Not every German public figure supports Israel’s genocide!

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The actor Dieter Hallervorden is a name known to everyone in Germany. For decades he was THE ACTOR whom you saw on television. He also played in prize winning movies. At age 88, he is the Intendant of three drama theaters and is on the stage nearly every evening.

Now in his video poem Gaza Gaza Hallervorden unexpectedly has taken a position on the side of the Palestinian people.

 The leading German media initially reacted with disbelief, then aggressively, because Germany’s most popular theater man is a swing voter from the center: In the last election campaign, he campaigned for the CDU, previously also once for the Liberals and earlier for Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik.
> In a very short time, his Gaza video had over 8 million hits. UN Special Envoy Professor Dr. Jean Ziegler has just sent him “solidarity greetings” on behalf of Antonio Guterres and defended the artist from the media accusation of making “anti-Semitic” arguments: “Your text is based entirely on UN resolutions!”

English subtitled Link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMcrNzOfFAE

Translation below into German (Andreas Mylaeus)

Nicht jede deutsche Persönlichkeit des öffentlichen Lebens unterstützt den israelischen Völkermord!

Der Schauspieler Dieter Hallervorden ist ein Name, den in Deutschland jeder kennt. Jahrzehntelang war er DER SCHAUSPIELER, den man im Fernsehen gesehen hat. Er spielte auch in preisgekrönten Filmen mit. Mit 88 Jahren ist er Intendant von drei Theatern und steht fast jeden Abend auf der Bühne.

Jetzt hat sich Hallervorden in seinem Videogedicht Gaza Gaza unerwartet auf die Seite des palästinensischen Volkes gestellt.

Die deutschen Leitmedien reagierten zunächst ungläubig, dann aggressiv, denn Deutschlands beliebtester Theatermann ist ein Wechselwähler der Mitte: Im letzten Wahlkampf warb er für die CDU, zuvor auch einmal für die Liberalen und früher für Willy Brandts Ostpolitik.

> In kürzester Zeit hatte sein Gaza-Video über 8 Millionen Aufrufe. Der UN-Sonderbeauftragte Professor Dr. Jean Ziegler schickte ihm soeben „Solidaritätsgrüße“ im Namen von Antonio Guterres und verteidigte den Künstler gegen den Medienvorwurf, „antisemitisch“ zu argumentieren: „Ihr Text basiert ausschließlich auf UN-Resolutionen!“

English subtitled Link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMcrNzOfFAE

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Gilbert Doctorow is an independent political analyst based in Brussels. He chose this third career of 'public intellectual' after finishing up a 25 year career as corporate executive and outside consultant to multinational corporations doing business in Russia and Eastern Europe which culminated in the position of Managing Director, Russia during the years 1995-2000. He has publishied his memoirs of his 25 years of doing business in and around the Soviet Union/Russia, 1975 - 2000. Memoirs of a Russianist, Volume I: From the Ground Up was published on 10 November 2020. Volume II: Russia in the Roaring 1990s was released in February 2021. A Russian language edition in a single 780 page volume was published by Liki Rossii in St Petersburg in November 2021: Россия в бурные 1990е: Дневники, воспоминания, документы.

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5 thoughts on “Not every German public figure supports Israel’s genocide!”

  3. Useful if it cuts through on Gaza, but then every weakening of the regime narrative in general is a good thing.

    Lucky for the chap he’s 88 and has had a full career, he doesn’t have a lot lose. Thus pressure & coercion to conform is less an issue.

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