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Manifest Der 25“ „Freundschaft Und Kritik“ Dokumentation Das „Manifest der 25“ „Freundschaft und Kritik“ und die darauf folgende Debatte Artikel und Briefe, Gedrucktes und Ungedrucktes Band I zusammengestellt von Reiner Steinweg (Hg.) für die Homepage des Forum Crisis Prevention e. V. www.crisis-prevention.info Erweiterte Fassung Juli 2007 a Diese Dokumentation wurde gefördert durch ifa Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V., Projekt zivik Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung (zivik), Berlin 2 Inhalt Vorbemerkung zur Wiedergabe der Texte und zur erweiterten Auflage 7 I. Die Diskussion in der Frankfurter Rundschau (FR) und unveröffentlichte Reaktionen darauf 1. „FR 15.11.2006 Freundschaft und Kritik. Warum die „besonderen Beziehungen“ zwischen Deutschland und Israel überdacht werden müssen. Das Manifest der 25 9 2. FR 22.11.2006 Leserbriefseite der Frankfurter Rundschau zum „Manifest der 25“ 15 Pro: Gerold Hefele 15, Volker Czapinski 15, Mahmud Droska 16, Ottmar Carls 17, Gernot Steinweg 17, Erich Frömbgen 17; Kontra: Björn Schäfer 17, Klaus Beckmann 18, Horst-Alfred Heinrich 19, Benjamin Küchenhoff 20, Linda Spring 20, Roderick Davies 20 Unveröffentlichte Leserbriefe an die FR zum „Manifest der 25“ 21 Robert Brandau 21, Helmut Frische 24, Thomas Hofmann 25, Günther Kittner 25, Gerd Koch 25 Ditmar Koel 26, Heide Linde-Lembke 26 Gabriele v. Pappenheim 29 Unveröffentlichte Reaktionen auf die Leserbriefseite der FR vom 22.11.2007 30 Ella Greifer 30, Robert Pasko 30, Georg Wiedemann 31 Daniel Cil Brecher, Bemerkungen zum Manifest "Freundschaft und Kritik". 32 3. FR 25.11.2006 Markus Weingardt: Die Säulen tragen nicht! 38 Gert Krell: Replik auf den Artikel von Markus Weingardt im AFK-Rundbrief, Weihnachten 2006 40 4. FR 16. 1.07 Dov Ben-Meir (ehemaliger Vizepräsident der Knesset): Freundschaftliche Antwort an die 25 Politologen, die dazu aufrufen, die “besonderen Beziehungen” zwischen Deutschland und Israel aufzukündigen und ihnen eine ausgewogene Basis zu verleihen. [s. auch Band II] 42 Unveröffentlichte Leserbriefe dazu 47 Jens Daniel 45, Günter Schenk 45, Gerd Weikelmann 47 Antwort von Manifest-AutorInnen auf den Brief von Dov Ben-Meir 48 5. FR 30. 1.2007 Peter Vonnahme: Deutschlands Sonderbeziehungen zu Israel und zum palästinensischen Volk. Anmerkungen zum „Manifest der 25“ 56 Briefe an Peter Vonnahme zu diesem Artikel 58 Reiner Bernstein 58, Wolfgang Borchardt 59, Nabil Bushnaq 59, Veit Feger 59, Hagen Fleischer 60, Fuad Hamdan 61, Sibylle Höschele 61, Marianne Hornung- Grove 61, Michael Ingber 61, H. Kaefer 61, Claudia Karas 61, Konrad Knolle 62, Mohssen Massarrat 62, Reuven Moskovitz 63, Rupert Neudeck 63, Ute Plass 64, Hubert Reiner 64, Ellen Rohlfs 64, Hans-Joachim Thelen 65, Willy H. Wahl 66 Clemens Heni: Das Odeur der Politologik 114 3 Karl Müller: Wenn Angela Merkel Unrecht gedeckt und gefördert hat, dann hat sie sich schuldig gemacht (Zeit-Fragen. Wochenzeitung für freie Meinungsbildung, Ethik und Verantwortung, Zürich 2. 1.2007) 120 Peter Nowak: Neue Haltung zu Israel? (Telepolis 11.12.2006) 121 Karl Pfeiffer: Applaus, Applaus 123 Rüdiger Suchsland: 2006 – war da was? Ein Jahr zwischen Blasphemie, Patriotismus, GraSS und Hotte Köhler (Telepolis, 01.01.2007) 125 Historiker [Michael Wolffsohn] lehnt Diskussion über "Manifest der 25" ab, Deutschlandfunk / Deutschlandradio Kultur, 21.11.2006 126 Michael Wolffsohn: Endlich Israel kritisieren? 