NY Times Apologizes for Gross Anti-Semitic Cartoon: Israeli's Say, "Apology Not Accepted"

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz : Apr 29, 2019
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The cartoon depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a guide dog for a blind yarmulke-wearing President Donald Trump. Netanyahu's collar features a blue Star of David.

(Israel)— [Breakingisraelnews.com] The editor of the New York Times issued a retraction on Monday for a blatantly anti-Semitic political cartoon published in the international print edition on Thursday but many are saying the response was not sufficient. Drawn by Portuguese cartoonist Antonio Antunes Moreira of the Lisbon-based Expresso newspaper, the cartoon depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a guide dog for a blind yarmulke-wearing President Donald Trump. Netanyahu's collar features a blue Star of David. (Image: New York Times headquarters in New York City/Credit: Haxorjoe/ Wikimedia Commons/via BIN)

The cartoon immediately attracted criticism, including from Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, who tweeted: "Disgusting. I have no words for flagrant anti-Semitism on display here. Imagine this was in something other than a leftist newspaper?"

Seth Frantzman, op-ed editor for the Jerusalem Post, tweeted a breakdown of all the anti-Semitic elements of the image.

The American Jewish Committee responded that an apology was insufficient.

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) compared the NYT to the notorious Nazi newspaper Der Sturmer, noting that the response was not, in fact, an apology... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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