When I heard that a Protestant delegation was going to visit Israel these days I was holding my breath that my brothers and sisters in faith would not make remarks similar to the ones made by Catholic Bishops a few weeks earlier. But this time trouble started even before they had gotten into their plane. [...]
Jedes Jahr an Ostern finden die sogenannten “Ostermärsche” der Friedensbewegung statt. Aber wie schon im letzten Jahr sucht man vergeblich nach Protesten gegen den iranischen Präsidenten, der Israel von der Landkarte radieren will. Dabei war das Timing ideal: Just am Ostermontag verkündete das Regime in Teheran den Einstieg in die industrielle Urananreicherung.
“Iran provoziert die Weltgemeinschaft”, [...]
Last week, Leeds University canceled a talk about Islamic Antisemitism. Matthias Küntzel has writtten on his experience:
“Is there still room for debate?”, The Times Higher Education Supplement (London), March 23, 2007
His text on “Hitler’s Legacy: Islamic Antisemitism in the Middle East” is to be found on his website. At least no censorship in the Internet, [...]
Sind wir Europäer also zu unserem Glück vereint? So jedenfalls steht es in der “Berliner Erklärung” , die heute unterzeichnet wurde.
Ich muss sagen, ohne die innerdemokratischen Defizite der EU wäre ich wesentlich glücklicher. Auch wäre ich glücklicher, wenn die Erklärung sich nicht nur gegen Rassismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit, sondern auch gegen Antisemitismus und Anti-Amerikanismus wenden würde. [...]
It seems as if German author Matthias Küntzel whom I had the pleasure to meet at the pro-Israel demonstration in Berlin January this year has been censored by the University of Leeds, Yorkshire:
“University of Leeds bows to Muslim protests and at the last minute cancels talk by Dr Matthias Kuentzel on ‘Hitler’s Legacy: Islamic Antisemitism [...]
Deutsche Bischöfe auf Pilgerreise im Heiligen Land u.a. auch in der Holocaust-Gedenkstätte Yad Vashem und was fällt einigen von ihnen dazu ein:
Bischof Gregor Maria Hanke: „Morgens in Yad Vashem die Fotos vom unmenschlichen Warschauer Ghetto, abends fahren wir ins Ghetto in Ramallah. Da geht einem der Deckel hoch.“
Bischof Walter Mixa: Die „ghettoartige Situation“ in [...]
As the readers of my website know it always makes me laugh when Germans worry about freedom of speech in the US. For one, I believe that as long as Michael Moore is allowed to publish his books in the US there is no reason to worry. And second, I think Germans maybe would be [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]