Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Norway: Newspaper lectures Israel "Thou Shall Not Kill"


Antisemitism is sometimes very hard to define.  This is not the first time that a Norwegian paper refers to Biblical themes when they turn to Jews.  Is that antisemitism?   When it becomes a pattern, when Jews are the only who are described in Biblical terms, it seems so.

Via MIFF, Amnesty recently published a report lambasting Israsel for war crimes.  The report is titled "Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank".

Journalist Jan-Erik Smilden wrote an opinion article on that report and the responses from pro-Israel activists in Norway.  The article, which appeared in Dagbladet, is titled "Thou Shall Not Kill".  I assume this was an editorial choice.

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