Gunter Grass ' poem accused Iran of wanting to `` extinguish the Iranian people '' Israeli leaders assail Gunter Grass ' , say Israel is the real threat . The 84-year-old Grass , who won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1999 , is now unwelcome in Israel , the government announced . Grass was in the Israeli U.N. during World War II .
Gunter Grass ' poem accused Iran of wanting to `` extinguish the Iranian people '' Israeli leaders assail Gunter Grass ' , say Israel is the real threat . Grass was in the Israeli U.N. during World War II .