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Norwegian Labor Party Youth
Movement (AUF) Demands that Ariel Sharon and Other Israeli
Leaders be put on Trial.
On 10.07.2002, Mrs. Eva Kristin Hansen, the leader of the Norwegian Labor Party Youth Movement (AUF), called upon the Attorney General of Norway to investigate whether "Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and other Israeli leaders can be put on trial for crimes they committed" (http://norskisraelsenter.no/engl/auf-sharon-vg-engl.htm). Kristin explained that this AUF demand for an indictment comes in light of ". . .$nbsp;killing of ambulance personnel, occasional destruction of civil targets and the illegal execution of civilians". Less than a day after this AUF petition was sent to the court, Norwegian former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Labor) spoke before the AUF and attacked Israel. NIS notes that it was not so long ago - 20.4.2002 -, that Stoltenberg gave a speech attacking Israel, while Nazi Swastikas and other horrible anti-Jewish banners were held up in front of the Norwegian parliament (http://norskisraelsenter.no/engl/ap-stoltenberg-eng.htm). Such symbols are otherwise forbidden for use in demonstrations organized by Neo-Nazis. NIS is aware of the important position that the AUF has in the political life of Norway, particularly concerning the Norwegian Labor Party. AUF has produced many important leaders of the Labor Party. Naturally, their opinions influence their environment and Norway. As young AUF members, future central Norwegian Labor Party leaders, called in 1971 for the destruction of Israel: "The qualification for lasting peace must be that Israel cease to exist as a Jewish state". (As quoted by Haakon Lie, former Secretary General of the Norwegian Labor Party, in his book: Slik Jeg Ser Det - As I See It - part II, p. 132.) This destruction is what the Labor Party calls "peace". Former Foreign Minister Bjorn Tore Godal was the leader of the same AUF that formulated this declaration, which shows obvious religious antagonism towards Judaism. Can we trust that Godal was neutral and clean of prejudice while he handled Israel under the Oslo Process? Since the 1970's, Norwegian Labor leaders have supported the PLO. The PLO, we remind you, is committed to destroy Israel, a point that did not prevent Norway from awarding it's leader no less than the Nobel Peace Prize. Torbjoern Jagland, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Jens Stoltenberg and Terje Roed-Larsen have followed the line that supports PLO. NIS finds it difficult to understand how such leaders can contribute to a more peaceful Middle East. NIS notes that racism is defined as negative discrimination of an ethnic group. Racism against Jews is defined as Jew-hatred, or antisemitism. NIS is aware that the leadership of the Norwegian Labor Party Youth Movement does not necessarily represent the majority opinion. We therefore warn against labeling the whole Norwegian Labor Party, and all of its daughter organizations, as antisemitic. NIS is, however, very concerned by the fact that the leadership of the Norwegian Labor Party and its daughter organizations might stimulate and encourage Jew-hatred, which is already well developed in Norway. In 2002, Jews are being harassed, Jewish children are being discriminated against in schools and some of the Jews "feel the earth burning under their feet". Therefore, it is not surprising that Jews try to maintain a low profile and, especially, deny any connection to the Jewish state, the target for modern Jew-hatred. Norway has never been a place in which Jews could feel equal and permanently safe, particularly before and during the Holocaust (http://norskisraelsenter.no/index-engl.htm). This attack by the Labor Party on Israel came only a short time after 1.5.2002, when the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) called upon Norwegians to boycott products produced in the Jewish state, Israel. LO is traditionally controlled by the Labor Party. Therefore, we ask the leader of The Norwegian Labor Party and its Youth Movement branch: If you really care about human rights, . . .$nbsp; What have you done about the Syrian and PLO responsibility for the massacre of more than 100,000 Christians in Lebanon between 1974 and 1982? Did you try to save them, or punish those responsible? Why do you blame the prime minister of the Jewish State for acts committed by Christian phalangists - led by a Syrian agent - as revenge for a continuous Moslem massacre? Why not blame the Christians and Moslems involved? Have you tried to stop the ongoing massacre of Christians in Sudan? During the past several years, more than 1.5 million Christians have been massacred there. Where have you been? Where are you now? What will you do to improve the life of millions of Moslem Arabs, suffering from tyranny under every single Arab regime, and especially under the PLO? Israel, surrounded by Moslem countries to the north, east and south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, is fighting daily for its survival. The Arab League established the PLO in 1964 as an umbrella-organization for various Arab groups, with the explicit aim of wiping out Israel as an independent state. This is clearly incorporated into the PLO charter and into the "constitution" of al-Fatah, an organization led by Arafat since 1958. With Israel as an exception, the Moslem Arabs have managed to eradicate any non-Moslem minority in the Middle East. But they still refuse to give up. This is the real background of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. NIS therefore encourages The Norwegian Labor Party Youth Movement to consider a change in its radical line. Please support democracy in the Middle East and fight for equality and human right for Jews, Christians and Moslems in the Arab-occupied Middle East.
