Omri Boehm returned to Germany two months after his speech at Buchenwald was canceled under pressure from the Israeli embassy. While in Leipzig, he expressed frustration over the lack of reaction to his published thoughts on Israel's survival and the violent destruction of Palestine. The situation in the Middle East escalated during his interview, prompting concerns about total war and its implications for life in Israel. Boehm emphasized that the destruction of Palestine undermines Israel's legitimacy and survival, a personal issue for him as a descendant of Jewish families from both Germany and Iran.
I fear that the region is heading towards the logic of total war, something that, in the long run, will also make life in Israel impossible.
The current violent destruction of Palestine, conceived as necessary to preserve the Jewish state, also means the complete destruction of Israel.
Israel would delegitimize itself with the destruction of Palestine, which means undermining its own survival and the principles it was founded upon.
Any criticism of the Israeli government can be grounds for cancellation in Germany, highlighting the continuing scars of the Holocaust.
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