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Jewish groups slam 'hideously anti-Semitic' cartoon on Gaza
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Tags: Pat Oliphant, Israel News 

American Jewish groups have denounced a "hideously anti-Semitic" cartoon on Israel, comparing it to cartoons in the 1930s that led up to the Holocaust.

The syndicated cartoon by Pat Oliphant published Wednesday in newspapers across the country depicts a giant goose-stepping uniformed figure wheeling a fanged Star of David that menaces a small female figure labeled "Gaza."



The Simon Wiesenthal Center, the group founded by a famed Nazi hunter which has more than 400,000 members in the United States, says the cartoon denigrates and demonizes Israel and mimics the Nazi propaganda.

It called on The New York Times and other media groups to remove the cartoon from their Web sites.

"Pat Oliphant's outlandish and offensive use of the Star of David in combination with Nazi-like imagery is hideously anti-Semitic," Anti-Defamation League chief Abe Foxman said.

A message was left Wednesday night with Universal Press Syndicate, which distributes Oliphant's cartoons. Oliphant won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967.

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      1.   There are others Oliphants 08:15  |  PARIS 26/03/09
      2.   cartoon 08:21  |  jake 26/03/09
      3.   Oliphant`s been angering people for a while 08:26  |  Ben 26/03/09
      4.   dont be stupid 08:36  |  Danial 26/03/09
      5.   the cartoon is clearly viciously antisemitic 08:42  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/03/09
      6.   Elephant 08:50  |  tiki 26/03/09
      7.   curiosity 08:58  |  potobac 26/03/09
      8.   adl business as usual 09:04  |  caffer 26/03/09
      9.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 09:09  |  Natallie Durson 26/03/09
      10.   How dares he? 09:11  |  JBT 26/03/09
      11.   "Nazi like" is not Nazi 09:23  |  Natallie Durson 26/03/09
      12.   the boosting of anti-jew 09:55  |  igal azuelos 26/03/09
      13.   The cartoon is not anti-Semitic, but it is simply..... 10:06  |  Swiss (Dino) 26/03/09
      14.   WILL there be riots? Embassy burning,dead nun? 10:08  |  PETER SM 26/03/09
      15.   # 6 Curiosity, Answer 10:09  |  Sukkoth 26/03/09
      16.   POTOBAC You can criticse Israel without using antisemitic images 10:10  |  PETER SM 26/03/09
      17.   Well what can we expect 10:12  |  Sylvie 26/03/09
      18.   #5, Cipora Julianna Kohn - Not so 10:15  |  Fritz 26/03/09
      19.   The cartoon shows how mindwashed the cartoonist is 10:18  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/03/09
      20.   To Natalliehen 10:24  |  Yosi 26/03/09
      21.   #15, fritz from Berlin, wrong 10:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/03/09
      22.   FRITZ yes so A Jackbooted goose stepping image is a lie 10:46  |  PETER SM 26/03/09
      23.   Sabra or sense of humour failure? 10:47  |  Manny Goldstein 26/03/09
      24.   Yet it was acceptable until reported 11:01  |  Chris Linthwaite 26/03/09
      25.   Has anybody thought that what Israel did WAS reprehensible? 11:08  |  Danny 26/03/09
      26.   Israeli papers should also condemn anti Israel/Jewish 11:12  |  lily 26/03/09
