Desertpeace

 It’s not only the New York Times that deems what is fit to print, HaAretz in Israel seems to be doing the same as of late.
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Gideon Levy wrote a piece about the Gunter Grass controversy, it was published in Hebrew and English, then suddenly disappeared from the English pages… It was rescued, so to speak, by the folks over at Jews Sans Frontieres
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Here it is in itsentirety:

Israelis can be angry with Gunter Grass, but they must listen to him
After we denounce the exaggeration, after we shake off the unjustified part of the charge, we must listen to the condemnation of these great people.

By Gideon Levy

The harsh, and in some parts infuriating, poem by Gunter Grass of course immediately sparked a wave of vilifications against it and mainly against its author. Grass indeed went a few steps too…

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