Posts Tagged: Norway
Insurer Says Iran’s Guards Likely to Have Organized Tanker Attacks
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) are "highly likely" to have facilitated attacks last Sunday on four tankers including two Saudi ships off Fujairah in the...
Norwegian Rapper Who Shouted ‘F*cking Jews’ at Diversity Concert Did Not Violate Law, Prosecutor Says
A Norwegian prosecutor found that a rapper who shouted "f*cking Jews" while performing at a family-friendly festival in June did not engage in hate speech,...
The Oslo Accords, Blame It on Norway
One of the most intriguing aspects of the Oslo Accords saga lies in the fact that it was Norway -- a country culturally and geographically remote from...
Why Did Nearly 40 Percent of Norwegians Compare Israelis to Nazis?
Not long ago, a poll taken in Norway showed that 38 percent of Norwegians actually believe that Israel treats the Palestinians like the Nazis treated Jews. Around...
Norwegian Newspaper Condemned Over Netanyahu Swastika Cartoon
A cartoon published earlier this week in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet has drawn strong criticism from a number of major Jewish groups and Israeli officials. In...
Ford Pickup Truck With Qatari License Plates Turns Heads in Central Tel Aviv
The attention of curious onlookers in central Tel Aviv was drawn on Thursday to a red Ford pickup truck with Qatari license plates, the Hebrew...
Attention Norway: Stick to Polar Bears, Disregard BDS
One of the world's northernmost inhabited places is Longyearbyen, a small town of about 2,000 people in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago halfway between mainland Norway...
Young Muslims Want Norway to be Safe for Jews
Following the terror attacks in Copenhagen, where a Jewish man was killed last weekend, a group of young Muslims in Norway are organizing a peace...
Author of ‘Best Speech by an Israeli Diplomat Ever’ Calls Time on Palestinian ‘Narrative of Victimhood’ (INTERVIEW)
I first encountered the name of George Deek at the end of September, when a reader sent me a link to an entry on a...
Revealed: Hamas-Backing Qatar, Also Funding Brookings Institute, Home of Former U.S. MidEast Envoy Indyk”
Questions are emerging over possible conflicts-of-interest after The New York Times highlighted Qatari funding for U.S. think tanks, including the Brookings Institute, employer of former...
Mohammed Becomes Most Popular Name – in Oslo
The Local - Statistics Norway (Statistisk Sentralbyrå - SSB) has counted the population of Oslo and found that Mohammed is the most common male name...
Jewish Centers Around the World Reinforce Security After Attacks in Belgium, Canada, France, Morocco, Netherlands, Thailand, Turkey
Jewish centers around the world are increasing security measures, with some even closing their doors, because of a surge in violent anti-Semitic attacks against...
Report Criticizes Norway for Rise in Anti-Semitism
The Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe has issued a damning report on Norwegian Officials' failure to address anti-Semitism in that country. The OSCE delegation...
…And Justice for Some
On July 11, 2011, an eight year-old boy in a Hassidic neighborhood in Borough Park, Brooklyn was abducted while walking home from day camp. The...
