Wednesday 3 December 2014

Guilt and Shame - Germany and Israel

Germany is one of Israel's most fervid and uncritical supporters (and armourers) in the world after the United States.   Here are two articles about the kinds of distortion and moral confusion that arise from Germany's terrible legacy vis-a-vis the Jewish people, and from Israel's ongoing manipulation of it.

An interview with Max Blumenthal, from Electronic Intifada:

Germany made Palestinians "indirect victims of Holocaust," says author Max Blumenthal 

 

And a critique of the great hope of the German 'left', Die Linke, from Jacobin: 

 

The German Left’s Palestine Problem

 

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