德国犹太创作歌手沃尔夫·比尔曼严厉批评以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡，称以色列在加沙对巴勒斯坦人犯下了战争罪。
German Jewish singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying Israel had committed war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza.
下月即将满90岁的比尔曼，其家人曾在纳粹大屠杀期间遭杀害。在参加法兰克福书展前夕，他接受了德国新闻社（DPA）的采访。
Biermann, who turns 90 next month and whose family members were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust, spoke to German news agency DPA ahead of his appearance at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
“哦，内塔尼亚胡和他的那些冥魔助手！”他说。他用这个称呼指歌德《浮士德》中恶魔的帮手。
“Ah, Netanyahu and his lemures!” he said, using the term for the devil’s helpers in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust.”
“如今发生在加加沙地带的事情当然不是种族灭绝，但它是战争罪，没有任何假设或托词，”他说，“这让全世界许多人都感到痛苦。但对我来说，这种痛苦是双重的、三重的。”当被问及德国反犹主义抬头的问题时，比尔曼说，内塔尼亚胡及其右翼政府对此负有很大责任。
“What is happening now in the Gaza Strip is, of course, not genocide, but it is a war crime. No ifs, ands or buts,” he said. “It hurts many people around the world. But for me it is doubly and triply painful.”Asked about the rise of antisemitism in Germany, Biermann said Netanyahu and his right-wing government bore much of the responsibility.
“遗憾的是，这种趋势之所以如此迅速地成形，是因为目前最糟糕、最危险的反犹主义者生活在以色列，并且正把这个国家改造成一个反动、残忍且充满压迫的国家。”他说。他说，他对建立一个民主、人道的以色列所抱的希望已经破灭。
“Unfortunately, this dynamic takes hold so effectively because the worst and most dangerous antisemites currently live in Israel and are in the process of transforming the country into a reactionary, brutal and oppressive state,” he said. He said his hope for a democratic, humane Israel had vanished.
比尔曼计划于周三在书展上朗读其日记节选，题为《你们用汽油灭火》。这场朗读活动将为一系列纪念其90岁生日的活动拉开序幕。
Biermann is scheduled to present excerpts from his diaries at the fair Wednesday under the title “You extinguish the fire with gasoline.”The reading will open a series of events marking his 90th birthday.