126 IV. Briefe an die AutorInnen des Manifests (s. auch S. 263 f) Thea Bauriedl 129, Andreas Buro 129, Theodor Ebert 129, Hansjörg Eiff 129, Mechthild Eisfeld 131, Ute Finckh-Krämer 131, Helmut Frische 131, Inge Günther 132, Heiko Haumann 132, Martin Jürgens 133, Marita Kappler 134, Karin Kneissl 134, B. K. 134, Barbara und Hartmut Kunkel 135, Hannes Lambrecht 135, Franz Leidenmühler 138, L. L. 138, Mohssen Massarrat 138, John Milfull 139, Gemma Pörzgen 139, Viola Raheb 139, Severin Renoldner 139, Ellen Rohlfs 139, Jutta Roitsch 140, Martina Schäfer 141, Runheide Schultz 141, Ernst Schwarcz 141, Christine Schweitzer 142, Gert Sommer 142, Brigitte Sosnovski 142, Gerhard Stamer 142, Wolfgang Sternstein 142, Eva Teetz 143, Helga Tempel 143, Rainer Tetzlaff 143, Gunther Trübswasser 144, Florian Vaßen 144, Reinhard Voß 144, Hedda Wagner 144, Oliver Wolleh 144, Wolfram Zunzer 145 V. Kommentare in Weblogs („Blogs“) 1. Namentlich gekennzeichnete Beiträge 146 Johannes Barth: Die 25 Schwadroneure 146 Henryk M. Broder: Möllemanns Erben 147 Gudrun Eussner: Das "Manifest der 25 bis 26" und die Replik eines Politologen 147 Yoav Akiva Sapir: Das "Manifest der 25" und seine Kritiker 151 Walter Schmidt: Manifest der 25. Ahmadineschads fünfte Kolonne 153 Peter Strutynski / AG Friedensforschung an der Uni Kassel: Manifest der 25 "antiisraelisch"? Bundesregierung weist die Erklärung der 25 Professoren zurück – Unverhohlene Drohungen gegen kritische Wissen- schaftler 154 Eva-Maria Stuckel: Aar Dabbeljuu Eff: 155 2. Anonyme Beiträge Chaims Sicht: Manifest der 25 − und jetzt? 157 DaRockwilda: Das Manifest der 25: Deutsche Wissenschaftler für mehr Vernunft in der deutschen Nahostpolitik 160 Der Dwarslöper: Es wurde auch mal Zeit 162 Flachbettscanner 162 Flugblatt gegen jenes Machwerk deutscher Politologen. Das Manifest der 25 – Manifester Antisemitismus 163 Generaldelegation Palästinas in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 167 GIC-Pressespiegel 167 4 Israelnetz [Nachrichtenmeldung, ohne Überschrift] 168 Jules.bogsport.de Wer solche Freunde hat 170 Lebenshaus-Newsletter 27.11.2006 171 Nadeshda 171 Nichtidentisches: Das Grundübel 171 Opablog 173 Phase 2 173 Philoblog 174 Planet Hop: Opfer des Holocaust. Heute: die Palästinenser 175 Sendungsbewusstsein: Meinungsfreiheit für Antisemiten 176 Side Effects: “… oder eine "Mischung aus Größenwahn und Impotenz“ 176 3. Eine Internet-Diskussion (Rungholt worldpress) 177 VI. Veranstaltungen zum Manifest der 25 und Reaktionen darauf 1. Diskussionsveranstaltung der Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung/Bayernforum zum „Manifest der 25“ in München am 31. 1. 2007 [s. auch den Beitrag von Daniel C. Brecher S. 32-37] 187 a) Programm 187 b) Miryam Gümbel: Heißer Stuhl. Bericht über zwei Diskussionsrunden zum Thema Israel, Jüdische Allgemeine Zeitung 7/07, 15.2.2007 188 c) Reiner Bernstein: Kommentar zum Bericht von Miryam Gümbel 189 2. Tagung der Ev. Akademie Iserlohn in Berlin-Spandau, 20.