in January 2009, an increase of 24,4 percent from January of 2008, according to the Norwegian Bureau of Statistics. Several policians argued for a boycott of goods from Israel…