JPost: A confluence of hate

Jerusalem Post
Jan 4, 2009 22:10 - Updated Jan 4, 2009 22:45

A confluence of hate

By SOL LIEBGOTT

The Jerusalem Post report "Complaint filed against Norway's
'Holocaust' comic" (December 21) merits a retrospective glance at
Norway's performance during and post-WWII.

Norway is the nation that gave the world the word "quisling," after
Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian politician who encouraged a Nazi
invasion of his country. Norwegians are not proud of their
contribution to the English language, but they should be disturbed by
their leadership role in the anti-Israel role that is sweeping Europe.

On the heels of then UN Mideast representative Terje Larsen's infamous
2002 remark that Israel ceded all moral ground in its operation in
Jenin, came word from his country that some super-market chains had
decided to place special identification stickers on products from
Israel. The Norwegians said that stickers did not constitute a
"boycott" of Israel; they just wanted their customers, who are
overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian, to note where their products are
produced. At the time it was suggested that Israeli supermarkets
should place yellow stickers so that customers be made aware of the
origin of Norwegian salmon or Norwegian cheese. They would thus be
aware of the source of these products - a source with a shameful past
and which continues to operate as a European free zone for neo-Nazi
and other right-wing extremists.

Those asking the question whether Europeans are anti-Israel because of
Israel's action in fighting terror or because of their own latent anti-
Semitism should study the example of Norway. Behind the current
disclaimer of a boycott you will find the Norwegians are quite
experienced at shunning Israel. Norwegian Labor unions have refused to
offload Israeli farm products. In 2001 Norwegian labor-youth movements
organized a campaign to ban Israeli singers from participating in the
Eurovision song contest. Another Norwegian group has been boycotting
Israeli oranges since the early '90s. This group "Boikott Israel"
rejuvenated the latest intifada to include a boycott of all Israeli
commerce, denied on its Website that it is anti-Semitic but states
that its goal is to end Israel's "50-year occupation of and return of
all refugees to a free Palestine." In 1941, the graffiti on Jewish
businesses in Oslo read "Jews go to Palestine."

INDEED THE roots of Norwegian boycotts of Israel run deep. Anti-
Semitism has held a unique place in Norwegian politics since the 1930s
when the same Vidkun Quisling - later the leader of a Nazi puppet
government in Norway - formed the National Union Party. While many of
the Norwegians fought with the resistance, more became eager
collaborators of the Nazis, including some 60,000 members of the
National Union. Under its auspices, Norway formed its own branch of
the SS and established academies sending hundreds of officers each
year to the German military. One very active Nazi group in occupied
Norway was the institute for Norsk okkupasjonshistorie (Institute for
the History of Occupied Norway) composed of descendants of members of
the Quisling party, the Waffen SS and others dedicated to cleansing
their wartime reputation.

The aspect of the Holocaust in Norway that was particularly Norwegian
was the liquidation of Jewish property, much of which was divided up
between Quisling and his followers. When the war ended, the Norwegian
reparations commission shamelessly accepted doctored figures kept by
the Quisling government in order to reject most Jewish claims and
avoid paying others more than pennies on the dollar. A scandal,
however erupted when it was discovered that an organization of former
Nazis had provided a scholarship to a researcher on the new
commission. The Norwegian prime minister ultimately intervened and
compelled the government to accept a dissenting report.

Norway's ultra right-wing groups play host to gatherings of like-
minded groups from Sweden and Denmark with little fear of official
interference, and during the '90s the extreme right-wing Progressive
party was the second largest party in Norway, with 25 out of 160 seats
in Parliament. Among other racist and anti-immigration views, this
party advocated banning male circumcision. Shechita (kosher
slaughtering) is already forbidden by Norwegian law.

In 1994 the Nobel committee in Norway awarded its peace prize to
Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat. At that time one member
of the committee, Kaare Kristianson, resigned in protest, calling
Arafat a terrorist unworthy of the award. Now, however other members,
one of them a Lutheran bishop, say they want to strip not Arafat but
Peres, the most dovish minister in Israel's government, of the award.

