Gee, it’s almost reminiscent of Finland’s Pertti Salolainen statements.
NOTE: This is Norway, the faux humanitarian “superpower”, where all things antisemitic are possible, and do happen with regular frequency. Here in Scandinavia, when a nordic wants to call a Jew a “kike” they just quote Shakespeare, or in this case, draw Shylock himself.
Anti-Semitic Bank Card Emerges in Norway
Anti-Semitic DNB card sent in ‘error’ from Norway’s largest bank.
Photo Credit: Hallelu / Social Media
An anti-Semitic caricature has appeared on a VISA debit / credit card issued by Norway’s largest banking institution, DNB.
A cartoon bearded Jewish man with a long hooked nose wearing yarmulka and a blue and white tallit (prayer shawl) is seen chuckling with hands held to his cheeks in mirth. The caricature is set against a background of golden coins gleaming like treasure on the entire rest of the card.
The message is very clear: Jews control money.
An Australian citizen living in Norway who ordered the card claims that when he received it, he was surprised to find that the design he ordered was not what he received.
The matter was brought to the attention of the Israeli Embassy in Oslo, which immediately contacted the management of the bank.
The bank promptly apologized to Israel’s Ambassador to Norway, but also explained in a letter to the Hallelu Israel Foundation (seen on the nonprofit organization’s Facebook page) that the bank allows clients to order personally designed cards.
The vice president of the bank wrote that he was surprised when the embassy told him the client received the offensive design without personally requesting it.
Cllose examination of a different photo of the card that was seen on the Internet reveals in the lower left corner the words “YOUR NAME” which may indicate this is a design sample available for ordering, possibly through VISA although that is not clear.
The bank official asked forgiveness from anyone who was offended and said the bank would issue an explanation and apology notice.
After the incident was publicized, the bank announced the offensive card would be canceled and a new one issued to its owner.
In the letter the bank said it has a mechanism to filter out “offensive images.” Somehow, the anti-Semitic caricature slipped past. The bank explained it issues a few million cards each year, said it was an isolated incident and that the offensive image was deleted from the database.
