Serpo
7th August 2014, 06:08 PM
We apologize unreservedly for this lapse and the anguish and distress that has been caused....It was wrong to publish the cartoon in its original form.
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Sydney, Australia An influential Australian newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald, has retracted and said it was "wrong" to publish a July 26 cartoon about Gaza that ignited howls of outrage from Zionists. In an August 3 editorial, the Herald denounced its own cartoon, saying that it "invoked an inappropriate element of religion, rather than nationhood, and made a serious error of judgment. The cartoon, by Glen Le Lievre, depicted "an elderly man, with a large nose, sitting alone, with a remote control device in his hand, overseeing explosions in Gaza," according to the newspaper. His armchair had a Star of David on it, "and the man was wearing a kippah, a religious skullcap.
Initially, the newspaper defended the cartoon, explaining that Le Lievre's drawing was inspired by "news photographs of men seated in chairs and lounges, observing the shelling of Gaza.
The Heralds initial defense was correct. As Harriet Sherwood reports (below), Israelis did indeed gather on hillsides to watch and cheer as their military dropped bombs on Gaza: "Israelis drank, snacked and posed for selfies" against a background of explosions in civilian areas.
http://revisionistreview.blogspot.jp/2014/08/cartoon-about-gaza-denounced-as-anti.html (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WwHtHw5M4YA/U-JTuk4dUYI/AAAAAAAABvY/X7h2ILX-ZWk/s1600/remote+control+bombing+of+Gaza.jpg)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WwHtHw5M4YA/U-JTuk4dUYI/AAAAAAAABvY/X7h2ILX-ZWk/s1600/remote+control+bombing+of+Gaza.jpg
Sydney, Australia An influential Australian newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald, has retracted and said it was "wrong" to publish a July 26 cartoon about Gaza that ignited howls of outrage from Zionists. In an August 3 editorial, the Herald denounced its own cartoon, saying that it "invoked an inappropriate element of religion, rather than nationhood, and made a serious error of judgment. The cartoon, by Glen Le Lievre, depicted "an elderly man, with a large nose, sitting alone, with a remote control device in his hand, overseeing explosions in Gaza," according to the newspaper. His armchair had a Star of David on it, "and the man was wearing a kippah, a religious skullcap.
Initially, the newspaper defended the cartoon, explaining that Le Lievre's drawing was inspired by "news photographs of men seated in chairs and lounges, observing the shelling of Gaza.
The Heralds initial defense was correct. As Harriet Sherwood reports (below), Israelis did indeed gather on hillsides to watch and cheer as their military dropped bombs on Gaza: "Israelis drank, snacked and posed for selfies" against a background of explosions in civilian areas.
http://revisionistreview.blogspot.jp/2014/08/cartoon-about-gaza-denounced-as-anti.html (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WwHtHw5M4YA/U-JTuk4dUYI/AAAAAAAABvY/X7h2ILX-ZWk/s1600/remote+control+bombing+of+Gaza.jpg)