A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.
I‘m German, currently living in Switzerland and when I recently visited Germany I was appalled by the amount of unconditional support for Israel, for example a HUGE (maybe 10x10m?) israeli flag on the offices of the Grünen party and official posters calling for solidarity. I don‘t even think this is stemming from (however undifferentiated and misguided) historical considerations, rather than geopolitical considerations. Also on the subject of the article, I think that‘s a pretty apt and carefully done comparison.
As just some asshole in America, the fierce blind support here seems to come from one of two places:
1- good old racism. just like the Irish, Italian, etc before them, jews have their “white card” with the bigots especially when the “enemy” are darker.
2- Religious nuts who think war around the holy land = the second coming and are going to root for anybody who keeps the war flowing.
I feel this really is because of plucking the historical guilt strings and “if you’re against Israel’s actions you’re an anti-semit”
But I am not in the know of the local German situation, so might as well be a wrong impression
Pretty much. It’s incredibly tiring