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Norwegian university considers boycotting Israel
Daniel Edelson
Published: 02.11.09, 00:06
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1. It would be a wise decision by Norway!
Marco ,   Spain   (11.02.09)
2. Israel is not Rhodesia
(11.02.09)
3. The loss is all THEIRS!
(11.02.09)
I mean, what dramartic contribution to science has Norway made lately? Another populist move aimed at increasing the number of Muslim students and appeasing the rapidly-inreasing Muslim grip on Norway. Pathetic how Norway is lost without Muslims firing a single gunshot! I hope the new Norwegian dihmis will find their new status satisfactory.
4. Oh, who cares?
Sarah B ,   New York / Saviyon   (11.02.09)
"Bar-Ilan was slammed for operating an affiliated college in the West Bank settlement of Ariel" My, my, we have gone through the looking glass. A university decries the opening an institution of higher learning. No wonder Europe is an academic graveyard.
5. Boycott
Mark ,   Raanana   (11.02.09)
What a bunch of OC sickos. With Muslims slaughtering people [mainly Muslims] in the ME and Africa, they're expending their ethical energies on an Israeli Uni boycott. Go figure
6. They can whore themselves for petrol $$$..
shadoil ,   Jerusalem   (11.02.09)
but they will never legitmize themselves as being an acedemic science institution after taking such a political move. Or better yet maybe ' political SCIENCE" is now being offered..oh well most of the students will commit suicide this winter as Norway has one of the highest suicide rates in the world.
7. A liitle time ago,this university call anti israel speakers
bibi ,   brazil   (11.02.09)
That time, many wise men told me that this meeting was a preparation to a boycott. They were right! norwegian have nothing to do else to demonize Israel. They fuel anti israel ngo and now they want to increase a boycott of israel insted cuba, (human rights) china(tibet affairs). They are becaming sick about israel.
8. Boycotts
Shlomo Kamra   (11.02.09)
Any boycott by any person, institution or company is a good thing. Isolate Israel for the betterment of mankind-who needs them?? Other countries can make the same or better-computers, medicines, science, WMDs etc, etc.
9. #1 Marco: Torquemada would be proud of you.
Jack ,   San Diego, USA   (11.02.09)
10. Boycott
Kurmudgeon ,   Usa   (11.02.09)
Lions and Tiger and Bears Oh my! Can someone tell me what this bunch of inbred aryan wonkers has ever contributed to the fund of human scientic knowledge? Does anyone actually care?
11. I guess all those Scandinavian farm babies
EST ,   Miami USA   (11.02.09)
from the 40's have sown their influence. Let us not forget that their mothers volunteered to have babies for the so called superior race ... Marco go read the road signs in your country...doubt you can unless you are an Arab ...
12. is it my imagination
jerome ,   Basalt, Colorado   (11.02.09)
or is this marco guy truly retarded!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
13. Marco you are wrong
JK ,   NYC USA   (11.02.09)
You Spaniards are so afraid of the Moslems that don't realize that by appeasing them you are calling for more trouble from them. They see you are weak and they will continue to try to get your country back, since 500 years ago you took it away from them. Be careful with what you do.
14. #1... MARCO'S WORLD IS FULL OF JEALOUSY
ABRAHAM ben JACOB ,   CANADA   (11.02.09)
IN MARCO'S OWN LITTLE HEAD...... ANYONE WHO CRITICIZES ISRAEL OR DOES ANYTHING ANTI-ISRAEL IS IN MARCO'S OWN WORDS MAKING .......... " WISE DECISIONS ". I BELIEVE THAT MARCO IS VERY JEALOUS OF ISRAEL , AND ISRAEL'S WORLD RENOUNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND TAKES OUT HIS JEALOUSY AND FRUSTRATIONS ON ISRAEL. MARCO HIMSELF IS UNABLE TO COMPETE OR PERFORM.
15. Mr. Marco
Seth   (11.02.09)
Why are you so obsessed with Israel? I have a disdain for leftwing nutjobs and therefore I ignore them and their websites. Based on the number of posts you have on this site, you clearly have a strong love or obsession for Israel.
16. Marco Pollo
Marvin ,   USA/California   (11.02.09)
Now what is your problem Marco (or Machmud?) Try to say anything pro Israel in any Arab University and you might be killed...You are so one sided you need mental help. Be like MAHMOOD who while Muslim is at least fair minded and informative to listen too..You are a sicko
17. The racism of the "enlightened"
Eitan ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (11.02.09)
To single out a people, a race, is by itself a form of racism. Israel is the nation-state of a people - based on UN resolutions and based on the self-determination of the people of Israel - and to single it out and deal with it in a way no other nation-state, no other people, no other race is being dealt with, is a pure form of racism. We, members of the Jewish people, have been affected by racism, anti-Jewish racism, for many centuries and we know one when we see it. It appears, behind this thin veil of "enlightenment", "progress", the drive for "human rights", the human rights of the Jew is bing spit on, trampled upon, torn to pieces. You see the Jew is also a human being with the right to live - the very first of all human rights - and to defend his life. But I suspect the driving force behind the need to single out the Jew in society and his collective home, his nation-state, is not the defense of these grand ideals but a mind infected by an old illness: anti-Jewish racism.
