The "Human Right Commission" - an extra-judicial body - can initiate Inquisition type witch hunt against anybody. The web is full of horror stories of the abuses committed by that named group: Mark Steyn...just one name. Let's sum it up: there is no more "freedom of speech" in the Pol.Corr. Western world. "Freedom of speech", just like "democracy" is a catch phrase devoid of meaning. It's being used quite frequently because it's sounds "noble" and portrays the user as a "decent", "good", respectable person. Which is not. It's pure demagoguery, only the naive ones fall for it. Don't trust me: read the Laws: "speech laws'', "hate laws"....Google is your friend.

You are, bro, an idiot "pinhead" and an inveterate resident Jew hater.

To be a journalist means reporting events hence the ability to read or write does not constitute intelligence, action taken against our foes should be commended not criticized !!! פוץ

waffen ss were synonymous to french foreign league, with the exception; it was racial selective. and it has its share in war crimes. was it fear or shame Grass hidden his past until 2006? he lays in the poem 'israel' too simplistically, proves his bigot views. while mentioning palestinians as bystanders, which is unrealistic.

he should have confronted intellectually. its displays israel in same light Gunter Grass projects

Confronting "intellectually" the Waffen-SS while he is executing you. The idiotic mindset of some is self explanatory. Intellectually challenging Eichmann instead of hanging him. Is this Haaretz?

"Demonize us, hate us, degrade us, do what you will, whether you're a Jew hater or an Ex-Nazi; Israel welcomes you with open arms..." I doubt that is the image the overwhelming majority of Israelis want.

Tracy, Right ON !! Yours is a smart and incisive comment. Israeli "government" is often criminally irresponsible, with screwed-up priorities, crippling Diaspora cowardly mentality and corrosive political games - the worst example of "democratic freedoms" --for sedition and other Arab games, while destroying lives of Israel's true patriots.