Opinion | Absurd, clumsy, racist: #Germany's taboo against criticizing Israel must stop (Hanno Hauenstein | Haaretz)
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“Germans increasingly appear to try to absolve their shame over the Holocaust by policing dissenting voices that challenge the prevailing pro-Israeli German state narrative. The price is often grotesque disregard for the very descendants of the victims of our forefathers' crimes, let alone for the plight of Palestinians.
“In doing so, many Germans today place a performance of staunch pro-Israel rhetoric above the very values that should guide any right-minded individual towards a firm rejection of both antisemitism and racism. Such travesty bears little connection with the ongoing debates within Israeli civil society or with Palestinians' well-founded aspirations for liberation and self-determination.”
