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1. Of course, there is no apostrophe: calling its government ....

2. Also, may I most respectfully and gently remind you that your question should be: "What did Grass criticize exactly?" As you know, we need the so-called base form after "did."

3. As to what Herr Grass criticized, that is a hot potato that I am too meek to discuss. I shall leave it to other

What do you mean 'hot potato' in #3?

As you know, if you touch a hot potato, you will get burned.

Well, a "hot potato" is a super controversial subject, such as: religion, race, immigration, gay rights, abortion, etc. (including the one raised by Herr Grass!).

Since nobody wants to get "burned" (having people dislike you, getting fired from your job, etc.), most people keep quiet if they are asked a question that is

soheil1What did Grass criticize exactly?

Well, I've never been particularly shy about my opinion on hard issues, so here goes.

He is engaging in the age old game of blaming Israel for defending itself from attack by those who would destroy it. In particular, as should be obvious from the text, he is criticizing both

Means he criticized calling its government a threat, or means he called its government a thread?

Hi,

'In a poem called "What Must Be Said" published last Wednesday, the Nobel-winning author Guenter Grass, criticized what he described as Western hypocrisy over Israel's nuclear program and calling it's government a threat to "already fragile world peace"'.