The bell has rung for the first round of a legal fight between renowned German-Jewish columnist Henryk M. Broder and Evelyn Hecht-Galinski, a hardcore anti-Zionist critic of Israel who happens to be a German Jew herself. At issue is whether Broder may write that statements made by Hecht-Galinski are anti-Semitic. In an open letter to Monika Piel, director of Westdeutsche Rundfunk (Western German Broadcasting), Broder referred to Hecht-Galinski and wrote that “anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist statements are her specialty."… While Hecht-Galinski did not legally object to his characterization of her as anti-Zionist, she wants Broder to withdraw the anti-Semitic label…

In an e-mail to the Post, the general-secretary of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Stephan J. Kramer, wrote, “I share Henryk M. Broder’s view. It is a rare phenomenon to find even Jews [in Germany] expressing themselves in an anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist manner, and Ms. Hecht-Galinski is a leading representative; she obviously tries to cope with her self-hatred through anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist statements. The Central Council will support Henryk Broder in this trial, if Ms. Hecht-Galinski thinks she has to solve the problem in the courts.” http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710366461&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

“Ich teile die Auffassung von Henryk M. Broder. Es ist ein seltenes Phänomen, dass sich selbst Juden antisemitisch und antizionistisch äußern und Frau Hecht-Galinski ist eine der führenden Vertreterinnen, die offensichtlich ihren Selbsthass in antisemitischen und antizionistischen Äußerungen zu bewältigen versucht. Der Zentralrat wird Henryk Broder in dem Prozess unterstützen, wenn Frau Hecht-Galinski glaubt, dieses Problem juristisch lösen zu müssen.” Stephan J. Kramer, Generalsekretär des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland.