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A cartoon by Italian cartoonist Mario Improta depicting the European Union as Auschwitz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as an escaped prisoner, December 14, 2019. (Mario Improta/Twitter)
December 17, 2019, 3:15 pm
Italian cartoon depicting EU as Nazi camp sparks outcry
Auschwitz Memorial slams artist Mario Improta over image of Boris Johnson as Jewish prisoner escaping through ‘Arbeit macht frei’-like gate
By AP and TOI staff
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler listens as former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, July 24, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
August 23, 2019, 11:26 pm
Nadler slams Tlaib, Omar for sharing drawing by Holocaust cartoon contestant
‘The growing anti-Semitism in our political dialogue is repugnant,’ NY lawmaker says, after fellow Democrats post caricature by Carlos Latuff
By Josefin Dolsten
A man views caricatures at the 'Pirates of the Queen' cartoon exhibition showing artwork by Iranian artists portraying Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as a pirate over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker earlier in the month, at the Osveh Art and Cultural Center in the capital Tehran on July 30, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 30, 2019, 7:15 pm
Iran cartoonists depict queen as pirate after UK ship seizure
40 images go on display at Tehran exhibit to throw spotlight on seizure of Islamic Republic’s ‘Grace 1,’ denounced by supreme leader as UK ‘piracy’
By AFP
Michel Kichka, the award-winning Israeli cartoonist, illustrator and lecturer, reflecting on his career and future work (Courtesy Michel Kichka)
July 6, 2019, 1:44 pm
For a political cartoonist full of opinions, drawing comics is no joke
Award-winning Israeli artist Michel Kichka, known for his cartoons, graphic novels and commentary, talks about his work as ‘defender of the Zionist project, not of the politics’
By Jessica Steinberg
A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times' international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged "included anti-Semitic tropes." (Courtesy)
June 12, 2019, 9:39 am
French cartoonist rails at ‘stupid’ NYT ban, condemns removal of Netanyahu image
Jean Plantu of Le Monde defends caricature widely regarded as anti-Semitic, says canceling cartoons is like ‘asking children not to do drawings for Mothers’ Day’
By AFP and TOI staff
Illustrative: Visitors look around an exhibit of cover art from the New Yorker Magazine at Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, July 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
May 10, 2019, 10:11 pm
Israeli-born cartoonist who broke into a men’s club at The New Yorker dies at 80
Nurit Karlin, who returned to Israel following retirement, was the only woman drawing cartoons for the magazine for many years
By JTA
Eli Valley, a Jewish cartoonist whose work has long taken aim at Jewish leaders and institutions, has broadeded his scope during the Trump era. (Screenshot from Vimeo via JTA)
May 10, 2019, 9:27 pm
Jewish cartoonist Eli Valley’s savage comics spark angry anti-Semitism debate
The artist’s grotesque black and white caricatures now draw comparisons with Nazi imagery and accusations of anti-Semitism, but he says he’s exposing hypocrisy of Jewish leaders
By Ben Sales
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 1, 2019 (Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 1, 2019, 10:37 pm
In Holocaust memorial address, PM denounces ‘systematic vilification’ of Israel
Netanyahu lauds Jewish people’s ascension from the ashes to become ‘a rising world power,’ but warns of double threat posed by resurgent anti-Semitism and a belligerent Iran
By TOI staff
A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged 'included anti-Semitic tropes.' (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)
May 1, 2019, 11:22 am
In 2nd apology, NY Times says cartoon shows ‘numbness to creep of anti-Semitism’
Self-berating editorial says paper is ‘still haunted’ by its own history of ignoring Jew-hatred and the Holocaust, acknowledges anti-Semitic imagery ‘particularly dangerous now’
By TOI staff
US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt attends a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, on July 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/File)
April 30, 2019, 12:13 pm
Trump’s Mideast envoy blasts NY Times over ‘dangerous and despicable’ cartoon
Jason Greenblatt calls on newspaper to apologize to Netanyahu and Trump; NYT drops syndication service that supplied anti-Semitic caricature
By TOI staff
Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, speaks at an event in Detroit, on June 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya/File)
April 29, 2019, 11:28 pm
After cartoon uproar, Israel’s US envoy calls NY Times a ‘cesspool of hostility’
Dermer claims newspaper has become ‘a safe-space for those who hate the Jewish state’; Trump says Times has apologized for cartoon, but hasn’t apologized to him for fake news
By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff
A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times' international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged "included anti-Semitic tropes." (Courtesy)
April 28, 2019, 11:00 pm
New York Times ‘deeply sorry’ for anti-Semitic cartoon of Netanyahu and Trump
Image included in paper’s international edition shows Israeli PM as a dog, guiding a skullcap-wearing US president
By TOI staff
A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times' international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged "included anti-Semitic tropes." (Courtesy)
April 28, 2019, 8:19 pm
Pence condemns New York Times over Netanyahu-Trump cartoon
US vice president says Washington stands with Israel and against any form of anti-Semitism, including political caricatures
By TOI staff
A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times' international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged "included anti-Semitic tropes." (Courtesy)
April 28, 2019, 11:46 am
Likud minister links New York Times to Nazis over Netanyahu cartoon
Gilad Erdan urges dismissal of those responsible for caricature of Trump and PM; leaders’ sons Yair and Don Jr. lash ‘anti-Semitic’ drawing
By TOI staff
A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times' international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged "included anti-Semitic tropes." (Courtesy)
April 27, 2019, 8:05 pm
NY Times prints Netanyahu-Trump cartoon with ‘anti-Semitic tropes,’ retracts it
Image included in paper’s international edition shows Israeli PM as a dog guiding a skullcap-wearing US president; paper says it was ‘offensive, an error of judgment’
By TOI staff
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