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ADL: Arab cartoonists use Goldstone Report to promote anti-Israel worldview
Survey of Arab press shows cartoonists taking 'deeply cynical and often perverted view of Gaza war report, while at times portraying Jews, Israelis using offensive anti-Semitic stereotypes,' group says
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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said the release of the Goldstone Report, which accused Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes during their December January conflict in
Gaza, has become “a cause célèbre in the Arab press,” which has churned out a series of anti-Israel cartoons in response.
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According to the ADL, its survey of cartoons appearing in the Arab press, inspired by the Goldstone Report and its progress through the UN so far, shows editorial cartoonists from Algeria to Saudi Arabia taking a "deeply cynical and often perverted view of the report, while at times portraying Jews and Israelis using offensive anti-Semitic stereotypes."
To view cartoons included in the survey click here
ADL National Director Abe Foxman said, "The Goldstone Report was a cause célèbre in the Arab press, whose cartoonists took no time at all in twisting and perverting it to promote their agenda against Israel and Jews.
"The Goldstone Report has given the Arab press a new focal point for their longstanding tendency to use cartoons for anti-Semitic purposes,” he said.
ADL, which has called the Goldstone Report “fundamentally biased,” said many of the cartoons in the Arab media blamed Israel for the Gaza bloodshed, while ignoring the report’s findings on Palestinian war crimes. Only a handful of cartoons portrayed the Goldstone Report as having potential repercussions for both Israel and Palestinians, or as hurting Arab interests.
Some examples include:
- A stereotypical Jew vetoes the “Goldstone Report” by putting it into a document shredder (Alraya, Qatar, Oct. 17).
- A stereotypical Jew wields a hatchet while chasing a man; he in turn is chased by a man holding up the “Goldstone Report,” (Al Watan, Syria, Oct. 21).
- The “Goldstone Report” is driven into the back of an Arab man with Jewish candelabra (Oman, Oman, Oct. 11).
- A fanged Uncle Sam, representing the U.S. tells a vampire-like child, representing Israel, “There, there, my love, as long as Daddy’s here, we’ll strike down international law” (Alraya, Qatar, Oct. 18).
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