      27.   Which do the Israelis here find worse? 11:23  |  RW 26/03/09
      28.   Sylvie is right #15 11:34  |  Roo 26/03/09
      29.   True question 11:38  |  ignorant jew 26/03/09
      30.   Sylvie #17 12:36  |  mark aleshnick 26/03/09
      31.   re: RW 12:39  |  UsedToPostHere 26/03/09
      32.   STAR OF DAVID 12:40  |  JimHolstun 26/03/09
      33.   Answer to curiosity (7) 12:40  |  Italian Zionist 26/03/09
      34.   I have just realised 12:42  |  Chris Linthwaite 26/03/09
      35.   A mirror and a candle 12:42  |  Navy Vet 26/03/09
      36.   Jake Israel Zionist all Jews. 12:48  |  petra 26/03/09
      37.   I LIKED ALA`S BOMB HAT` BETTER. 12:52  |  petra 26/03/09
      38.   Which do the Israelis here find worse? RW 12:58  |  pelsar 26/03/09
      39.   Anti Semitic cartoon 13:04  |  jj Gross 26/03/09
      40.   Answer to curiosity (7) 13:05  |  Italian Zionist 26/03/09
      41.   You want to see some disgusting cartoons? 13:17  |  Danny 26/03/09
      42.   Dear Anti Zionists/Semites Sorry for the late response 13:20  |  Joe F.Moer 26/03/09
      43.   Oliphant didn`t design the Israeli flag...... 13:33  |  Hanna 26/03/09
      44.   Oliphant is famously good but the Nazi jackboot was in poor taste 13:38  |  S 26/03/09
      45.   To ADL 13:41  |  Sally 26/03/09
      46.   Sadly, it comes as no surprise 13:44  |  Nechama 26/03/09
      47.   Danny #25 says it all in a nutshell. 13:44  |  Tzfonit 26/03/09
      48.   This cartoon simply reflects the truth... 13:53  |  BBSNews 26/03/09
      49.   Sylvie 17 14:05  |  kameel 26/03/09
      50.   peter sm 16 14:22  |  potobac 26/03/09
      51.   S #44 Jackboots v carpet slippers 14:22  |  Roo 26/03/09
      52.   The oppressed have become the oppressors 14:29  |  lsxaq 26/03/09
      53.   Antisemitism vs criticism 14:37  |  Janice 26/03/09
      54.   What is anti-Semitic is - 14:41  |  Bitin Dawg 26/03/09
      55.   Anti-semitism, anti-schmetism.... 14:42  |  Bwana Veritas 26/03/09
      56.   Foxman and Targeting Pregnant Women T-shirts 15:26  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/09
      57.   It`s Anti-Israel NOT Anti-Semitic 15:27  |  B`galil 26/03/09
      58.   potobac, why is Israel different?? 15:29  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/09
      59.   Haaretz joins anti-semites but caught, refuses to Jpost truth...! 15:32  |  bat yam 26/03/09
      60.   F*ck Israel 15:35  |  Average American 26/03/09
      61.   i think for fairness and balance I would draw a camel jockey in 15:37  |  Steve -nyc 26/03/09
      62.   Guess we should just shut up 15:42  |  LegalCat 26/03/09
      63.   If it were reversed 15:44  |  Christopher 26/03/09
      64.   Very, Very few can be objective. 15:51  |  James G 26/03/09
      65.   Everything is `anti-Semitic.` 15:55  |  Lou Medel 26/03/09
      66.   Unethical journalism brainwashed you, Danny#25 and Sylvie#17 15:59  |  Sceptic 26/03/09
      67.   # 24 Linthwaite why that bugs you 16:02  |  Sukkoth 26/03/09
      68.   Free Speech 16:28  |  American GI Joe 26/03/09
      69.   #57 Bat Yam assumes what IDF says is the truth 16:31  |  newageblues 26/03/09
      70.   Peter SM is a muslim hater 16:37  |  kaled 26/03/09
      71.   Hideous behavior leads to nasty cartoons 16:38  |  newageblues 26/03/09
