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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

political cartoons

Bereaved father Moshe Shapiro at an event displaying his caricatures sketched before and after his son, Aner Shapiro, was killed on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
March 8, 2025, 8:19 am
Oct. 7 bereaved father draws his hope, sadness and criticism in daily caricatures
Moshe Shapiro, father of hero Aner Shapiro who died protecting Nova partygoers in roadside shelter, seeks his own rehabilitation through a familiar hobby
By Jessica Steinberg
Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj, who regularly publishes in the Qatari-owned Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, draws an Iranian tank carries a gigantic missile launcher, which only ends up ejecting a small drone carrying a miniature rocket, August 10, 2024. (screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 15, 2024, 2:03 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 15: Day 314 – Doha talks underway, while Arab cartoonists mock Iran
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian reports on all fronts of IDF operations and a finalized US arms sale to Israel; reporter Gianluca Pacchiani on lack of shelters for Negev Bedouin
By ToI Staff
Syrian-Kurdish cartoonist Yaser Ahmad, who works for the London-based Al-Arab paper, shows Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei about to light a firework rocket with a ridiculously long wick wrapped around two coils, under the caption “The Iranian response,” indicating that it may be a long time coming, August 9, 2024. (screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 14, 2024, 11:41 pm
Satirical cartoons in the Arab press lampoon Iran for delaying attack on Israel
Newspapers in the region mock Tehran’s unfulfilled threats, deride its aggressive posturing; others ridicule Arab countries that are expected to support Israel in case of an attack
By Gianluca Pacchiani
An antisemitic cartoon published in Qatar on November 20, 2023, titled 'The Lie of Zionist Media.' (The Anti-Defamation League)
December 21, 2023, 11:34 pm
Antisemitic cartoons proliferate in Mideast amid Israel-Hamas war, ADL report finds
Illustrations published by Arabic-language press since October 7 tap into conspiracy theories and blood libel to criticize the war in Gaza
By ToI Staff
People walk by the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, in downtown Washington on February 21, 2019. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
November 12, 2023, 9:36 am
Washington Post pulls cartoon highlighting Hamas use of human shields after pushback
Editor says the caricature, which showed a terror group spokesperson wearing civilians as a protective vest, was seen by many as ‘racist’
By ToI Staff
File: Steve Bell, a veteran cartoonist with Britian's Guardian newspaper, talks to the Associated Press at the launch of an exhibition of cartoons depicting President Bush in London, England, January 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
October 19, 2023, 6:59 pm
Guardian fires cartoonist over Netanyahu cartoon panned as antisemitic
British paper refuses to run Steve Bell’s latest cartoon showing PM preparing to cut Gaza-shaped incision in his abdomen, captioned ‘Residents of Gaza, get out now’
By Agencies
A cartoon published in the Yated Ne’eman daily, showing a Haredi man (left) saying "no thanks" to suits offered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labeled "judicial reform," "defense reform," "technology reform," and "economic reform," August 4, 2023. (Yated Ne'eman/Yoni Gerstein)
August 4, 2023, 2:27 pm
Cartoon in key Haredi newspaper says ‘no thanks’ to judicial overhaul
Ultra-Orthodox man rejects coalition policies in caricature published by daily, indicating flagging support for controversial legislation from key coalition partner
By ToI Staff
The 2010s was the decade of Netanyahu’s mastery of the black arts of political manipulation and manoeuvring. Despite charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, despite weekly demonstrations in Jerusalem, despite his wife’s loose understanding of the difference between state responsibility and domestic aggrandizement, Netanyahu saw off one opponent after another. (Yonatan Wachsmann, Calcalist December 3, 2020/Courtesy of Colin Shindler)
May 3, 2023, 1:48 pm
From pre-state to present, political cartoons paint picture of a dynamic Israel
New book uses the work of Israel’s leading editorial cartoonists, who hold the country’s leadership accountable through clever imagery and biting satire
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The Economist's February 17, 2023, cartoon criticizing Israel's judicial overhaul plans. (Economist/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 17, 2023, 7:18 pm
Panning overhaul, Economist cartoon shows PM taking club to ‘judicial independence’
Caricature in print edition of prominent UK weekly underscores extent of global dismay over Netanyahu government’s plan to weaken courts
By ToI Staff
French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo's publication director, cartoonist and writer Laurent Sourisseau, known as Riss, attends a commemorative ceremony marking the 8th anniversary of the 2015 deadly Islamist terror attack on the Hyper Cacher Jewish supermarket in Paris, January 9, 2023. (Julien De Rosa/AFP)
January 10, 2023, 10:10 pm
Undeterred by threats, Charlie Hebdo publishes more Khamenei cartoons
A week after angering Tehran with caricatures of ayatollah, French satirical magazine doubles down, says ‘laughing at themselves has never been a strong point of tyrants’
By AFP
Maurice de Hond depicted as a puppet master in the Volkskrant newspaper in the Netherlands on April 19, 2021. (Volkskrant)
April 20, 2021, 6:08 pm
Dutch daily apologizes for cartoon of Jewish pollster as puppet master
Editor of De Volkskrant says image brings up ‘too many memories of anti-Semitic caricatures of the Nazi period and therefore should never have been published’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
President Reuven Rivlin working to establish a unity government following an election. By Amos Biderman, published in Haaretz, September 19, 2019 (Courtesy of Haaretz / President's Residence)
September 13, 2020, 11:33 pm
Rivlin pokes cartoon fun at himself, previous presidents for his 81st birthday
Exhibit opening Monday at President’s House follows the lives and histories of Israel’s presidents, as only cartoonists can
By ToI Staff
A courtroom sketch made on September 2, 2020, at the Paris courthouse shows the 14 accused and their lawyers, wearing a protective mask, on the first day of the trial of the accomplices in Charlie Hebdo jihadist killings in 2015. (Benoit Peyrucq/ AFP)
September 7, 2020, 10:33 pm
Chilling testimony grips Paris court trying alleged Charlie Hebdo accomplices
CCTV images and pictures of the 2015 massacre and its aftermath stir strong emotions in the courtroom
By Anne-Sophie LASSERRE
A woman looks at a caricature by Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj depicting the leader of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, holding a dove with Israel's flag on it, spitting in his face, with Arabic writing referring to Israel's opposition to the sale of US F-35 aircraft to the UAE, on August 27, 2020. (AFP)
August 30, 2020, 4:24 pm
Amman frees cartoonist who mocked Israel-UAE deal, downgrades charges
After outcry by local and international rights groups, Emad Hajjaj released from custody but still faces trial and up to 2 years behind bars instead of 5 years
By AFP
A woman looks at a caricature by Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj depicting the leader of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, holding a dove with Israel's flag on it, spitting in his face, with Arabic writing referring to Israel's opposition to the sale of US F-35 aircraft to the UAE, on August 27, 2020. (AFP)
August 28, 2020, 4:18 pm
Rights groups urge release of Jordanian jailed over cartoon on Israel-UAE deal
Press freedom groups say Emad Hajjaj, who is accused of harming Aman’s ties with a friendly state, must be allowed to ‘provide political commentary without fear of imprisonment’
By AP
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