Germans at odds with Gunter Grass on Israel

Sunday, 22 April 2012

Israel declared the Nobel Prize literature laureate Gunter Grass “persona non grata” last month after he published a poem saying it threatened world peace. (File photo)

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By Gareth Jones

 REUTERS BERLIN 

Nearly one in two Germans believe Iran poses a bigger threat to world peace than Israel, according to a poll on Sunday, disagreeing with renowned German author Gunter Grass whose criticism of the Jewish state triggered an international outcry. 

Israel declared the Nobel Prize literature laureate Grass “persona non grata” last month after he published a poem saying it threatened world peace in its standoff with Tehran and that it must not be allowed to launch military strikes against Iran. 

Grass’s words were also denounced by mainstream political parties in Germany, where any strong condemnation of Israel is taboo because of the Nazi-perpetrated Holocaust.

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