      72.   Outrageous to abuse the term of anti-semitism 16:40  |  jens 26/03/09
      73.   anti-semitic or anti-Israeli? 16:45  |  Stem Cell 26/03/09
      74.   Oliphant cartoon 16:48  |  lulu 26/03/09
      75.   All the Foxmans In the World Wont Stop This 16:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/09
      76.   NY Times, the paper of the Jews who live like 16:56  |  Emanuel 26/03/09
      77.   James #58 say it over and over 16:59  |  Roo 26/03/09
      78.   Increasing US Criticism Of Israel`s Actions And Policies 17:00  |  chet 26/03/09
      79.   kaled on Peter SM 17:00  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/09
      80.   Cartoons and the journalistic double standard 17:04  |  Stephen Connor 26/03/09
      81.   Cartoonists, Siding With The People Who Rioted Over Mohamed Toons 17:11  |  UsedToPostHere 26/03/09
      82.   re:Bitin Dawg 17:13  |  UsedToPostHere 26/03/09
      83.   What`s wrong with the truth? 17:13  |  Haim 26/03/09
      84.   I`m afraid I don`t see the antisemitism 17:14  |  Colin Wright 26/03/09
      85.   re:newageblues 17:15  |  UsedToPostHere 26/03/09
      86.   The real shocker is the willingness of the NY Times and other 17:16  |  Jacob Blues 26/03/09
      87.   Over the top? 17:16  |  Motic 26/03/09
      88.   but pregnant women in gunsights are ok 17:22  |  mike 26/03/09
      89.   to kaled #60 `Peter SM is a muslim hater` 17:25  |  Colin Wright 26/03/09
      90.   IT IS NOTHING 17:37  |  indrajaya 26/03/09
      91.   PETER SM # 16 but the star of 17:41  |  Peter Mall 26/03/09
      92.   Actually, compared to pre-Israel antisemitic cartoons 18:12  |  Simha 26/03/09
      93.   Hannah Olifant 18:19  |  lily 26/03/09
      94.   72 hey "haim," truth or rumors? just read story Jerusalem Post#57 18:21  |  just wondering 26/03/09
      95.   #74, used to post here: whatever 18:27  |  newageblues 26/03/09
      96.   Petra: Hamad Amar is Israel Beitenou knesset member 18:49  |  Arthur 26/03/09
      97.   For #86 just w.. - IDF Investigation Clears Marksmen - HA Ha Ha 19:07  |  chet 26/03/09
      98.   92Chet-did or can you read? story did not say "testimonies" false 19:27  |  just wondering 26/03/09
      99.   Methinks you cry too much. 19:28  |  Fred 26/03/09
      100.   ...poor Pat Oliphant..looking for publicity..is he writing a book 19:30  |  The Dumbite Kid 26/03/09
      101.   #85 Mike of Maryland 19:34  |  Chris Linthwaite 26/03/09
      102.   Roo #51 - "Hamas` vain hopes"... 19:36  |  S 26/03/09
      103.   Yaacov Sullivan and his supposed truths 19:44  |  Jacob Blues 26/03/09
      104.   These "Jewish groups" are anti-semitic themselves 19:45  |  Tarik 26/03/09
      105.   11. "Nazi like" is not Nazi 19:53  |  flimflam 26/03/09
      106.   To Swiss (Dino # 13). "I`m afraid" the denial of your own... 19:54  |  flyingdoc57 26/03/09
      107.   How about the hideous T-Shirts the IDF wear? 19:57  |  Roger 26/03/09
      108.   defamatory cartoon 20:04  |  cedrik 26/03/09
      109.   anti-Semitism? 20:19  |  Mark 26/03/09
      110.   Time we grow up as humans 21:57  |  Maximilian 26/03/09
      111.   I`m afraid 22:03  |  ashamed 26/03/09
      112.   journalistic double standards 22:29  |  Jeff 26/03/09
      113.   S- Next you will want to include thought crime 22:37  |  Roo 26/03/09
