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NOVANEWS Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass uses poem to say a nuclear-armed Israel is a threat to world peace German author Gunter Grass says he has been silent too long over Israel Photo: PETER FOLEY By Sameer Rahim, Assistant Books Editor The German Nobel laureate and novelist Günter Grass has attacked Israel as a threat to an "already fragile world peace" in a poem published on Wednesday on the front page of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, a leading German daily based in Munich. The poem “Was gesagt werden muss ”, translated as "Somebody Must Say It", criticises what it claims is western hypocrisy over Israel's nuclear programme given the current speculation over whether the Jewish state will attack Iran to prevent it from building a nuclear bomb. A decision ...

NOVANEWS Der Spiegel In a move that has drawn angry reactions in Germany, Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass has published a new poem criticizing Israel’s policies against Iran. Historically, Grass has been outspoken in his political views, but many believe the author has now broken a taboo.   German author Günter Grass has accused Israel of “endangering a world peace that is already fragile.” Günter Grass, Germany’s most famous living author and the 1999 recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature, sparked outrage in Germany on Wednesday with the publication of a poem, “What must be said,” in which he sharply criticizes Israel’s policies on Iran.  “Why did I wait until now at this advanced age and with the last bit of ink to say: The nuclear power Israel is endangerin...