Pioneer of global peace studies hints at link between Norway massacre and Mossad
In several anti-Semitic remarks, Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung also defends 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' and says Jewish influence was one of the factors leading to Auschwitz.
By Ofer Aderet
Johan Galtung, Norwegian
sociologist nicknamed the “father of peace studies,” made anti-Semitic
and anti-Israeli remarks while lecturing at the University of Oslo, in
an article published afterward in the Norwegian press and in an
interview with Haaretz that followed.
Among other statements, Galtung
claimed that a possible connection exists between the terrorist
responsible for the massacre of children in Norway last summer, and the
Mossad. “The Jews control worldwide communication, and divert it in
order to benefit of Israel,” wrote Galtung in an email exchange with
Haaretz.
He pointed out that one of the factors behind the anti-Semitic sentiment that led to Auschwitz was the fact that Jews held influential positions in German society.
Galtung also recommended reading “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” – one of the most popular anti-Semitic texts in the world.Professor Galtung, 82-years-old, is one of the founders of the discipline called “Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution,” as well as a founder of the international Peace Research Institute in Oslo. He is considered well-respected sociological researcher, has been awarded many prizes, and is the author of over a thousand articles and over a hundred books. Some of his work has also been translated into Hebrew.
He pointed out that one of the factors behind the anti-Semitic sentiment that led to Auschwitz was the fact that Jews held influential positions in German society.
Galtung also recommended reading “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” – one of the most popular anti-Semitic texts in the world.Professor Galtung, 82-years-old, is one of the founders of the discipline called “Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution,” as well as a founder of the international Peace Research Institute in Oslo. He is considered well-respected sociological researcher, has been awarded many prizes, and is the author of over a thousand articles and over a hundred books. Some of his work has also been translated into Hebrew.
Galtung’s repeated anti-Semitic remarks were exposed by the website of the Norwegian periodical, “Humanist.” (http://humanist.no) Some of the comments were made during a lecture at the University of Oslo last summer, and others were written by Galtung in response to an article critical of him that was published in the periodical.
Among other claims, Galtung
stated that there is a possible link between Anders Behring Breivik,
responsible for massacring dozens of children in Norway last summer, and
Jewish and Israeli factions. The connection is supposedly based on the
fact that the murderer has ties to the “Freemasons” organization, “which
has Jewish origins,” according to Galtung. The supposed connection to
Israel is through the Mossad – which Galtung believes might have given
Breivik his orders.
In the same breath, Galtung
mentioned a conspiracy theory, linking last summer’s massacre in Norway
with the attack on the King David Hotel, carried out by the Etzel in
1946 – both attacks took place on July 22. He finished with this
astonishing claim: “It will be interesting to read the [Norwegian]
police report on Israel, during the trial."
In an email exchange with Haaretz
on Sunday, Galtung requested to clear up his claims. “When we know
nothing about who is behind Breivik, including whether there is anybody
at all, any hypothesis is legitimate; that is in the nature of
research,” wrote Galtung.
“I consider the Mossad highly
unlikely, but it is illegitimate to eliminate it as a hypothesis with no
evidence,” continued Galtung.
When asked what he meant
concerning the police report on Israel, Galtung replied: “Exactly what I
said. I’m assuming that they are open to any possibility, and not only
investigating acts carried out by Breivik, but rather other conjectures
as well.”
In the correspondence with Haaretz, Galtung mentioned what he calls the “ambiguity of everything human.” To explain, he raised examples from the Middle Ages and the modern period. According to Galtung, “The terrible programs,” carried out upon the Jews, had another “problematic” side as well. “The Jews played a role in demanding payment from indebted peasants,” wrote Galtung.
According to Galtung, “terrible
Auschwitz,” had two sides as well. “[It was] not unproblematic that Jews
had key niches in a society humiliated by defeat at Versailles,” wrote
Galtung, referencing Germany following World War I. Galtung continued,
“In no way, absolutely no way, does this justify the atrocities. But it
created anti-Semitism that could have been predicted.”
Another claim, made by Galtung in
a Norwegian periodical, is that Jews control the American media. “Six
Jewish companies control 96% of the media,” wrote Galtung. He included
the names of journalists, publishers, TV networks, and movie studios,
that he claims are controlled by Jews. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was
also included on the list. “He’s not Jewish, but many of the people
under him are,” wrote Galtung, in reference to Murdoch. “Many of them
are fanatically pro-Israel,” he pointed out. Immediately following these
claims, Galtung wrote that “seventy percent of the professors at the 20
most important American universities are Jewish.”
Galtung bases his doctrine on an
article written by William Luther Pierce, founder of the “National
Alliance,” a white supremacist organization. The same article inspired
Timothy McVeigh to carry out the Oklahoma City bombings that killed 168
people in 1995.
When asked by Haaretz to describe
the effects of the “Jewish control” of the media, he answered that it
could be a good thing, in terms of intellectual quality, but that it
could also “limit the discourse about anything where Israel is
involved."
As an example, he raised American
media coverage of Iran. According to Galtung, “U.S. mainstream media
only discusses Iran in terms of nuclear arms,” and does not discuss
American involvement in internal Iranian affairs. Galtung wrote of “The
trauma of 1953 – the CIA-MI6 strike against a legally elected prime
minister.” Another example, according to Galtung, is “The Arab Spring,
discussed only in terms of dictatorship-democracy, not also in terms of
the role of U.S.-Israel behind those dictatorships."
Galtung also held an open forum
discussion concerning the contents of the book “The Protocols of the
Elders of Zion,” one of the most quoted anti-Semitic works around the
world. “I wonder how many people with such strong opinions on the book
have even read it,” he wrote. “It is impossible to do so today without
thinking of Goldman Sachs,” he added. Goldman Sachs is an international
investment Bank founded and run by Jews, attacked in the media from time
to time as a “capitalist pig."
“The Protocols,” are a forgery,
created by the Russian secret police during the days of the Czar, which
supposedly illustrates the Jewish plot created at a secret conference
called the “Elders of Zion” to take over the world. Galtung, however,
has another opinion. “It is hard to believe that the Russian secret
police was able to be so specific,” wrote Galtung. While corresponding
with Haaretz, he was less decisive, writing “I don’t know exactly who
wrote the protocols."
Gad Yair, a sociology professor
at Hebrew University, was the first to expose Galtung’s anti-Semitic
remarks in Israel. Yair wrote about Galtung in his blog.
(http://coolcite.com).
“Professor Galtung was a valued
and deserving member of any public or academic discussion, until now. If
a trustworthy peace-broker was ever needed anywhere in the world, that
was Norwegian professor Johan Galtung. This background gives meaning to
the astonishment of Norwegian academia in the face of his comments. It
is the same as the astonishment created by the murderer Breivikin."
Norwegian academia is wondering, added Yair, how "this merchant of peace
was basing his ideas on neo-Nazi publications, and including them in
interviews, lectures and articles? Does he also, like Breivik, cry peace
with a Nazi salute?"
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