NORWAY AND SCANDINAVIA

> KOSHER SLAUGHTER IS BANNED IN NORWAY
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> CHECK THAT LOX!!
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> On the heels of Mr. Roed-Larsen's now infamous remark that Israel "ceded all
> "moral ground" in Jenin, comes word from his home country of Norway that some
> supermarket chains have decided to place special identification stickers on
> products from Israel.
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> Other Scandinavian countries may follow suit.
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> The Norwegians say the stickers do not constitute a "boycott" of Israel ; they
> just want their customers, who are overwhelmingly pro Palestinian, to pay
> attention to where these products are produced.
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> Maybe the rest of us should run down to our local supermarkets with a pad of
> yellow "post-it" notes so that consumers of Norwegian salmon or Jarlsberg
> cheese can also pay attention to where those are produced. Stick them on the
> packages with a note: these products come from a place with a shameful past that
> continues to operate as a European free zone for Neo-Nazis and other right wing
> extremists.
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> Those asking the question of whether Europeans are anti-Israel because of
> Israel 's actions 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 that Norwegians are quite experienced at boycotting Israel .
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> Norwegian labour unions have recently refused to off-load Israeli farm
> produce..
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> Last year, a Norwegian "labor youth movement" organized a demonstration
> against Israeli singers from the Eurovision song contest.
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> Another Norwegian group has been boycotting Israeli oranges since the early
> 90s.
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> This group, "Boikott Israel l," rejuvenated by the latest "Intifada" to
> Include a boycott of all Israeli commerce, denies on its website that it is
> anti-Semitic but states its goal is the end Israel 's "50 year occupation" of, and the
> return of refugees to a "free Palestine ."
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> Not anti-Semitic? In 1941, the graffiti on Jewish businesses in Oslo read:
> "Jews, go to Palestine ."
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> To campaign now in Norway to get the Jews out of " Palestine " seems
> anti-Semitic to me, if only by process of elimination. Indeed, the roots of Norwegian
> boycotts of Israel run deep. Anti-Semitism has held a unique place in Norwegian
> politics since the 1930s when Vidkun Quisling, later the leader of a Nazi
> puppet government in Norway , formed the National Union Party.
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> While many Norwegians fought with the Resistance, many 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 to set up the rings of like-minded groups from
> Sweden and with little fear of official interference.
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> More significantly, according to a report published by the Stephen Roth
> Institute of Tel Aviv University, the extreme right wing Progress Party is the
> second largest party in Norway with 25 out of 160 seats in the Parliament. Among
> other racist and anti-immigration views, this party advocates banning male
> circumcision.
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> Schechita, kosher stickers on Israeli goods are the modern-day equivalent of
> painting "Joden" on the Jewish-owned businesses of Oslo and Trondheim in 1941.
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> We needn't be reminded that after that, all of Norway 's remaining Jews were
> deported to Auschwitz . Fewer than 30 (THIRTY!) survived the Holocaust.
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> I'm not the sort that usually pays attention to boycotts and
> counter-boycotts, because often you don't know who you are really hurting. But there is a good
> reason why I won't be buying Norwegian products any time soon, or cruising on
> the Norwegian Line.
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> Their stickers have caught my attention.
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> Pass this on to others who might want to read this information.
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