What must be said Why have I been silent, silent for so long?, Our generals have gamed it out, Confident the west will survive. We people have not even been considered. What is this right to "preventive war"? A war that could erase the Iranian people. Dominated by it's neighbor, pulsing with righteousness Smug in the fact that it is they, not Iran, Who have the Bomb. Why have I so far avoided to identify Israel by it's name?, Israel and it's ever increasing nuclear arsenal, Beyond reproach, Uncontrolled, uninspected. We all know these things Yet we all remain silent, fearful of being labeled: anti-Semitic hateful worse Considering Germany's past these labels stick So we call is "business", "reparation" take your pick, As we deliver yet another submarine. As we provide to Israel the means to deliver annihilation. I say what must be said. Why did I stay silent until now? Because I'm German, of course. I'm tainted by a stain I cannot wash out I'm silent because I want so badly to make it right To put my sins in the past and leave them silently there. Why did I wait to say it until now? And write these words with the last of my ink? Declaring that Israel threatens world peace? Because it is true and it must be said, Tomorrow will be too late. We Germans now carry a new burden of sin on our shoulders Through the weapons we have sold We are helping to carry out this foreseeable tragedy No excuse will remove our stain of complicity. It must be said. I won't be silent I've had <b>...</b>
Eines von drei längeren Fernsehinterviews, die Günter Grass im Laufe des 05.04. gegeben hat: für die ARD mit Tom Buhrow als Interviewer (tagesschau.de und für das ZDF (www.heute.de Einen intelligenten Kommentar von Thomas Nehls (WDR) pro Grass gibt es hier: tagesschau.de Ähnlich äußert sich Jakob Augstein www.spiegel.de
www.youtube.com thelede.blogs.nytimes.com poste videocoments (allowed) A new poem by the German Nobel laureate Günter Grass depicting Israel's undeclared nuclear might as a threat to world peace drew wide condemnation from Jewish groups and commentators in Germany on Wednesday, showing the strength of enduring taboos in German public discourse about Israel more than six decades after the Holocaust. In the poem, titled "What Must Be Said," Mr. Grass, 84, asks why he has remained silent about Israel's nuclear might — which Israel has never publicly confirmed — and concludes that he had been constrained by a broader fear of being judged an anti-Semite. But with Israel threatening to take military action against Iran's nuclear program, the German author writes: "Why do I say only now, aged and with my last drop of ink, that the nuclear power Israel endangers an already fragile world peace? Because that must be said which may already be too late to say tomorrow." He also complained that by supplying submarines to Israel, Germany risked becoming "a subcontractor to a foreseeable crime." Israel has threatened to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, arguing that they are being used to acquire the capability of building nuclear weapons. But Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. "I will no longer remain silent because I am tired of Western hypocrisy," he said, according to an unofficial translation. The publication of the poem in the <b>...</b>
Literaturnobelpreisträger Günter Grass im Gespräch mit Tom Buhrow von der ARD über sein Israel-Gedicht "Was gesagt werden muss". No Hasbara comments, please. / Bitte keine Hasbara-Kommentare.
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