for several of their articles posted after 22/7.
We hope that the Norwegian government and people will accept the 'Post’s apology and forgive us for any offense or hurt caused at this sensitive time
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Their own editorial written 3 days after the attacks is one the pieces they apologize for. In that editorial they strongly condemned the attacks, while at the same time warning Norway and Europe against multiculturalism and Muslim immigration. They say now that
it inappropriately, raised issues that were not directly pertinent, such as the dangers of multiculturalism, European immigration policies and even the Oslo peace process.
“Your editorial, while insistently condemning the violence in Norway, shockingly and shamelessly attempts to offer justification for his extremist violent act of terror,” wrote Esam Omeish in one of many letters to the editor, several of which were published in the paper.
They also apologize for an article written by Caroline Glick, where she doesn´t seem to take any self-criticism for her own writings which is among those who Breivik claims as an inspiration.
Jerusalem Post writes
Breivik, a Christian radical, had posted on the Internet an extremely anti-Muslim manifesto that supported far-right nationalism and Zionism.
He apparently feared that a “Muslim colonization” of Europe would destroy Norway.
This is certainly not the kind of support Israel needs. It is the type of Islamophobia that is all too reminiscent of the Nazis’ attitude toward the Jews.
The third article they apologize for is called The Oslo Syndrom where Barry Rubin suggests that it was Norway´s allegedly support for other kind of terrorism, that made Anders Breivik to believe that he too could obtain his political goals through terrorism.
The youth camp he attacked was engaged in what was essentially (though the campers didn’t see it that way, no doubt) a pro-terrorist program.
The camp, run by Norway’s left-wing party, was lobbying for breaking the blockade of the terrorist Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip, and for immediate recognition of a Palestinian state, without that entity needing to do anything that would prevent it from being used as a terrorist base against Israel.
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Yasser Arafat spent decades as a terrorist, and was applauded at the UN –after a speech in which he threatened more murder – then spent decades more as a terrorist, afterward becoming a virtual head of state and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
Why should others not dream that the road to victory is paved with the corpses of murdered civilians?
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What [Breivik] didn’t understand is that many Europeans will accept terrorism against Israelis or even Americans; very few will applaud terrorism against fellow Europeans.
The apology
Norway´s junior foreign minister has a piece in Jerusalem Post called A time to heal, where he explains the Norwegian reactions to the articles that are now apologized for.