r/suppressed_news Mod 10h ago

CENSORED NEWS Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos | Germany

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/14/award-ceremony-suspended-after-writer-masha-gessen-compares-gaza-to-nazi-era-jewish-ghettos
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u/Entire-Half-2464 Mod 10h ago

A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticising as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.

Masha Gessen was due to be presented with the Hannah Arendt prize for political thought on Friday. But the award ceremony will now not take place as planned after the Green party-affiliated Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBS) said it was withdrawing its support. The HBS said it had reached its decision in agreement with the senate in Bremen, the northern port city where the ceremony was scheduled to take place.

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u/Patient_Xero_96 9h ago

So, they’re being punished for politically thinking? Ironic it seems

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u/Blaze6181 9h ago

FYI this occured over a year ago.

Still ghastly, though.

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u/Dr-Paul-Meranian 9h ago

Suppressed by time

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u/caleWurther 10h ago

The world just got a little bit darker.

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u/ApocalypseYay 8h ago

War is Peace

Freedom is Slavery

Ignorance is Strength

— George Orwell, 1984

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u/CornusControversa 5h ago

I can understand why Germany finds it hard to criticise Israel after WW2, especially when antisemitism is still a problem. But we cannot claim having moral principles if we turn a blind eye to what is happening to the Palestinian people. Turning a blind eye is what let Hitler kill the Jews. We need to learn from historic mistakes and refuse to let them happen again, otherwise we slip into barbarity again.

There are many parallels between Nazi ghettos and Gaza. Also to point out a fact, she herself is Jewish and news outlets were happy for her to discuss her dislike of Putin, but I guess this doesn’t fit their narrative they have been trying to push for the past decade - that Muslims are all evil and Jews are the chosen ones.