German writer Grass accused over 'anti-Israel' poem

Israel’s prime minister has lashed out at German poet Guenter Grass for calling Israel a threat to world peace.

German writer Grass accused over 'anti-Israel' poem

Israel’s prime minister has lashed out at German poet Guenter Grass for calling Israel a threat to world peace.

Grass, a Nobel prizewinner, published a poem in a German newspaper on Wednesday in which he questioned how Israel could call for ending Iran’s nuclear programme while holding what is widely believed to be its own nuclear arsenal.

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