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Germain Droogenbroodt
Statement:
My poems are not suited for protest, although I have plenty of compassion for those who suffer, that is for the weakest, the unarmed ones. Why are Palestinians not allowed to have equally good weapons when the Israelis have them? And who is a terrorist, who is not?
If the Palestinians would have likewise the same weapons, then less Palestinians would be killed. As I just read an article written by an Israeli and published in the German newspaper 'die Zeit' that Israelis have lost any empathy for the Palestinians.”
- 14. July 2014
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The others have written already so many statements, what he can add is a poem by Ingeborg Bachman called Every Day - ALLE TAGE
War is no longer explained
but is continued. The outrageous
has become daily life...
Der Krieg wird nicht merhr erklärt
sondern fortgesetzt. Das Unerhörte
is alltäglich geworden….
So it has been in Palestine, so it shall remain forever. Aside from destruction, thousands of wounded, 2000 dead and more hate this latest war has brought little else and will also the next war not bring. As long as Israel occupies Palestinian territory and continue extending the settlements, there will not be brought about peace. A good will for peace does not exist in the Hamas, but even less in the Israelis. Amir Or should send Buddha's message to his government. Or he who sows hate will reap hate.
- 19.August 2014
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Being a pacifist, of course I am against ANY armament and always feel shocked to see that even in the world’s poorest countries, were even food is lacking, such as Africa, there is an abundance of weapons. I remember, long time ago, when Chang Ching-kuo, son of Chiang kai-shek, was president of Taiwan, only the police and the army were allowed to have guns. What a peaceful world we would have, if it were so everywhere. In my paper I did not want to say that Palestine should have equal weapons, but that Israel has not the right to prohibit Palestine to get food, medicine etc. including weapons. If the US would not have supplied the modern weaponry Israel disposes off, the destruction in Haza would not be what it is now. The Israeli novelist Assaf Gavron mentioned, as a soldier sent to Gaza years ago, they replied the stones of the Palestine with tear gas and rubber bullets. Sure, as we see, more weapons is not a solution, neither in the Middle East nor in Africa, nor in the USA. As Brecht mentioned in one of his poems: “What will the industry produce now, since everybody has a refrigerator, a TV?” “ BOMBS!”, was the reply.” Business is business…
Only when tolerance, good will and equality reigns – as has been realized in South Africa – peace will come.
- 23 August 2014
Note: See as well his essay on 'search for peace' – editor HF
Peaceful Morning in the Himalayas
It appears
as if the previous night
has quenched every thirst
the day comes with light
and voices of birds
strange to the ear
in the distance
the wavering sound
of a reed flute:
a morning prayer
for Shiva, for Buddha
or for whatever god
so peaceful appears this morning
as if after so many ages
humanity were at peace
finally at rest.
From: “In the Stream of Time, Meditations in the Himalayas”
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Von allen Versen je geschrieben ... Von allen Versen je geschrieben meine samtenen Finger wie die süßen Spätherbsttrauben ich werde mich an ihrem Glitzern Germain Droogenbroodt
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My satin fingers Like sweet grapes of autumn I’ll will get drunk on their glints Taken from the poem “morning dew of sunrise” |
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