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‘Blind’ NYT guided by anti-Semites: Israeli cartoonist draws response to controversial sketch | |
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An Israeli illustrator drew his own version of the ‘anti-Semitic’ cartoon printed in the New York Times depicting PM Netanyahu as a guide dog leading ‘blind’ President Trump. RT asked people in Israel what they think. | An Israeli illustrator drew his own version of the ‘anti-Semitic’ cartoon printed in the New York Times depicting PM Netanyahu as a guide dog leading ‘blind’ President Trump. RT asked people in Israel what they think. |
Shay Charka, a cartoonist for Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon published his own ‘response’ to the controversial New York Times cartoon on Sunday after the leading US paper was accused of printing anti-Semitic imagery. | Shay Charka, a cartoonist for Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon published his own ‘response’ to the controversial New York Times cartoon on Sunday after the leading US paper was accused of printing anti-Semitic imagery. |
In Charka’s version, Donald Trump was swapped for a copy of the NYT and the dog’s head was replaced with a copy of ‘the Protocols ’– a reference to the so-called Protocols of the Elders of Zion – a century-old anti-Semitic forgery. First published in late-imperial Russia, the discredited document quickly became a centerpiece in anti-Semitic propaganda across the globe, claiming that Jews secretly seek world dominance. | In Charka’s version, Donald Trump was swapped for a copy of the NYT and the dog’s head was replaced with a copy of ‘the Protocols ’– a reference to the so-called Protocols of the Elders of Zion – a century-old anti-Semitic forgery. First published in late-imperial Russia, the discredited document quickly became a centerpiece in anti-Semitic propaganda across the globe, claiming that Jews secretly seek world dominance. |
The Star of David on the dog’s collar was likewise replaced with the letters ‘BDS’ – a jab at the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign that denounces Jewish settlements in the West Bank and has been accused by its critics of being anti-Semitic in nature. | The Star of David on the dog’s collar was likewise replaced with the letters ‘BDS’ – a jab at the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign that denounces Jewish settlements in the West Bank and has been accused by its critics of being anti-Semitic in nature. |
Following the backlash, the NYT apologized for the “offensive” cartoon, calling it “an error of judgement.” It explained that the drawing was originally published in a Portuguese newspaper, before it was reprinted in the New York Times. | Following the backlash, the NYT apologized for the “offensive” cartoon, calling it “an error of judgement.” It explained that the drawing was originally published in a Portuguese newspaper, before it was reprinted in the New York Times. |
Not all were happy with the way the paper handled the controversy. “Apology not accepted,” the American Jewish Committee wrote on Twitter. “How many [the NYT] editors looked at a cartoon that would not have looked out of place on a white supremacist website and thought it met the paper’s editorial standards?” | Not all were happy with the way the paper handled the controversy. “Apology not accepted,” the American Jewish Committee wrote on Twitter. “How many [the NYT] editors looked at a cartoon that would not have looked out of place on a white supremacist website and thought it met the paper’s editorial standards?” |
Meanwhile, the people RT spoke to on the streets of Tel Aviv had mixed reactions to the cartoon. Some found it “for sure anti-Semitic.” | Meanwhile, the people RT spoke to on the streets of Tel Aviv had mixed reactions to the cartoon. Some found it “for sure anti-Semitic.” |
“It goes back to the old days in the 1940s when [Nazi paper] Der Sturmer used to have German Jews portrayed as lapdogs for American policy. That’s unbelievable and unacceptable,” one person said. | “It goes back to the old days in the 1940s when [Nazi paper] Der Sturmer used to have German Jews portrayed as lapdogs for American policy. That’s unbelievable and unacceptable,” one person said. |
Others disagreed, arguing that the imagery was more “a political caricature,” rather than attacking Jews in general. | Others disagreed, arguing that the imagery was more “a political caricature,” rather than attacking Jews in general. |
“I don’t think we have to be so sensitive and keep on bringing up anti-Semitic things every single time we see [cartoons like this],” an Israeli man told RT. | “I don’t think we have to be so sensitive and keep on bringing up anti-Semitic things every single time we see [cartoons like this],” an Israeli man told RT. |
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