Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: la Germania non dimentica

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/127485
A regional court in the German city of Cologne handed a partial legal
victory to a renowned Jewish activist and writer, when it nullified an
order restraining him from labelling the anti-Zionist statements of
another Jewish commentator as anti-Semitic.
Henryk M. Broder, a Polish-born Jew known for his polemical columns in
the German magazine Der Spiegel and other national media, called
Eveyln Hecht-Galinski’s remarks  “anti-Semitic” after the latter was
invited to speak on a German national radio program. Hecht-Galinski,
in return, filed a restraining order against further such statements
from Broder, which was granted temporarily.
Hecht-Galinski, like Broder a prominent Jewish commentator, also
enjoys recognition as the daughter of the head of Berlin’s first
Jewish community after the Holocaust and one-time president of
German’s Central Council of Jews. She speaks out consistently against
Israel, whose policies she equates with those of Nazi Germany.
In addition to praising a German bishop’s recent anti-Israel
statements, she has been quoted as saying that a “Jewish-Israel lobby
with its active network is extended over the world and thanks to
America its power has become so great.”
While the court waived the unconditional injunction against Broder, it
does require him to accompany any charges he makes of anti-Semitism
with an explanation of those charges.
The legal battle began when Broder wrote a letter to West German
Broadcasting Corporation protesting its invitation to Hecht-Galinski
to speak in a special episode marking the 60th birthday of the State
of Israel. "The only claim to fame of Evelyn Hecht-Galinski (who first
adopted her father's name after the latter's death) is the fact that
she is 'the daughter of Heinz Galinksi,' as she introduces herself at
each of her appearances,” wrote Broder in the letter.
“There is no justification for describing her as an 'author,' since
apart from letters-to-the-editor she has written nothing and published
nothing. Even a drunken reveler at carnival in Cologne could recognize
that Ms. E.H.G. is a hysterical housewife in need of affirmation, who
speaks for no one and talks nonsense. Her specialty is intellectually
vapid anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist statements - such as are currently in
fashion."
Hecht-Galinski filed a motion for a court order following publication
of the letter, along with her attorney Nathan Gelbart, who is also a
Jew. Anti-Semitic remarks and actions carry heavily penalties in
Germany, which enacted strict legislation forbidding hate speech in
the wake of the atrocities committed when the country was governed by
the Nazi regime.
In the wake of the legal proceedings and the growing national debate
over the definition of anti-Semitism, representatives of the Jewish
community in Germany and Austria spoke out overwhelmingly in support
of Broder.The very same Central Council of Jews in Germany that Hecht-
Galinsky’s father once headed expressed its solidarity for Broder's
position.
On Wednesday the Austrian Jewish community issued a statement saying
that allegations of anti-Semitism "are of course based on the
substance of the anti-Semitic statements and not on the ethnic origin
of the person making them. If that person formally belongs to a Jewish
community, or is in fact or supposedly of Jewish or Israeli origin,
the definitions of anti-Semitism still apply.”
“To give someone carte blanche for anti-Semitism because of Jewish
origin or meritorious ancestors is racism," continued the statement.
Ariel Muzicant and Raimund Fastenbauer, the president and the
secretary of the Jewish community in Austria, respectively, concluded
their statement by asserting their "complete support for and
solidarity with Henryk Broder in his statements regarding Ms. Evelyn
Hecht-Galinski. [We] fully share his opinion in this regard, and
reject any attempts to criminalize him."

A regional court in the German city of Cologne handed a partial legal
ammazza che caciara pazzesca
una mega rissa fra ebrei tedeschi con l'immancabile intervento dei
cugini austriaci
Si ritorna ai bei tempi, insomma
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