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I'm not going to label Martin Rowson's despicable cartoon today as antisemitic. It's up to those who have seen it to judge for themselves. I know what I think.
Whatever you think, do let Rowson know at his email address.
But its portrayal of the Star of David as vicious knuckle dusters, in a giant fist smashing a tiny, irritating little wasp shows at the very least that Rowson has not the slightest idea - or if he does, he is ignoring what he knows - about the reality of the existential threat faced by Israel and the constant, daily terror attacks which have prompted the current defensive action.
But then what else could one expect from a cartoon in the Guardian?
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"the reality of the existential threat faced by Israel and the constant, daily terror attacks which have prompted the current defensive action"
The whole point of the issue. The wool is well and truly over the average person's eyes - note the lukewarm response to any Israeli issue on this blog and the huge response [before your now cursed typekey] to other issues.
The Hezbollah [and other] lowlifes are well protected in their random and cowardly atrocities and there's not a damned thing which can be done on behalf of the truth.
It's a vile cartoon and startling. But that's how propaganda works -- it's simple minded and it assaults the senses, causing readers to react rather than think.