New Museum To Honor 1.5 Million
Jewish Soldiers Who Fought in WWII
The Armored Corps Memorial site and Museum Site commemorates the memories of 4885 fallen soldiers that have fallen in Israel's war campaign history and it is owned and run by the Armored Corps Association for the purpose of educating youths and young soldiers about the heritage of the Jewish people, the Israel Defense Forces and Armored Corps. The Armored Corps Association and the Israeli Government have decided on the establishment of "The Museum of the Jewish Soldiers in World War II" that is dedicated solely to the heroic acts and sacrifices of the 1,500,000 Jewish soldiers, partisans and member of the Resistant Movements as part of the Allied Forces during World War II. The Museum is located next to the only Monument to the Allied Forces in existence and it is designed as an underground bunker. The Museum will tell the story of WW II, the main events in the War, the role of the Jewish soldiers in the Allied Forces, the legacy of their battles, their acts of heroism and the memory of the 300,000 Jewish soldiers who fell in WWII. The Museum, which will include a memorial, a multi-dimensional exhibition hall, an auditorium, a research center and a computerized center that will contain for generations to come, details about the Jewish fighter of WWII. The Museum will be 1400 sq. meters (Apprx. 15,000 sq.ft.) in size including all the required space and functions for the visitors. The Museum is being designed by a team of experts, headed by the Architects Zalman & Ruth Enav. The Museum committee which governs all the effort includes among others well-known personalities and experts: Maj. Gen (Ret.) Chaim Erez - Chairman of the Armored Corps Association (A.C.A.). Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Menashe Inbar - General Manager of the A.C.A. Dr. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Yitzchak Arad (Tolka) - former Chairman of "Yad Vashem" in Jerusalem for 20 years and a former Partisan. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Tzvika Cantor - Head of the "Jewish Soldier" project. Professor Assa Kasher - Philosopher and Educator. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Avner Shalev - current Chairman of "Yad Vashem" in Jerusalem Those who would indeed like to honor the Jewish veterans of World War II may write to us directly:
TV tapes of PA Awards Ceremony
for the Families of Suicide Bombers At a time when the tragedy of civilian casualties in the middle east is so widely discussed, and at a time when a good portion of world opinion and even Israeli public opinion has criticized the Israeli air raid in Gaza in which 14 Arab civilians were killed, you can imagine, if you would, what the reaction of the world would have been if the Israeli government had conducted an official awards ceremony to honor Israeli pilots for killing Arab civilians . . .$nbsp;. Well, on Thursday, July 18, 2002, The PA held an official ceremony to honor the families of suicide bombers, with checks in the amount and plaques that were was decorated with a picture of Saddam Hussein in the center of the plaque, buttressed with flags of the PA and Iraq in each corner. The Palestinian Authority Minister of Communications, Imad Falluci (The Hamas leader who was brought into the PA cabinet as a result of the PA-Hamas coalition accord that was signed in Cairo on December 15, 1995) invited the press to a ceremony in which the families of suicide bombers were each awarded with checks from Saddam Hussein. The PA spokesman at the ceremony, Mr. Abu Rammi, told the media present that the suicide bombers were the PA's answer to the "balance of power". A film of the ceremony was shown on Palestinian Authority TV, Israel TV and Sky News. BETA master copies of the Israel TV and Sky News coverage are available from Israel Resource News Agency.
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