      114.   The Truth hurts, doesn`t it? 01:17  |  Yoram Matzkin 27/03/09
      115.   Hey PeterSM. When I saw the cartoon image I didn`t think of you.. 01:21  |  Maureen Ann 27/03/09
      116.   Headless and Zion are true! 01:25  |  fritz t. 27/03/09
      117.   NEWAGEBLUES knows Hamas tells the truth 01:29  |  PETER SM 27/03/09
      118.   JENS Hamas chose to might amongst civillians 01:34  |  PETER SM 27/03/09
      119.   # 60 01:38  |  jeff r 27/03/09
      120.   t-shirts? what t-shirts? 01:45  |  Penny 27/03/09
      121.   The high cost of Cast Lead 01:55  |  Mark Lincoln 27/03/09
      122.   What did the same groups say about the invasion of Gaza? 03:13  |  Jason 27/03/09
      123.   Cartoonist is right 03:23  |  Avi Aloni 27/03/09
      124.   I find this picture to be .... 03:50  |  Al 27/03/09
      125.   #5 hideously anti-Semitic cartoon 04:01  |  Gully Foyle 27/03/09
      126.   Medialocaust.....killing Jews with their biased news? 04:04  |  MMM 27/03/09
      127.   #52Isaxq,if you repeat a lie often enough,the lie will be believd 04:06  |  Susanna/shoshana 27/03/09
      128.   IDF`s hideous Tshirts 04:29  |  Esra 27/03/09
      129.   #112 Jeff``s got it right 04:34  |  Susanna/shoshana 27/03/09
      130.   Haaretz, how about a drawing showing Hamas killing their own 04:39  |  Maria 27/03/09
      131.   susanna/soshana 126 04:40  |  potobac 27/03/09
      132.   This is a Holocaust! They`re still killing Jews 04:43  |  Maria 27/03/09
      133.   #124 Al 04:48  |  Daybreak 27/03/09
      134.   Oliphant a serious, responsible cartoonist 04:49  |  John 27/03/09
      135.   Most scrutinized army in the world 04:56  |  Nano 27/03/09
      136.   the cartoon is everywhere 05:03  |  truth 27/03/09
      137.   reply to peter Sm 05:05  |  truth 27/03/09
      138.   re: newageblues 05:07  |  UsedToPostHere 27/03/09
      139.   Objections to anti-Israel cartoon 05:23  |  jonathan 27/03/09
      140.   #117, PETER SM, I don`t believe a word Hamas says 05:24  |  newageblues 27/03/09
      141.   Why is this considered "anti-semitic"? 05:25  |  Marlene N. 27/03/09
      142.   the big picture 05:36  |  tim 27/03/09
      143.   NY Times 05:42  |  Rlobert Harris 27/03/09
      144.   TRUTH Any criticism of Arabs is Islamophobia 05:46  |  PETER SM 27/03/09
      145.   #80, Stephen Connor 05:48  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/03/09
      146.   The Cartoon Isn`t That Good 05:50  |  Yosemite 27/03/09
      147.   M.LINCOLN Cast Lead did not make this cartoonist anti Israel 05:53  |  PETER SM 27/03/09
      148.   #133 Daybreak 06:08  |  Al 27/03/09
      149.   So this is extremely offensive, but the Danish cartoons are OK? 06:15  |  Michael 27/03/09
      150.   So this is extremely offensive, but the Danish cartoons are OK? 06:18  |  Michael 27/03/09
      151.   11 "Nazi like is not Nazi"-durson like is not durson 06:44  |  Vittorio 27/03/09
      152.   "usedtoposthere" is clearly a nutter... 07:14  |  BBSNews 27/03/09
      153.   Jacob Blues, also a nutter... 07:15  |  BBSNews 27/03/09
      154.   Haaretz and encouraging genocide... 07:16  |  BBSNews 27/03/09
      155.   Another Israel critic to bite the dust 08:00  |  American in Paris 27/03/09
      156.   Thank you very much,Haaretz! 08:08  |  Maria 27/03/09
