Monthly Archives: Januar 2007

40.000 Tonnen Diplomatie - 40.000 tons of diplomacy

These days there is a lot of talk about diplomacy. Our pro-Israel demonstration was criticised for being too undiplomatic, and there are still people who are calling for more intense diplomatic efforts regarding Iran (I have just heard Barack Obama on heute journal). Well, maybe President Bush has heard these calls. He has sent a [...]

“Hurray! We`re capitulating!”

As I have already mentioned earlier, my book of the year 2006 was Henryk M. Broder`s “Hurray! We`re capitulating!” which is not yet available in English. But parts of it have been translated into English at Spiegel Online.
Excerpts:
Objectively speaking, the cartoon controversy was a tempest in a teacup. But subjectively it was a show [...]

“Hurray! We`re capitulating!”

As I have already mentioned earlier, my book of the year 2006 was Henryk M. Broder`s “Hurray! We`re capitulating!” which is not yet available in English. But parts of it have been translated into English at Spiegel Online.
Excerpts:
Objectively speaking, the cartoon controversy was a tempest in a teacup. But subjectively it was a show [...]

Mehr zur Demo - More on the rally

Die Sprecher der Abschlusskundgebung waren:
Andreas Wittenzelner (Am Echad), Markus Löning, MdB (FDP), Dr. Matthias Küntzel ( “Scholars for Peace in the Middle East” ), Sacha Stawski (Honestly Concerned e.V.) und ein Vertreter des Jüdischen Studentenverbands Berlin. Der Dank galt dem Hauptorganisator der Demo, Herrn Dipl.sc.pol. Leo Sucharewicz, von der Gruppe ILI - I Like Israel [...]

A propos Missbrauch

Die Abschlusskundgebung der pro-Israel Demonstration fand am (nicht im!) Holocaust-Mahnmal statt. Im Vorfeld ließ der Geschäftsführer der Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden, Uwe Neumärker, verlauten “die politische Vereinnahmung des Ortes” sei bedenklich. Mmh. Heute lese ich, dass das Holocaust-Mahnmal schon seit seiner Eröffnung im Mai 2005 von Passanten und Besuchern immer wieder als öffentliche [...]

Official numbers Pro-Israel Demonstration

According to today`s “Tagesspiegel” and “Berliner Zeitung” we were about 600 yesterday. Sadly, both newspapers report only very shortly about the demonstration: three sentences in Berliner Zeitung (”Protest gegen Irans Präsidenten”, page 17) and (double!) six sentences in Tagesspiegel (”Über 600 Menschen demonstrierten gegen den iranischen Präsidenten”, page 9). The anti-war demonstration in Washington got [...]

Pro-Israel Demonstration in Berlin today

It is always great to meet like-minded people, but regarding the weather we have been quite unlucky today. While yesterday we had sunny blue skies in Berlin, today it was pouring with rain all afternoon, the temperatures were around 1 degree and the wind was really cold. Despite this, about one thousand people (I am [...]

Pro-Israel Demo Sonntag 15 Uhr Berlin Alexanderplatz

Nicht vergessen: Die pro-Israel Demo beginnt Sonntag um 15 Uhr am Alexanderplatz und endet mit einer Abschlusskundgebung am Holocaust-Mahnmal. Der Geschäftsführer der Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden, Uwe Neumärker, meint dazu laut TAZ (”Proteste gegen Ahmadinedschad” von Peter Nowak, 26.1.2007):
Bei allem berechtigten Protest gegen Ahmadinedschad sei “die politische Vereinnahmung des Ortes bedenklich”.

Henryk M. Broder [...]

Prozionistische Kollaboration

“Massen gegen Demo”, eine prozionistische Kollaboration von Lizas Welt und Hector Calvelli. Ausschnitt:
Am Sonntag wird in Berlin gegen den antisemitischen Vernichtungswahn der Teheraner Mullahs demonstriert. Aus guten Gründen sollte Kritik an den Veranstaltern geübt, die Veranstaltung selbst aber unterstützt werden. Das ist vielen zu viel der Dialektik, denn nun regt sich erhebliche Abwehr gegen die [...]

No anti-Americanism, nowhere

Every now and then “friends” tell me that there is absolutely no anti-Americanism in Germany and that I am only seeing things. Unfortunately, their position is sometimes being strengthened by Americans living in Germany. For instance, the American ambassador who is hardly ever in the German media and who is probably not observing them [...]