NTNU rector Digernes’ letter above, from Aftenposten on December 5th, is written in reply to Dr.Gerstenfeld’s op-ed of November 28th, which was written in response to Aftenposten’s editorial of November 22nd, which slammed the seminar in Jerusalem on Anti-Israelism and…
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Torbjørn Digernes and the Palestine-lobby
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NTNU rector Torbjørn Digernes has asked the board not to vote for a boycott of Israel. He has also said that he is “saddened” by some of the criticism directed against him. Yet let us look as his “form” so…
NTNU rector asks board not to boycott
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NTNU rector Digernes has been largely silent about the call for boycott, which the university board is to discuss on November 12th. Both Haaretz and Jerusalem Post have tried to tease a comment on the issue out of him, but…
Drexel University academic writes letter to Torbjørn Digernes
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NTNU in general and rector Torbjørn Digernes is getting a lot of international attention these days. Here is a letter from Emilie S.Passow, associate professor at Drexel university. To the Director of the University of Trondheim, I am appalled by…
Rector of Haifa university to NTNU rektor Digernes
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Press Release November 1, 2009 Rector to rector: University of Haifa turns to Trondheim University to withdraw boycott motion Rector of the University of Haifa, Prof. Yossi Ben-Artzi, has approached his counterpart at the Trondheim university – the Norwegian University…
NTNU chairwoman opposes boycott
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The NTNU board meets on November 12th to discuss a possible academic boycott against Israel. Marit Ernstad, the chairwoman, says to Ynetnews that she opposes the move. She also says that the proponents of a boycott cannot be defined as…
The shaky legality of NTNU’s case: Why is Israel on trial?
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Sidney Lumet’s 1956 classic 12 angry men, starring Henry Fonda, is said to be the greatest legal drama of all time. More interestingly, the plot and moral of the movie is directly applicable to NTNU’s meeting on November 12th. It…
NTNU: “Ashamed of being Norwegian…”
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Decent Norwegians find the “boycott Israel” movement baffling. Constructive criticism? Sure. Help and assist? Certainly, to the extent that we can. Sympathize with both sides? Of course. But to boycott, of all countries, precisely Israel? To many, it just does…
France: JUIF.org on NTNU
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French jews are strangers neither to racist hatred nor the legitimate criticism with which it so effortlessly blends. JUIF.org, which has a wide readership, is now the third French-speaking website to pick up on how certain elements at NTNU are…
French on NTNU: “Cher Recteur…”
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A vocal minority of Norwegians left-wingers obsess about Israel nonstop and they have been doing so for years. While these people close their eyes to the transgressions of Israel’s muslim neighbors, they have the audacity to become outraged when challenged…
Lessons of Lysenko
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Science and politics go hand in hand. The people vote, the politicians allocate, and the scientists carry out the according research. This is part of the democratic process. But democracy runs into problems when scientists become overly subservient to the…
Criticism against imbalanced NTNU seminars
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Is it correct for a university to host a series of seminars on a conflict, with only one side of the story being told? Say that an American university was to host seminars on Norway’s war in Afghanistan – ought…
American University Lecturer asks Digernes to apologize
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Norwegian universities are in general eager for international recognition. Yet the particular kind of foreign attention rektor Torbjørn Digernes is attracting to NTNU is hardly of the desired kind. The latest comment on Rektors side (Rektor’s page) is made by…
Media reports on criticism of imbalanced NTNU seminars
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This autumn NTNU, a prestigious Norwegian university, is offering a series of seminars on Israel. The seminars have attracted widespread criticism for being imbalanced, and it has been claimed that the sole purpose of the seminars is to set the…
Why should Digernes resign?
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In a letter to Rektors side, Ronnie Fraser of the Academic Friends of Israel suggests that it can only be “a matter of time” before NTNU dean Torbjørn Digernes “falls on his sword” and resigns “in order to save NTNU…
Dignernes’ blog down after SPME article
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The SPME has publised Manfred Gerstenfeld’s article – NTNU, a Norwegian Hate University – which was originally published in Hebrew in the weekly Makor Rishon. Scholars for Peace of the Middle East, which opposes academic boycotts has already informed the…
Israeli weekly on NTNU
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NTNU is one of Norway’s most prestigous universities. It is the dear Alma Mater of some of our best and brightest. It is therefore highly unfortunate to see NTNU dean Torbjørn Digernes dabble in political intrigue, and that in a manner and to an extent so…
NTNU student to dean: “We will not give in”
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On his blog, Dean Torbjørn Digernes at NTNU “salutes” the organizing committee behind the NTNU seminars on Israel and remains convinced that the seminars-series is a “praiseworthy initiative”. Students, staff and ordinary citizens are less convinced. The latest comment to…
Criticism builds against unbalanced NTNU seminars
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Criticism is building against the Israel-seminars which are hosted at NTNU this autumn. As critics point out both the programme-committee behind the seminars and the speakers are well-known Israel-critics, and it is suspected that this will be reflected in the seminars.…
Stephen Walt recommended by Bin Laden, speaks at NTNU
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On the eighth anniversary of 9/11, Osama Bin Laden addressed the American public in a twelve minute audio tape. As observed here and here, he also endorsed two books (From Counterterrorism): He endorsed two books for Americans to understand how…