Norway, Israel and the Jews
On April 10th a young girl wrote in to Aftenposten, Norway’s largest newspaper, and told of how her elderly relatives had tried to take a taxi to a Bar Mitzva at the Oslo Synagogue – and been turned down twice, by taxi drivers of Middle Eastern origin. One would think that there would be...
The picture above shows you a newspaper-stand from central Oslo today, Monday, March 28th. The front page of Dagsavisen (lower right) tells of how children at schools in Oslo east caint read good. The title says: “10 year-olds who almost can’t read“. Now that’s Olso east. Guess where our parliamentarians live, on the east...
NRK reports that for the first time, a Norwegian citizen has been killed while fighting for al shabaab. He was radicalized and recruited in Norway. The NRK article is titled “Norwegian killed in Somalia” (Nordmann drept i Somalia). The Somali group al Shabaab has sworn loyalty to al Qaida. Excerpt: – This is, according...
Our authorities have been experimenting with Oslo-east for decades now, turning once lilly-white communities of ethnic Norwegians into multicultural havens of opportunity and delight. Sadly, quite a few ethnic Norwegians are proving disappointingly unappreciative. Thousands are fleeing the Grorud valley. The screenshot above is from the Aftenposten article “It is difficult to be an...
Author Eirik Eiglad tells of the riots of January 2009 in his book “The anti-Jewish riots in Oslo”. Today VG tells us some of the rioters were career criminals. During the riots of January 8th 2009, masked men tried to set the Oslo Freemasons’ lodge on fire. While there was a childrens’ Christmas party...
Susan Abulhawa’s “Morning in Jenin” is making a lot of people very happy. The author is making money, the publisher is capturing a large market-share and the readers get a whopping good read featuring an evil villain, a noble hero, heart-throbbing romance and unspeakable atrocities. The truth? It has nothing to do with it,...
“Eyes in Gaza” was penned by NORWAC doctors Erik Fosse and Mads Gilbert during the Hamas/Israel war in 2008/2009. NORWAC was founded as a joint venture between Norwegian pro-Palestinians and the MFA when Palestinakomiteen no longer was allowed to operate medical teams from Israeli controlled territory. The doctors themselves are left-wing extremists- Erik Fosse...
Susan Abulhawa’s “Mornings in Jenin” casts Israelis as empty-eyed thieves with no historical connection to their land, which they have stolen from the Palestinians. The novel offers a barren Jewish woman and a stolen Palestinian child, Jews who are unable to operate an olive press or work the land, and terrified Palestinian children who...
Above you see a picture of the Khaybar KH2002 assault rifle. It is an Irani product. Wikipedia, which is often wrong, seems to have gotten the story behind the name right: “…the Battle of Khaybar was fought in the year 629 between Prophet Muhammad and his followers against the Jews living in the oasis of Khaybar, located...
NRK reports that last year alone, combat in Afghanistan killed 1000 children. Such are the tactics of the Taliban and Hamas. Yet the lobby has generated much anger against Israel for the killing of nine martyrdom-seeking activists on a blockade busting ship, and that fury is bringing the boycott debate into the halls of...
In an op-ed to Aftenposten, an Israeli citizen tells of how he, during the 27 years he has lived in Norway, has experienced a wave of aggression against Israel. Excerpt from Aftenposten op-ed “A wave of aggression“: I am a completely ordinary middle-class Israeli who has lived in Oslo the last 27 years. During...
Threats related to war in Gaza. Aftenposten today reports on a threatening letter sent to the Israeli embassy in Oslo. The letter appears to have been doused in an chemical irritant, such as tear gas, and two postal employees were briefly hospitalized after having handling the letter. The letter refers to the war in Gaza,...
(This article is translated from Morgenbladet 06.02.09) A swearword returns Anti-Semitism is growing in secret, it is said. But where? We searched for the great Norwegian anti-Semitism. We found fear, rhetorical imprecision and a new old swearword. By Marius Lien An old hatred: The window of a Norwegian shop window during WWII. Foto: Scanpix –...
From NRK on April 29th 2002. Prime Minster Bondevik (Christian Democrats) shows solidarity in the face of anti-Semitism by visiting the Oslo synagogue. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";
To the left, an article from Aftenposten on September 22nd, 1977.The article is written after visiting Israeli academics have been interrupted and harassed at universities in Oslo and Trondheim. Excerpt from the first paragraph: Great shame Arbeiderbladet (Ed: Later Dagsavisen) calls the anti-Zionist demonstrations in Oslo and Trondheim, held in connection with lecturs of...
To the left: a notice from Aftenposten telling of how an anonymous telephone warned of a bomb-attack against the Bergstien synagogue in Oslo. The caller claimed to be part of “National Front”. While no such organization had been heard of until then, there was an organization called “Nationalt Frontparti”. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor =...
The article above is from Aftenposten on April 17th 1934. It tells of how an Oslo-synagogue has been vandalized. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";