Given their past and present history Norwegians are hardly qualified
to accuse any other country of ceding moral ground. We need not be
reminded that almost all of Norway's Jews were deported to Auschwitz.
Fewer than 30 survived the Holocaust.

The writer is a governor of the Hebrew University and a former
chairman of the South African Zionist Federation.


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Jerusalem Post
Jan 4, 2009 22:10 - Updated Jan 4, 2009 22:45

A confluence of hate

By SOL LIEBGOTT

The Jerusalem Post report "Complaint filed against Norway's
'Holocaust' comic" (December 21) merits a retrospective glance at
Norway's performance during and post-WWII.

Norway is the nation that gave the world the word "quisling," after
Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian politician who encouraged a Nazi
invasion of his country. Norwegians are not proud of their
contribution to the English language, but they should be disturbed by
their leadership role in the anti-Israel role that is sweeping Europe.

On the heels of then UN Mideast representative Terje Larsen's infamous
2002 remark that Israel ceded all moral ground in its operation in
Jenin, came word from his country that some super-market chains had
decided to place special identification stickers on products from
Israel. The Norwegians said that stickers did not constitute a
"boycott" of Israel; they just wanted their customers, who are
overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian, to note where their products are
produced. At the time it was suggested that Israeli supermarkets
should place yellow stickers so that customers be made aware of the
origin of Norwegian salmon or Norwegian cheese. They would thus be
aware of the source of these products - a source with a shameful past
and which continues to operate as a European free zone for neo-Nazi
and other right-wing extremists.

Those asking the question whether Europeans are anti-Israel because of
Israel's action in fighting terror or because of their own latent anti-
Semitism should study the example of Norway. Behind the current
disclaimer of a boycott you will find the Norwegians are quite
experienced at shunning Israel. Norwegian Labor unions have refused to
offload Israeli farm products. In 2001 Norwegian labor-youth movements
organized a campaign to ban Israeli singers from participating in the
Eurovision song contest. Another Norwegian group has been boycotting
Israeli oranges since the early '90s. This group "Boikott Israel"
rejuvenated the latest intifada to include a boycott of all Israeli
commerce, denied on its Website that it is anti-Semitic but states
that its goal is to end Israel's "50-year occupation of and return of
all refugees to a free Palestine." In 1941, the graffiti on Jewish
businesses in Oslo read "Jews go to Palestine."

INDEED THE roots of Norwegian boycotts of Israel run deep. Anti-
Semitism has held a unique place in Norwegian politics since the 1930s
when the same Vidkun Quisling - later the leader of a Nazi puppet
government in Norway - formed the National Union Party. While many of
the Norwegians fought with the resistance, more became eager
collaborators of the Nazis, including some 60,000 members of the
National Union. Under its auspices, Norway formed its own branch of
the SS and established academies sending hundreds of officers each
year to the German military. One very active Nazi group in occupied
Norway was the institute for Norsk okkupasjonshistorie (Institute for
the History of Occupied Norway) composed of descendants of members of
the Quisling party, the Waffen SS and others dedicated to cleansing
their wartime reputation.

The aspect of the Holocaust in Norway that was particularly Norwegian
was the liquidation of Jewish property, much of which was divided up
between Quisling and his followers. When the war ended, the Norwegian
reparations commission shamelessly accepted doctored figures kept by
the Quisling government in order to reject most Jewish claims and
avoid paying others more than pennies on the dollar. A scandal,
however erupted when it was discovered that an organization of former
Nazis had provided a scholarship to a researcher on the new
commission. The Norwegian prime minister ultimately intervened and
compelled the government to accept a dissenting report.

