http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012492439478197.html
In the above article from Aljazeera, German author Gunter Grass is reported to have been barred from entry into Israel after his latest poem, “What Must Be Said” was published last week. In the poem, found here in translation through the Washington Post, Grass accuses Israel of hypocrisy over Iran’s nuclear program:
“Yet why do I forbid myself, To name that other country, In which, for years, even if secretly, There has been a growing nuclear potential at hand, But beyond control, because not accessible to inspections?”
Such rhetoric has obviously sparked outrage among Israeli government officials, with some accusing him of anti-Semitism and suggesting that he should disseminate his “distorted and mendacious works” in Iran, where he will “find a supportive audience.”
