A few weeks ago, Dieter Hallervorden criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Instagram. Now he’s stepping up.
The actor Dieter Hallervorden has commented on the war in Gaza and spoken of apartheid and genocide in connection with Israel’s policy. In a three-minute video that the 88-year-old posted on Facebook, he called for a ceasefire and the release of “all hostages.” Several media outlets had previously reported.
The video shows, among other things, propaganda videos from Hamas and excerpts from the Qatari news channel Al-Jazeera in the background. Hallervorden speaks a poem that he wrote together with the controversial songwriter and former Bundestag member of the Left, Diether Dehm.
“And that’s not supposed to be genocide?”
Hallervorden said about a father from Gaza whose child was killed: “Should I recommend that this father be as cool as a talk guest and just not make a mistake in saying anything that appears anti-Semitic?” He says about German politics: “They pledge allegiance to apartheid, from traffic lights to AfD.”
The use of the term apartheid in relation to the Jewish state of Israel is ideologically hotly contested. Hallervorden also criticizes arms deliveries to Israel – and asks: “And that shouldn’t be genocide?”
A few weeks ago, the actor and Berlin theater director shared a post on Instagram in which he took a position against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called on the German government to work towards an end to the war between Israel and Hamas.
On October 7th, the terrorist organization Hamas, which rules in the Gaza Strip, attacked Israel, massacred more than 1,200 people and kidnapped around 240 people as hostages. Israel then launched a war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. According to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health, the number of deaths in Gaza recently rose to around 33,800.
Source: Stern
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