Norway's ultra right-wing groups play host to gatherings of like-
minded groups from Sweden and Denmark with little fear of official
interference, and during the '90s the extreme right-wing Progressive
party was the second largest party in Norway, with 25 out of 160 seats
in Parliament. Among other racist and anti-immigration views, this
party advocated banning male circumcision. Shechita (kosher
slaughtering) is already forbidden by Norwegian law.

In 1994 the Nobel committee in Norway awarded its peace prize to
Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat. At that time one member
of the committee, Kaare Kristianson, resigned in protest, calling
Arafat a terrorist unworthy of the award. Now, however other members,
one of them a Lutheran bishop, say they want to strip not Arafat but
Peres, the most dovish minister in Israel's government, of the award.

Given their past and present history Norwegians are hardly qualified
to accuse any other country of ceding moral ground. We need not be
reminded that almost all of Norway's Jews were deported to Auschwitz.
Fewer than 30 survived the Holocaust.

The writer is a governor of the Hebrew University and a former
chairman of the South African Zionist Federation.


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Crétin grenouille, anti-Sémite, proteste la pollution. He he he. Faut
d'abord abattre les grenouilles, ensuite les 1,5 mn de gazans, dont
100% soutiennent les terroristes.

Si tu veux poster en français, maîtrise la langue, ton post est
incompréhensible.

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Crétin grenouille, anti-Sémite, proteste la pollution. He he he. Faut
d'abord abattre les grenouilles, ensuite les 1,5 mn de gazans, dont
100% soutiennent les terroristes.

On Jan 7, 3:15*pm, Magda wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:13:09 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "Runge13"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

*... Si tu veux poster en français, maîtrise la langue, ton post est
*... incompréhensible.

It's a hotmailer, what did you expect? Molière?

*... a écrit dans le message de
...
*... Crétin grenouille, anti-Sémite, proteste la pollution. He he he. Faut
*... d'abord abattre les grenouilles, ensuite les 1,5 mn de gazans, dont
*... 100% soutiennent les terroristes.

=====
It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.

.....c'est froid aujourd'hui n'est-ce pas ?

On Jan 7, 6:48*pm, Magda wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 06:45:07 -0800 (PST), in rec.travel.europe, Crétin Grenouille
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

*... On Jan 7, 3:15*pm, Magda wrote:
*... On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:13:09 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "Runge13"
*... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
*...
*... *... Si tu veux poster en français, maîtrise la langue, ton post est
*... *... incompréhensible.
*...
*... It's a hotmailer, what did you expect? Molière?
*...
*... *... a écrit dans le message de
*... ...
*... *... Crétin grenouille, anti-Sémite, proteste la pollution.. He he he. Faut
*... *... d'abord abattre les grenouilles, ensuite les 1,5 mn de gazans, dont
*... *... 100% soutiennent les terroristes.
*...
*... =====
*... It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.
*...
*... ....c'est froid aujourd'hui n'est-ce pas ?

Non, mon chou, "il fait" froid.

=====
It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.

Ça aussi!....

Martin wrote:

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:48:40 +0100, Magda

wrote:

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 06:45:07 -0800 (PST), in rec.travel.europe, Crétin
Grenouille
arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this:

... On Jan 7, 3:15 pm, Magda
wrote:
... On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:13:09 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "Runge13"

... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
...
... ... Si tu veux poster en français, maîtrise la langue, ton post
est
... ... incompréhensible.
...
... It's a hotmailer, what did you expect? Molière?
...
... ... a écrit dans le message de
...
...
... ... Crétin grenouille, anti-Sémite, proteste la pollution. He he
he. Faut
... ... d'abord abattre les grenouilles, ensuite les 1,5 mn de gazans,
dont
... ... 100% soutiennent les terroristes.
...
... =====
... It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.
...
... ....c'est froid aujourd'hui n'est-ce pas ?

Non, mon chou, "il fait" froid.

He wasn't talking about the weather.


"Baby, It's Cold Outside"...

;-)

==== "en Belgie"

--
Best
Greg