18. since Israeli profesor won nobel prize
ghostq   (11.02.09)
this year in the Tech department sure go ahead boycott just don't whine your country fall behind. giggly dumbs well they r blonds.
19. SPME Anti-Boycott Petition
Cynthia ,   USA   (11.02.09)
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East has established a petition condemning this idiotic boycott. The petition started yesterday and has already gathered 771 signatures of academics worldwide including Nobel Laureate Endorsers. This Norwegian University certainly knows how to draw negative attention to the school. And let's not forget this boycott is discriminatory and illegal. The petition can be viewed at http://spme.net/cgi-bin/display_petitions.cgi?ID=19
20. Jew-haters are obsessed with the state of Israel.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (11.02.09)
The hatred of Jews has always been protean, readily revising itself to reflect the idiom of its age. At times, it targeted Jews for their religion, demonizing them as Christ-killers or enemies of the true faith. In our day, Jew-hatred expresses itself overwhelmingly in national terms: It is the Jewish state that the haters are obsessed with. “What anti-Semitism once did to Jews as people, it now does to Israel as a state,” the British commentator Melanie Phillips has written. “First it wanted the Jewish religion, and then the Jews themselves, to disappear; now it wants the Jewish state to disappear.” As to Islam and anti-Semitism : http://xrl.us/bjrdf
21. Why badmouth all Norweigens?
R   (11.02.09)
Not all of them hate Israel, and I know that many are against this boycott. It's usually the fringe groups that start these things. Problem is, no one cares enough to fight it.
22. Israel: A 101 geography lesson for scandinavian academics
Eitan ,   Qatrin, Israel   (11.02.09)
Israel is an ancient country in South West Asia (yes, I know, you refer to it as the Middle or Near East because you are European centered...). It is a thin piece of land along the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Jordan River and the Sea; and between the Lebanese border in the north and the Egyptian one in the south. Israel's size is that of Wales in the UK or Slovenia in Europe (I hope you can identify these locations on the map since they are closer to home for you, but let me know if you can't and I'll help you find them). Israel, being the nation-state of the Jewish people - just as Norway is the nation-state of the Norwegian people, Sweden the nation-state of the Swedish people, Denmark the nation-state of the Danish people and Finland being the nation-state of the Finish people - has 5.5 Jews residing it. Israel has no natural resources to speak of but its people. Homework: Find political entities / states around the world with similar characteristics and compare and contrast the amount of attention paid to them vs. Israel. Finally, ask the question WHY and bring your response to class for discussion. Pleasant studies.
23. #1 Marco! you occupier apartheidist!
normal ,   Beersheva, Israel   (11.02.09)
free the Basque country and Catalonia! how dare you enslave them? both have declared they want to be individual countries! remember ETA!
24. PLEASE BOYCOTT ISRAEL!!!!!!!!
gabriela ben ari ,   jerusalem   (11.02.09)
Shut down your cellphones, your computers, stop taking medication against cancer, heart conditions and who knows what. Dont forget to boycott CT scans, do not take the camera pill for detecting digestive cancer, and dont worship your "god", he was also born ans died in Israel, by all means BOYCOTT ISRAEL, GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES AND NO MONKEY BUSINESS< YOU BOYCOTT ANYTHING ISRAELI AAALLLLL THE WAY down to last avocado WE DONT WANT HALF THE JOB, HALF WORDS< HALF A STATE HALF ANYTHING
25. From the worlds most prosperous country.. "Good News"
RJBH ,   Methil   (11.02.09)
It reminds the world that Palestine has been stolen from the native inhabitants.
26. to #25 palis r not natives
ghostq   (11.02.09)
they got no colective history.
27. Sure, because boycotting universities helps
Zvi   (11.02.09)
students to learn and researchers to improve their research, right? Oh, by the way. the THES-QS world-wide ranking of universities ranked NTNU as #187 in the world, or something like that. Israel's Technion is #25. Prof. Ernstad is to be commended for being against an insane, self-destructive boycott motivated purely by hatred of Israel.
28. #1 Marco, make wise decision
Basque supporter ,   EU   (11.02.09)
start to comment in El País or other fascist news sources in your morally defeated country and leave Ynet alone.
29. Great source about Norway and Jews:
Joo ,   Eurabia   (11.02.09)
http://www.israelwhat.com/
30. double edged sword
martin ,   stevenage uk   (11.02.09)
norway's own history during the nazi german occupation is not so great. many of their large companies e.g. norsk hydro, fred olsen, storebrand etc made millions of dollars profiteering with germany. so you see quisling was not alone. norway has not changed, the blue eyed arabs of the north will continue profiteering with its arab oil connections. noway norway - the loss is yours. good riddance to bad rubbish
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