Norway's Judenfrei kristallnacht memorial
Norwegian anti-racists yesterday were marking the 66th Kristallnacht anniversary, in memory of the brutal beginning of official Nazi-Germany's genocidal murder of Europe's jews.
In our capital Oslo, the organisation SOS Rasisme refused Jews to participate in the march because they carried jewish symbols and Israeli flags.
Yes, you read that right.
The "anti-racist" organisation insists it did the right thing despite widespread criticism, including from Norway's Justice Minister Odd Einar Dørum (Liberals) and Progress Party leader Carl I. Hagen.
Technically, it was the police that refused people carrying jewish symbols from participating. The police has come in for criticism, too, but argue they could not guarantee the security of jews among the leftist "anti-racists." Which probably says a lot.
The Kristallnacht in Norway is widely used by organisations protesting Israel's war against Palestinian terrorism, and frequent comparisons of the murder of 6 million jews with Israel's acts of self-defence are totally unchecked in Norway's press. For example, a recent editorial in local Bergensavisen praises the "anti-racist" kristallnacht memorial march in Bergen (not to be confused with the Oslo arrangement which refused jews access). The article points to what happened in Nazi-Germany and writes:
"Does this sound familiar? It's the same history repeating itself in the Palestinian areas of the Middle East. A military superpower punishes a whole people for the terrorist acts of individuals. Palestinians, guilty and innocent, have their houses bombed to pieces."
More comparable to how ordinary Germans and Japanese suffered for their leaders starting a world war, I would say.
One can disagree with Israel's specific actions and policies, like demolishing houses owned by the families of terrorists, but making the comparison between demolishing a house and gasing a people shows that many Norwegian leftists have long ago crossed the line between anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism.
The shameful acts of the so-called anti-racists in denying jewish symbols access to a memorial for the genocide directed against jews, a campaign the Palestinians they praise would not hesitate to repeat were they not outgunned, really tells us what we need to know.
Europe is walking down that road again, even if the red flags and kufiah have replaced the swastikas.
Update: This is hardly a one-time event. One year ago, the well-respected elderly Norwegian conservative (!) politician Kåre Willoch chose the exact same day, kristalnacht, for protesting against Israel.
It must be noted that the Jewish community in Norway is quite small, for historical reasons that these "anti-racists" should perhaps use the opportunity to remind themselves about.
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