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FRP: Out with side goals, in with personal finance in school

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

– Norwegian youth need to learn more about economics, says FpU leader Simen Velle to NRK.

Velle believes that poor financial knowledge can be costly.

– The problem today is that few young people learn this, and those who do, learn it from their parents, he says.

Therefore, they will have a separate subject on personal finance in school. According to the youth party leader, the FpU has had this as adopted policy for a long time. Now the parent party is following suit.

– It is important that young people understand card use, interest, debt collection and loans. This is an important part of life, says Frp leader Sylvi Listhaug.

Since the number of hours will remain the same, it may go beyond the extracurricular teaching.

– It can be part of the mathematics subject, and one should also consider compulsory secondary education. Many people struggle with Norwegian today, so it is wrong to have secondary goals as a compulsory subject, she says.

Education Minister Kari Nessa Nordtun (Ap) says she agrees that it is important for young people to learn about personal finance, but she does not want it to come at the expense of secondary education or for it to be a separate subject.

– It is important that we guide today’s young people in a good way, so that they can make good, smart and safe financial decisions. And not least learn the consequences of bad choices, she says.

#FRP #side #goals #personal #finance #school
2024-08-02 20:18:15

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Ten medical students from Gaza are still allowed to come to Norway

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

It happens after the government intervened and instructed the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) to grant the medical students visas.

– Here we have ten young Palestinians who want to complete their medical studies. We can contribute to that. It is a foreign policy goal that we implement by granting residence during this period to these students, says Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) to NRK.

Got rejected

In June, the University of Oslo (UiO) offered ten medical students from Gaza to complete their studies in Norway, but UDI put its foot down.

The reason was that they believed that the students would probably not want to go back, but would stay in Norway after the semester was over.

The refusals led to strong reactions, and several parties in the Storting asked the government to intervene. Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October last year, no students in Gaza have had classes.

Interferes

Basically, the government cannot influence UDI’s decisions in individual cases. But if the government believes that there are foreign policy considerations or other national interests that dictate that a different conclusion should be reached, they can intervene.

– The situation in Gaza is catastrophic, I think everyone can see that. Half of the hospitals have been completely knocked out, and a large part of the health personnel have been killed. This is a small but symbolically important contribution for young Palestinians who want to rebuild the health service, says Støre to NRK.

The medical students are affiliated with Al-Azhar University in Gaza, the Prime Minister’s Office states in a press release. This university has not been able to offer further education due to the hostilities.

The start of studies at UiO for the ten students is 19 August.

– Very happy

SV’s Lars Haltbrekken calls the decision wise and joyful.

– A great injustice is being righted here. Norway must do what we can to rebuild the health care system in Gaza, which is in ruins. We are very happy that these ten medical students can now complete their studies in Norway, he tells NTB.

Tobias Drevland Lund, immigration policy spokesperson in Rødt, says he sent a written question last Thursday about whether the government would meet with UiO to find a solution.

– Red was the first party to demand that the government review the UDI and grant visas to the Palestinian medical students. It is very gratifying that the Palestinians are now allowed to come anyway, and from Norway’s side this is an important contribution to rebuilding the healthcare system in Gaza, he tells NTB.

– Not a fair asylum policy

The FRP is critical of Støre verifying UDI’s assessment in the case and calls it an unfortunate political interference.

FRP’s immigration policy spokesman, Erlend Wiborg, tells NTB that he believes that the students neither can nor will return to Gaza.

– This is supported by the fact that they had study options in other countries, but absolutely wanted to go to Norway, which happens to have among the world’s best benefits for asylum seekers, says Wiborg.

He says that the matter must be seen in the context of the fact that the Støre government is also bringing 20 wounded Palestinians to Norway plus 80 companions, all of whom Wiborg assumes will be granted permanent residence in Norway.

– It is neither a strict nor fair asylum policy, to go out and actively bring a select few to the country in this way.

#Ten #medical #students #Gaza #allowed #Norway
2024-08-02 20:16:18

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There will be a zero tolerance policy on statements against the Chief Justice, FIR and arrest will also be made, Law Minister – Pakistan

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

Exceeding the limit will not be allowed under the guise of human rights or freedom of opinion, there will be a zero tolerance policy on statements against the Chief Justice, the Law Minister gave a clear message. He said that no one has the right to issue a fatwa against the life of a judge on a judicial decision.

Speaking at the legal education agreement ceremony between Pakistan Bar and HEC, Prime Minister Nazir Tarar said that the practice of issuing fatwa and creating a state within a state should be condemned by all. Fatwa against Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa is a crime.

He said that there is a limit to everything, there will be a zero tolerance policy of the state on the statement against the Chief Justice of Pakistan, an FIR has been registered for the violation, now arrests will also be made.

The Minister of Law said that such content should be included in the educational curriculum that will end intolerance, Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa is a good name and a principled person, no one has the right to issue a fatwa against the life of a judge on a judicial decision.

The Law Minister further said that after the war in Afghanistan, many problems including terrorism have come in the society, it is very important to improve the quality of legal education.

#tolerance #policy #statements #Chief #Justice #FIR #arrest #Law #Minister #Pakistan
2024-08-02 20:14:16

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When Israel Killed Palestinian Commander With ‘Toothpaste’ – Life & Style

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

It was an unpleasant day in mid-January 1978 in Baghdad when Wadi Haddad began having severe stomach cramps after a routine meal. Haddad was the head of the Palestinian organization “Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine” (PFLP). His appetite was gone, his weight had dropped to less than 25 pounds, and he was taken to an Iraqi public hospital. Jahan doctors diagnosed hepatitis. Doctors then said that it was a case of very bad cold, strong antibiotics were administered to him, Haddad was treated by the best doctors in Baghdad but his condition did not improve.

Ab’s hair soon began to fall out, the fever became more and more frequent, the needle of suspicion pointed to poison, but what poison and how it was administered, the doctors had no idea.

Yasser Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, then asked an aide to seek help from the East German secret service “STASI”. It was a time when the Soviets supported Palestinian fighters and provided them with passports, shelter, weapons and intelligence.

The Mossad did not take the death lightly, and Wadi Haddad became a priority for the Mossad.

Yasser Arafat’s speech at the United Nations in 1974 received worldwide acclaim and sympathy, but Haddad’s name appeared on the Mossad’s kill list and the Mossad began working to eliminate Haddad.

Eighteen months had passed since the operation at Entebbe. In the interim, Haddad was living peacefully in Baghdad and Beirut.

The Mossad did not want to make noise and spread in an Arab capital for the murder. Therefore, a firearm was unlikely. They needed to devise a method that would create the least amount of suspicion.

Now either the death had to appear to be natural, as if an illness had taken Wadi Haddad’s life, or an accident, such as a car accident somewhere.

The risk of arrest after a botched operation in the Arab capital was high. The Israelis did not want that.

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Its second and more detailed version came 12 years later. In the 2018 book Rise and Kill First, Ronan Bergman writes in great detail about the murder of Haddad. Bergman devotes a chapter to Haddad’s murder in his book: “Death in Toothpaste”.

In an interview with The Times of Israel in 2018, Bergman talked about what happened after Haddad’s death.

Eighteen sent reports to Iraqi intelligence and told them you should look at your scientists and their toothpaste, he said. Because they suspected that the toothpaste was poisoned, and from then on, Iraqi intelligence ordered Iraqi scientists to take their toothpaste and toothbrushes with them whenever they left Iraq. Yet two of them were poisoned.