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May 1, 2012

Norwegian sociologist ” target=”_blank”>Ha’aretz broke today that the celebrated “Father of peace studies” linked between Anders Breivik, perpetrator of the massacre in Norway last summer and “The Jews”, based on Breivik’s ties to the “Freemasons” organization “which has Jewish origins”. He also made a connection between the terrorist and the Israeli “Mossad” – which Galtung believes might have given Breivik his orders. “It will be interesting to read the police report on Israel, during the trial” he said.

On another occasion Galtung had achieved an impressive temporary leap from left to radical right, basing his statement that “The Jews control worldwide communication” on the same article by white supremacist ” target=”_blank”>“Humanist” and expanded upon through a followup correspondence between Galtung and “Ha’aretz” also includes a referral to the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion”. Galtung, who had previously held an open forum discussion concerning the Protocols’ content, recommended “people with such strong opinions on the book” to read it. 

So what does an illiterate 19th century Russian peasant have in common with the contemporary international “trustworthy peace-broker”? You guessed it, “The Protocols of the Elders of Zions.”

The Scandinavian environment that is the backdrop to Galtung’s remarks is described by Swedish pro-Israel blogger ” target=”_blank”>a non-sensical inversion when claiming that Israel is the genocidal aggressor threatening the victim, Iran – a statement so utterly ignorant of actions, rhetorics, and ideologies in the region, and indicative of unacceptable level of analysis. Now comes Galtung, claiming that since “We know nothing about who is behind Breivik”, it’s only natural to blame the Mossad, or in other words: The Mossad should be guilty until proven not guilty in any act of violence around the world. It’s simply “The nature of research” he said.

And than came his anti-Semitic rant.


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