Honestreporting: "Der Sturmer in the UK?"

Honest Reporting ^ | 28 January 2003 | Honest Reporting Communique

[yonif]

HonestReporting Communique 28 January 2003

"Der Sturmer in the UK?"

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Dear HonestReporting Member,

This week, as Israel continued to root out terror cells and destroy munitions factories in Gaza, much of the world media cynically portrayed Israel's actions as a campaign stunt by Ariel Sharon to bolster his reputation for effective security measures.

For example, see this January 27 report in The Independent (UK):

"Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian cabinet minister, said the Gaza raid was driven by Israeli politics. 'We believe he [Sharon] wanted to end the election campaign on this note with more Palestinian blood and destruction,' he said." http://honestreporting.com/a/r/342.asp

The worst media offense was a political cartoon published in The Independent, which depicts Ariel Sharon biting into the flesh of a Palestinian baby. The background shows Apache attack helicopters firing missiles, and blaring the message "Vote Likud."

The cartoon not only misrepresents the real reason for the IDF operations -- to stop the incessant missile attacks on Jewish communities, but the imagery is akin to something out of the Nazi "Der Sturmer" or the current Syrian press. That the mainstream British media could publish such a vile depiction of the Israeli leader speaks volumes about the anti-Israel climate sweeping Europe today.

The cartoon, by Dave Brown, is online at: http://64.29.194.160/a/independent.jpg

Comments to: newseditor@independent.co.uk

Thank you for your ongoing involvement in the battle against media bias.

HonestReporting.com

[yonif]

[dennisw]

Very offensive cartoon and a take off on this famous painting by Goya. Name "Chronos eating his children"

http://mrs.umn.edu/~deaneb/romantic/Goya_Saturn.htm

[make no mistake]

That picture is sick, just horribly gross. Prime Misnister Sharon is a good man and I am thankful he won.

[SeenTheLight]

Here's my letter to the editor of the Independent. I was just a little angry at the time I wrote it and I let loose!

I am disgusted at Dave Brown's cartoon of Ariel Sharon apparently eating a Palestinian baby. I've been hearing a lot of anti-Semitism coming from the British media, but this takes the cake. Not only does it conjure up images of Nazi propaganda, it gives credibility to the outlandish claims of the Palestinians and many other Arab nations, that Jews eat Muslim children or use their blood in recipes. You Brits (at least the elite among you) appear to be a bunch of Jew-hating bastards. We Jews will remember this.

Do you think they got my point?

[yonif]

Thank you for your vigilance.