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| Rupert Murdoch apologises over Gerald Scarfe cartoon | Rupert Murdoch apologises over Gerald Scarfe cartoon |
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| Rupert Murdoch has apologised for a "grotesque, offensive cartoon" printed in the Sunday Times that has led to complaints of anti-Semitism. | Rupert Murdoch has apologised for a "grotesque, offensive cartoon" printed in the Sunday Times that has led to complaints of anti-Semitism. |
| The cartoon, by Gerald Scarfe, appears to depict Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu building a brick wall containing the blood and limbs of Palestinians. | The cartoon, by Gerald Scarfe, appears to depict Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu building a brick wall containing the blood and limbs of Palestinians. |
| It has the text: "Israeli elections. Will cementing peace continue?" | It has the text: "Israeli elections. Will cementing peace continue?" |
| The Board of Deputies of British Jews >said it had complained to the Press Complaints Commission. | |
| It said the cartoon was "shockingly reminiscent of the blood libel imagery more usually found in parts of the virulently anti-Semitic Arab press." | It said the cartoon was "shockingly reminiscent of the blood libel imagery more usually found in parts of the virulently anti-Semitic Arab press." |
| It added: "Its use is all the more disgusting on Holocaust Memorial Day, given the similar tropes levelled against Jews by the Nazis." | It added: "Its use is all the more disgusting on Holocaust Memorial Day, given the similar tropes levelled against Jews by the Nazis." |
| Mr Murdoch wrote in a tweet: "Gerald Scarfe has never reflected the opinions of the Sunday Times. Nevertheless, we owe major apology for grotesque, offensive cartoon." | Mr Murdoch wrote in a tweet: "Gerald Scarfe has never reflected the opinions of the Sunday Times. Nevertheless, we owe major apology for grotesque, offensive cartoon." |
| href="http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/101035/sunday-times-editor-explains-blood-libel-cartoon-publication" >The paper's acting editor, Martin Ivens, said in a statement that insulting the memory of Holocaust victims was "the last thing I or anyone connected with the Sunday Times would countenance". | |
| "The paper has long written strongly in defence of Israel and its security concerns, as have I as a columnist," he said. | "The paper has long written strongly in defence of Israel and its security concerns, as have I as a columnist," he said. |
| "We are, however, reminded of the sensitivities in this area by the reaction to the cartoon, and I will, of course, bear them very carefully in mind in future." | "We are, however, reminded of the sensitivities in this area by the reaction to the cartoon, and I will, of course, bear them very carefully in mind in future." |
| Mr Ivens is set to meet representatives of the Jewish community this week to discuss the controversy. | |
| In a statement, the Sunday Times said the cartoon was aimed at Mr Netanyahu and his policies, not at Israel or Jewish people. | |
| Veteran satirist Scarfe has been the Sunday Times' political cartoonist since 1967. | Veteran satirist Scarfe has been the Sunday Times' political cartoonist since 1967. |
| Scarfe told the Jewish Chronicle that he "very much regrets" the timing of the cartoon. | |
| He said he had not been aware it was Holocaust Memorial Day. |