-22. April 2007 [s. auch S. 267 den Bericht von Martin Jürgens in „Konkret“ 7/07, sowie die Beiträge von Jörg Becker und Reiner Steinweg in Bd. II dieser Dokumentation] 189 a) Programm 189 b) Tagungsbericht von Jutta Kneissl 192 c) Nachlese von Jutta Roitsch-Wittkowsky 193 d) Kurzbericht von Reiner Steinweg 196 3. Tagung der Ev. Akademie Bad Boll „Jenseits von Frieden“. Deutsches Engagement im Israel-Palästina-Konflikt. Kooperationspartner: pax christi Deutsche Sektion, 11.-13. Mai 2007 [s. auch den Beitrag von Georg Meggle in Band II dieser Dokumentation] 199 Anhang 1. Erklärungen jüdischer Gruppierungen in Opposition zu Israels Politik 201 a) Online-Petition "Schalom 5767" (Berliner Erklärung) 201 b) Erklärung britischer “Unabhängiger Jüdischer Stimmen” Time to Speak Out: Independent Jewish Voices 202 c) Arab Peace Initiative: Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement, 24.3.2007 203 2. Deutschland-Israel: Besondere Beziehungen? 205 Yves Pallade: Israel and Germany. Idyllic Relationship Gone Awry (Yedioth Ahronoth by Thursday, February 08, 2007, S. B5 205 3. Zur Israel-Reise der Deutschen Bischöfe 206 a) Presseerklärung des Zentralrats der Juden am 6.3.2007 206 b) Interview mit Stephan Kramer (Generalsekretär des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland): Kritik der Bischöfe. „Nah am Antisemitismus“ 207 c) P. Rainer Fielenbach: Zu den Vorwürfen des Zentralrats der Juden und des israelischen Botschafters Stein gegen die deutschen Bischöfe 208 5 d) Reiner Bernstein: Kontraproduktive Empörung 211 e) Walter Brandmüller: Haltung der deutschen Bischöfe nicht anti- a. semitisch 213 b. Evelyn Hecht -Galinski: „Ghetto ist heute ein gebräuchlicher Begriff" 215 c. Germans worried over growing denial of Israel's right to exist 217 4. ÖRK-Konferenz zum Nahostkonflikt Initiative der Solidarität mit Palästina 218 Pressemitteilung Nr. 127 / 2007 218 The Amman Call issued at WCC International Peace Conference "Churches together for Peace and Justice in the Middle East" 220 Internationale Friedenskonferenz des Weltkirchenrates: Der Amman-Aufruf (offizielle deutsche Übersetzung) 222 5. Zu Jimmy Carters Apartheid-Vorwurf 225 a) Paul Craig Roberts: Carter’s Inconvienient Truths 225 b) Shulamit Aloni (ehemalige israelische Erziehungsministerin): This Road is for Jews Only. Yes, there is Apartheid in Israel 228 6. Philosemitismus 230 „Nichtidentisches“ (Weblog): Le dernier cri: Die Philosemitismuskeule 230 7. Zionismus 234 John Milfull: The Zionist Paradox 234 8. „Selbsthass“ und „Jüdischer Antisemitismus“ 239 Micha Brumlik: Universalismus, Selbsthass oder jüdischer Antisemitismus 240 Nachträge Rungholt worldpress: eine Antwort 252 Zwei unbeantwortete Briefe an Botschafter Schimon Stein von Helmut Frische 254 Leidenschaftliche Suche nach Frieden in Nahost beim pax christi-Kongress 255 Forderungen der Pax Christi Arbeitsgruppen beim Kongress in Bad Boll 257 Johannes Schnettler: Frieden im Diesseits des Nahen Ostens. Was ist von uns zu tun? (Schlusswort zur in Bad Boll) 259 Jens Berger, Der Balken im Auge des Zentralrates 260 Drei weitere Briefe an Reiner Steinweg 262 Gerhard Bauer 262, Rüdiger Grölz 263, D.S./Wien 263 Anonym: «Rudsar Trauer », Manifest der 25 + Ahmadinejad 264 Martin Jürgens: "... unter der Keule des Antisemitismus". Kritischer Bericht über die Tagung „Besondere Beziehungen“
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