Dieter Hallervorden published a poem about the war in Gaza. He talks about apartheid and genocide.
Now there is a hail of criticism. Critical voices are now accusing him of anti-Semitism. The 88-year-old posted the three-minute video on Facebook on Tuesday (April 16) in a calm tone, accompanied by music. "A man presses tattered little fingers to his beard as he whispers. What did these delicate little things do to the generals?" he asks, while in the background, you can see a desperate man carrying a bundle in his arms. "Atrocities have a history" – no one is "born a terrorist," Hallervorden demands that 'the guns remain silent' and that all hostages be released. 'I imagine a new chance for peace for a two-state solution,' he says. Hallervorden was visibly moved by himself, exuded embarrassing pathos, and "did not leave out any anti-Israel cliché," said Volker Beck, President of the German-Israeli Society. "Probably the most famous actor and theater person in Germany, @DHallervordsen, has unexpectedly clearly sided with the people bombed in the #Gaza Strip. The video shows harsh images with a sensitive song, not only for the Palestinian people, but also for a peaceful future for Israel," writes former Bundestag member of the Left, Dieter Dehm. 'The BUT should not be missing after the mandatory exercise of mentioning the Hamas terror,' writes Dehm of Hallervorden's video. 'With 'apartheid', 'genocide', Rheinmetall as a warmonger.' " "If you are looking for an example of guilt-defense anti-Semitism in the context of perpetrator-victim reversal in the Middle East conflict, Hallervorden's work is a picture-perfect example.'