Comments on: A-ha! Norwegian University is Latest Focus of Academic Boycott http://blog.z-word.com/2009/11/a-ha-norwegian-university-is-latest-focus-of-academic-boycott/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:45:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: Will Norwegian universities force their employees to boycott Israel? « Engage – the anti-racist campaign against antisemitism http://blog.z-word.com/2009/11/a-ha-norwegian-university-is-latest-focus-of-academic-boycott/#comment-7844 Will Norwegian universities force their employees to boycott Israel? « Engage – the anti-racist campaign against antisemitism Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:26:10 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1448#comment-7844 [...] 3: Ben Cohen at Z-Word blog has examined the Trondheim boycott campaign in more detail. At Harry’s Place Gene reminds us: [...] […] 3: Ben Cohen at Z-Word blog has examined the Trondheim boycott campaign in more detail. At Harry’s Place Gene reminds us: […]

]]> By: ganselmi http://blog.z-word.com/2009/11/a-ha-norwegian-university-is-latest-focus-of-academic-boycott/#comment-7815 ganselmi Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:15:11 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1448#comment-7815 I'll post my message right here, if folks are interested in adapting. I’ll post my message right here, if folks are interested in adapting.

]]> By: Ben Cohen http://blog.z-word.com/2009/11/a-ha-norwegian-university-is-latest-focus-of-academic-boycott/#comment-7812 Ben Cohen Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:36:22 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1448#comment-7812 To those who write to the Board - be polite, please! To those who write to the Board - be polite, please!

]]> By: ganselmi http://blog.z-word.com/2009/11/a-ha-norwegian-university-is-latest-focus-of-academic-boycott/#comment-7811 ganselmi Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:03 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1448#comment-7811 I will write to the board members. I will write to the board members.

]]> By: Kristian http://blog.z-word.com/2009/11/a-ha-norwegian-university-is-latest-focus-of-academic-boycott/#comment-7807 Kristian Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:51:55 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1448#comment-7807 Just an update on Mr.Trond Andresen of the NTNU: On January 3rd he wrote an op-ed in the communist daily Klassekampen titled “Israeli psychness” suggesting that jews suffer from “empathy deficiency” and that to point this out to them was not anti-Semitism, but a favor. Mr.Andresen subsequently left, or was kicked out, from the radical left-wing party Rødt (Red). Unauthorized translation here: http://www.israelwhat.com/?p=2636 As for Kristin Halvorsen she is a government representative of the Socialist Left and currently the Minister of Education. Last term she served as Minister of Finance and managed to partake in a march in which there were cries of “death to the jews”, although both the Socialist Left and Norway’s envoy to Tel Aviv later claimed that the march had been a “dignified affair”. Please visit Aftenposten, a larger daily, for a spectacular picture of Ms.Halvorsen marching under a placard saying “Israel and USA axis of evil”: http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3006339.ece Let me know if there is anything you need to know and I will see what we can do. Best regards Kristian T Just an update on Mr.Trond Andresen of the NTNU: On January 3rd he wrote an op-ed in the communist daily Klassekampen titled “Israeli psychness” suggesting that jews suffer from “empathy deficiency” and that to point this out to them was not anti-Semitism, but a favor. Mr.Andresen subsequently left, or was kicked out, from the radical left-wing party Rødt (Red). Unauthorized translation here: http://www.israelwhat.com/?p=2636

As for Kristin Halvorsen she is a government representative of the Socialist Left and currently the Minister of Education. Last term she served as Minister of Finance and managed to partake in a march in which there were cries of “death to the jews”, although both the Socialist Left and Norway’s envoy to Tel Aviv later claimed that the march had been a “dignified affair”. Please visit Aftenposten, a larger daily, for a spectacular picture of Ms.Halvorsen marching under a placard saying “Israel and USA axis of evil”: http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3006339.ece
Let me know if there is anything you need to know and I will see what we can do.

Best regards
Kristian T

]]> By: Augie http://blog.z-word.com/2009/11/a-ha-norwegian-university-is-latest-focus-of-academic-boycott/#comment-7796 Augie Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:45:48 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1448#comment-7796 I am not that familiar with the specific case of Norway, but it seems to me that behind the wish to boycott Israel is a desire to see the Jewish State disappear. In Europe the very existence of Israel is a constant reminder of the wholesale murder of Jews the Europeans were engaged in a couple of generations ago. While Europeans claim that they are working not to repeat to repeat such an event, the European Union meant to abolish individual countries, is cited as evidence this desire. However, it’s difficult to understand how the erasure of borders will lead to an erasure of past hatreds. All it will do is erase the memory of the Holocaust since every nationality will not want to take responsibility for what their grandparents did in another national context. Hence the presence of Israel will become the only tangible proof that Europeans murdered millions of Jews. This is one of the main reasons for their hatred of Jewish State. I am not that familiar with the specific case of Norway, but it seems to me that behind the wish to boycott Israel is a desire to see the Jewish State disappear.

In Europe the very existence of Israel is a constant reminder of the wholesale murder of Jews the Europeans were engaged in a couple of generations ago. While Europeans claim that they are working not to repeat to repeat such an event, the European Union meant to abolish individual countries, is cited as evidence this desire.

However, it’s difficult to understand how the erasure of borders will lead to an erasure of past hatreds. All it will do is erase the memory of the Holocaust since every nationality will not want to take responsibility for what their grandparents did in another national context.

Hence the presence of Israel will become the only tangible proof that Europeans murdered millions of Jews. This is one of the main reasons for their hatred of Jewish State.

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