      157.   Why doesn`t he draw a picture of murderers in Darfur 08:16  |  Maria 27/03/09
      158.   Palestinians are not Semites...they`re considered themselves 08:18  |  MMM 27/03/09
      159.   Guess its time for jews/israelis to behave like muslims 08:37  |  lily 27/03/09
      160.   Don`t quite get it. Like Wheeling West Virginia? 08:55  |  Noam D. Blume 27/03/09
      161.   THE Gospel according to Oliphant.Gaza consists of unarmed mothers 09:08  |  PETER SM 27/03/09
      162.   "Anti-semitic" cartoon. 09:17  |  John Smith 27/03/09
      163.   Roo #113 Boy did you write a HUGE lie! 09:24  |  S 27/03/09
      164.   How is this different from the Dutch cartoons? 09:27  |  peacelover 27/03/09
      165.   the cartoon is completely appropriate! (3rd try) 09:32  |  eric 27/03/09
      166.   To Susannah/Shoshana #127 09:45  |  Colin Wright 27/03/09
      167.   To Susannah/Shoshana #127 (continued) 09:48  |  Colin Wright 27/03/09
      168.   S #146- polish your specs 12:06  |  Roo 27/03/09
      169.   Cartoons 2nd atmt 12:07  |  The Teacher/Instruct 27/03/09
      170.   Maria-` Why doesn`t he draw a picture of murderers in Darfur` 12:12  |  Roo 27/03/09
      171.   When U see F16 against Women&Childre we are all Oliphant 12:26  |  American 27/03/09
      172.   Roo: I also like pedantism..by others..in my team.. not another 12:38  |  S 27/03/09
      173.   re:eric 13:16  |  UsedToPostHere 27/03/09
      174.   Which part of image is untrue? 14:17  |  Rod 27/03/09
      175.   re:BBSNews 14:17  |  UsedToPostHere 27/03/09
      176.   175 usedto: dispute in Israel-Palestine has nothing to do w/ that 17:52  |  newageblues 27/03/09
      177.   #167 Colin Wright 18:42  |  Daybreak 27/03/09
      178.   #159, lily, you`ve destroyed enough already, thanks 20:34  |  newageblues 27/03/09
      179.   Alleged american 22:11  |  Paul 27/03/09
      180.   re: newageblues 14:34  |  UsedToPostHere 28/03/09
      181.   Arabs promote hate 20:49  |  Ana` 28/03/09
      182.   Ana, Oliphant is neither Arab nor Muslim 14:06  |  Rod 30/03/09
      183.   Clearly 14:47  |  M Porter 31/03/09
      184.   peter sm 146 21:53  |  potobac 31/03/09
      185.   re:M Porter 14:35  |  UsedToPostHere 01/04/09
      186.   re:Rod 14:40  |  UsedToPostHere 01/04/09
      187.   The thing is 14:48  |  Liat 01/04/09
      188.   Jewish groups slam `hideously anti-Semitic` cartoon on Gaza 15:19  |  JOHN 01/04/09
      189.   re:JOHN 18:33  |  UsedToPostHere 01/04/09
      190.   used to post here 189 18:52  |  potobac 01/04/09
      191.   re: potobac 00:52  |  UsedToPostHere 02/04/09
      192.   Curiosity, Potobac 03:12  |  Brad 02/04/09
      193.   To #3 Danial 03:16  |  Richard 02/04/09
      194.   re: potobac 04:39  |  UsedToPostHere 02/04/09
      195.   brad 192 18:41  |  potobac 02/04/09
      196.   Gaza cartoon 20:27  |  Joe Kelsall 03/04/09
      197.   hideaouly anti-semitic cartoon 20:55  |  fran 03/04/09
      198.   Oliphant Not Anti-Semitic 20:29  |  Vladek 04/04/09
      199.   re:Vladek 17:25  |  UsedToPostHere 05/04/09
      200.   usedtoposthere 199 15:30  |  potobac 06/04/09
      201.   Great cartoon on Israel and Gaza tells all 01:35  |  Secular 08/04/09
      202.   re:potobac 13:02  |  UsedToPostHere 08/04/09
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