’’Israel’’ Fears Words: Grass Not Welcome in the Zionist Entity
"Israel" declared German author Guenter Grass persona non grata, deepening a spat with the Nobel-winning author over a poem that deeply criticized the Zionist regime.
In a poem called "What Must Be Said" published last Wednesday, Grass, 84, criticized what he described as Western hypocrisy over "Israel's" nuclear program and labeled the country a threat to "already fragile world peace" over its belligerent stance on Iran.
The dispute with Grass has drawn new attention to strains in Germany's complicated relationship with the Zionist regime - and also focused light on "Israel's" own secretive nuclear program.
The poem has touched a raw nerve and caused fear in "Israel".
"Interior Minister Eli Yishai declared Gunter Grass persona non grata in "Israel"," a statement from Yishai's office said.
"Gunter's poem is an attempt to fan the flames of hate against the state of "Israel' and the Israeli people," Yishai claimed.
In his poem, the 84-year-old longtime leftist activist wrote of his concern that Israel "could wipe out the Iranian people" with a "first strike" due to the threat it sees in Tehran's civilian nuclear program.
"Why do I only say now, aged and with my last ink: the atomic power "Israel" is endangering the already fragile world peace?" reads the poem, which was published on Wednesday in the daily "Sueddeutsche Zeitung".
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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