German author Günter Grass, who wrote a poem attacking the Jewish state and praising Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, has died aged 87.
The Nobel Prize-winning writer, who was a member of the Nazi Waffen SS during the Holocaust, described Vanunu in a poem as a “paragon” who “helped to bring the truth” to the rest of the world.
Vanunu was sent to prison in 1986 for disclosing confidential information about Israel’s nuclear programme to the British media.
Mr Grass said: "Heroes such as that are needed in the world, which utters words of peace while planning destruction.”
