The West German Cabinet authorized the Ministry of Interior yesterday to start action to ban the neo-Nazi weekly newspaper, Deutsche National Zeitung und Soldaten Zeitung, an extreme right-wing organ that has viciously attacked Israel. The paper, published in Munich, accused Israel of “genocide” in an article last week. Israel formally protested this and previous articles.
Legal proceedings against the paper will be brought before the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. The Government will contend that the paper “abuses freedom of expression” in violation of the Federal Constitution. The suit will be the first Government attempt to ban a newspaper in the 20-year history of the Federal Republic. The proceedings could last several years. The paper has a circulation of about 120,000. An Interior Ministry official described its attacks on Israel as an “unspeakable, tasteless concoction.”
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