Tag Archive for VG

Was Erna Solberg misquoted by VG?

by admin • August 23, 2011 • 7 Comments

Verdens Gang claims Erna Solberg compares contemporary anti-Muslim sentiment to anti-Semitism during the thirties. Erna Solberg herself denies having made any such comparison. McGonagall of Israelwhat comments on the issue. Erna Solberg believes McGonagall is confused. Who isn’t? On August…

by admin • May 2, 2011 • 10 Comments

The five members of the Fogel family were stabbed to death in their own home on March 11th 2011. No Norwegian newspaper has so far found them worthy of the sympathy with which Verdens Gang journalist Lars Christian Wegner covered…

by Frank • April 8, 2011 • 3 Comments

What the Norwegian media has told us, and what it couldn’t be bothered to mention. Information in Norwegian about how Hamas targeted an Israeli school buss with an anti-tank missile yesterday has been almost exclusively channelled through one piece by…

by admin • March 9, 2011 • 4 Comments

The Norwegian media has done a terrific job. 59 percent of all Norwegians appear to believe that Israel is a “fanatic” country. Palestinians, on the other side, get a lot of sympathy. What else can you expect in a country…

by admin • February 22, 2011 • 0 Comments

According to rumor, Ghadaffi yesterday sent in jets and helicopters against the demonstrators. Dagsavisen, Dagbladet and Aftenposten all cover this as their main story. VG however, has selected a “bring back the cane” story. One may ask whether VG, if…

by admin • February 15, 2011 • 0 Comments

VG offers this article today, on Israel and Hamas (Unauthorized translation): NEXT WAR WITH HAMAS WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT Verdens Gang, Erlend Skevik Israel had the opinion only a few months after the Gaza war that Hamas had regained its military…

by admin • February 12, 2011 • 0 Comments

We Norwegians like to agree on things. As long as everyone agrees, there won’t be any trouble. Often, we agree that Israel is really, really, really bad. Now editor of VG Hanne Skartveit is confusing things by suggesting that perhaps,…

by admin • January 31, 2011 • 0 Comments

Hans Olav Syversen (Christian Democrats) is a well-mannered gentleman who can always be counted on in the fight anti-Semitism. Verdens Gang publishes an article today where Syversen makes his mind known on Hizb ut Tahrir and Qaradawi. A few quotes:…

by admin • January 29, 2011 • 0 Comments

VG’s editorial today was on Støre’s telephone chats with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal. In an interview with TV2 Støre first denied having had any, then came around and admitted that he had. Unauthorized translation: STØRE AND HAMAS Editorial FM Jonas…

by admin • December 27, 2010 • 8 Comments

VG’s recommendation is published on the heels of Aftenposten’s discovery: the cartoon-riots in Syria in 2006 were not a spontaneous act of public ill-will, but orchestrated by the authorities. Winters are fierce up north, and many Northerners will be looking…

by admin • November 25, 2010 • 1 Comment

Norwegian journalists and intellectuals are quick to quote Human Rights Watch when it criticizes Israel. Let us see whether they quote anything from this lecture by Robert L. Bernstein, the founder of HRW, which you can read in the Jerusalem…

by admin • October 7, 2010 • 1 Comment

Norwegians are ceaselessly presented with stories such as the one above and below. The NRK story above reports on Vibeke Løkkeberg’s soon-to-be-released film on Gaza. This film focuses on the suffering of children and places the blame on Israel. The…

by admin • August 18, 2010 • 0 Comments

It is against official policy to boycott Israel. Yet 10 percent of Norwegians say they already have initiated a personal boycott of Israel, two boroughs in Oslo have declared a boycott of Israel, dockers have blockaded Israeli ships, and recently…

by admin • July 10, 2010 • 0 Comments

On July 8th three men, all three residents of Norway, were arrested for planning to execute an act of terrorism. There has so far been a lot of noise and very few signals. General wisdom is that the police know…

by admin • June 10, 2010 • 1 Comment

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…

by admin • June 6, 2010 • 0 Comments

After the FMG flotiall violated the blockade, Norway’s largest newspaper Verdens Gang ran a question and answer session for its readers which already from the onset framed the debate in favor of the Palestinian narrative. Line Khateeb from the Palestinakomitee…

by admin • June 1, 2010 • 1 Comment

As the screenshot above from Verdens Gang shows us, Norwegian parliamentarians are draping themselves in kaffiyehs – in protest against Israel. This is a perfect illustration of what this blog is dedicated to investigate: how solidarity with Palestine, merged with…

by admin • April 6, 2010 • 0 Comments

The screenshot above is from last weekend’s edition of Verdens Gang (VG), Norway’s largest daily. It includes an interview with Norwegian funnyman Otto Jespersen, who speaks his mind on ten different issues. No.7 attracts our attention (see below). Unauthorized translation:…

by admin • March 10, 2010 • 1 Comment

Verdens Gang (VG) is Norway’s largest daily. In today’s editorial the newspaper claims that the Bishops Boycott is, pretty much, a walk down nonsense street. Unauthorized translation: We believe that the Bishops ought to bury the though of a boycott…

by admin • December 5, 2009 • 0 Comments

Today’s editorial, December 5th, in Norway’s largest daily Verdens Gang (VG), by Hanne Skartveit is about Israel and titled “Besieged by enemies”. Unauthorized translation: Israelis feel threatened on their lives. They do not desire a Palestinian state without leaders they…

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