‘Hideously Anti-Semitic’ Cartoon

Last week in newspapers across America and on the internet, a syndicated cartoon by Pat Oliphant caused quite a stir. The Anti-Defamation League labeled it as “hideously anti-Semitic”.

In the cartoon, there is a headless figure marching with a sword, pushing a Star of David on a wheel.  The Star of David has fangs and is chasing a woman holding a child, labeled “Gaza.”

The following statement was issued by ADL National Direct, Abraham H. Foxman:

Pat Oliphant’s outlandish and offensive use of the Star of David in combination with Nazi-like imagery is hideously anti-Semitic.  It employs Nazi imagery by portraying Israel as a jack-booted, goose-stepping headless apparition.  The implication is of an Israeli policy without a head or a heart.

Israel’s defensive military operation to protect the lives of its men, women and children who are being continuously bombarded by Hamas rocket attacks has been turned on its head to show the victims as heartless, headless aggressors.