Wieland Hoban on The Dirk Pohlmann Show - 21 April 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: The ongoing massacre in Gaza brings out the worst in many countries of the rules based order. German politics as well as the civil society show their true colors once more and what emerges does not look good, rather fascist. When the German Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East tried to present an impressive panel of speakers at a congress in Berlin, among them Yanis Varoufakis, the distinguished medical doctor and rector of the Glasgow University Ghassan Abu Sitar and the 88 year old historian Salman Abu Sittah, they were met by official bans to enter Germany, have their speeches streamed and a raid by hundreds of policemen on the congress building. The Jewish Voice for a Just Peace is one of the most capable organizations for a real dialogue with Palestinians. Dirk Pohlmann speaks with Chair Weiland Hoban, a composer, translator and an impressive voice of reason - who is under constant vicious attack.