Is this cartoon anti semetic?

[Danthus]

The cartoon was published in The Times.

The BBC has an article here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21239917

Is it anti-semitic or is it merely satirising the issues between the Israelis and Palestinians?

 

[Danthus]

No I do not think its anti semetic, it maybe anto Israel but that isn't anti Jew.

Why is it anti Israel, lets be honest, Palestinians are dying are a result of Netanyahu and his policies.

Lets not forget, Israel is building on land contrary to international law.

 

[Danthus]

It isn't anti anything. It is a satirical criticism of Israeli policy regards the peace process and the two state solution under Netanyahu and his Revisionist Zionist administration. It is a political satire that has nothing to do with whether he is Jewish or not and Murdoch should never have apologised for it.

I also do not think Murdoch should have apologised.

The editor of the newspaper has also apologised now.

Below are some comments from the ewish Leadership Council.

A meeting took place at 4pm today between representatives of the Jewish Community and the Sunday Times Senior Editorial Team and News International Corporate Affairs.

In the meeting, the Jewish Community organisations present made the following points:

Jews (and others) throughout the country reacted to this cartoon with a visceral disgust that is unprecedented in recent years. This was due to the gratuitous and offensive nature of the image, made worse by its use of blood and its being published by Britain’s leading Sunday newspaper on Holocaust Memorial Day.

Blood has a long and ugly tradition within the history of anti-Semitism, premised upon the notorious medieval Blood Libel, with Jews being alleged to steal the blood of others for religious purposes. The use of blood, including on occasion the actual Blood Libel, persists in extreme Arab and Iranian anti-Israel propaganda. It is a profoundly disturbing example of the adaptation of anti-Semitism for modern day usage.

These historical and contemporary contexts have racist impacts upon victims and proponents alike. This is why so many Jews were wounded by the cartoon, regardless of the initial motivations of Gerald Scarfe and the Sunday Times.

http://www.thejlc.org/2013/01/statement-on-sunday-times-gerald-scarfe-cartoon/

So not only are the talking in terms of anti-Semitism but they are also mention racism.