US President Donald Trump (R) and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shake hands in the Oval Office. Photo / Getty Images
US President Donald Trump (R) and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shake hands in the Oval Office. Photo / Getty Images
The New York Times has issued an apology over a cartoon the publication ran in its international edition on April 25, which was later pulled because of its "anti-Semitic tropes".
The cartoon, showing the Israeli prime minister personified as a sausage dog wearing a Star of David on its collarleading President Donald Trump wearing a black suit, black sunglasses and yarmulke on his head, has been slammed for its anti-Semitic undertones, reports Newsweek.
Apology not accepted. How many @nytimes editors looked at a cartoon that would not have looked out of place on a white supremacist website and thought it met the paper’s editorial standards? What does this say about your processes or your decision makers? How are you fixing it? https://t.co/HD5LdeZ9z3
The cartoon, depicting a seemingly blind Mr Trump walking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu portrayed as a dog, has been denounced by emphatic critics on social media, some going so far as to call out David Duke's credibility as the publication's editor.
The New York Times has issued an apology over this "offensive, anti-Semitic" cartoon. Photo / Supplied
The Times Opinion section apologised on Saturday for the cartoon, which appeared next to a column by American author and journalist Thomas Friedman about immigration, issuing the following statement:
"A political cartoon in the international print edition of The New York Times on Thursday included anti-Semitic tropes, depicting the prime minister of Israel as a guide dog with a Star of David collar leading the president of the United States, shown wearing a skullcap.
"The image was offensive, and it was an error of judgment to publish it. It was provided by The New York Times News and Service Syndicate, which has since deleted it."
"Imagine this was in something other than a leftist newspaper?"
Disgusting. I have no words for flagrant anti-Semitism on display here. Imagine this was in something other than a leftist newspaper? https://t.co/3t47DW9OCB
Many Israelis and Jews upset by the printing of the cartoon remarked that the jab was exacerbated by being published during the Jewish holy period of Passover, reports Newsweek, the situation only worsened by the "hate crime" shooting at a California synagogue where at least one person has reportedly died and several — including children — have been injured.
