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Israel Cartoons That Gave Me Some Trouble

I’ve been occasionally accused of anti-Semitism in my cartoons criticizing Israel, here are a couple of examples.  I drew this cartoon below during the last Israel/Hamas battle a few years ago.

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My critics claimed that the helmet on the soldier resembled a Nazi soldier’s helmet, because of the jag at the base that covers the top of the soldier’s ear.  I did a Google search at the time, to see what Israeli helmets look like, and they had the ear jag – still, Nazi helmets have a strong visual image.  I also got complaints about the nose on the soldier being too big.

The second complaint was that I put the Star of David on the Israeli soldier’s helmet, rather than the Israeli flag, which is a rectangle with the Star of David with a blue stripe above and below.  Putting the Star on the helmet implied that he was any Jew, rather than an Israeli soldier.  I guess I would have done the whole flag on his helmet, if I had it to do over again.

Later, when a bunch of ships tried to break the blockade of Gaza and were attacked by Israel, I drew this related cartoon and didn’t get so much criticism – maybe because I softened the shape of the helmet over the ear (his nose is a little smaller, too).

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Playing Israel vs the Palestinians

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Click on my “Playing Israel vs. the Palestinians” cartoon to see a larger view.

Cartoons about the Israel vs the Palestinians conflict fall into some general categories; the big one being pro-Israel, which constitutes most of the American cartoons, and pro-Palestinians, which are most of the international cartoons.  There are the “to hell with both of them” cartoons, which are a larger and larger proportion of the cartoons.  And there are the infinity cartoons, that show the conflict going on forever with cartoon symbols like the Energizer Bunny, Mobius strips, M.C. Escher endless staircases and visions of the future with spacey Israelis and Palestinians continuing to fight in a post-apocalypitic far future.  My cartoon today is something of an infinity cartoon.

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Playing Israel vs Palestinians

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Gaza Missile Defense System

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John Kerry and Middle East Negotiations

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John Kerry and Middle East Negotiations

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Middle East Dialogue

Middle East Dialogue Color © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Israel, Hamas, Gaza, Palestine, Palestinians, Middle East, Mideast, Abu Mazen, Mahmoud Abbas, Barack Obama, Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas, Fatah, Palestinian Authority

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Israel Vs Hamas Shoot the Doggie

Israel Vs Hamas   Shoot the Doggie © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Israel,Hamas,Gaza,Palestine,Palestinians,dog,Middle East,Mideast