Thursday, July 24, 2008
Ar-Risala, June 22, 2008
Headline: "The Wagon [that gets you] to the White House."
Arab Media Cartoons Depict 'Jewish Control' of U.S. Presidential Candidates
Editorial cartoonists in the Arab world are using direct or borderline anti-Semitism in their portrayal of the presumptive U.S. presidential candidates as lackeys of the Jews and Israel. The American elections have provided an excuse for the Arab media to promulgate perverse, bigoted and age-old conspiracy theories that portray Israelis and Jews as controlling the candidates, according to a report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued today.
The U.S. Presidential Candidates: Cartoons in the Arab Media cites numerous examples appearing in newspapers across the Middle East. The cartoons ignore the issues of the campaign and instead engage in hate-filled characterizations of Jews and overt racist stereotypes.
"From Gaza to Ramallah, from Bahrain to Damascus, from Cairo to Riyadh, the press has unleashed a fusillade of virulent anti-Jewish images accusing Senators Barack Obama and John McCain as handmaidens of the Jews or the Israel lobby," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "Once again, the Arab media does not miss an opportunity to promote classic anti-Semitic conspiracy theories of Jewish control over Washington, the media and the democratic process."...
More of the cartoons are here. I expect Jewish rioting to begin at any moment.
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