Malcolm Evans, Kiwi cartoonist, fired for anti-Zionist cartoons

More details here. [Thanks, EH]

Comments

[Khaled]

Very poignant and right on in many cases although a bit OTT. I knew many of these and did not know that it was he who drew them. I tip my hat off to the guy as he is quite gutsy in drawing such cartoons.

Must send him a message and wish many Palestinians would do so. We have very few true friends on the world who are not anti-Semitic or use the Palestine problem to advance their own agendas. I would even say that our number of friends from within the Palestinian community itself is diminishing.

[Dan]

"Wherever there is conflict in the world, even in Afghanistan and Iraq, it all comes back to Israel" he says. That is infuriating and wrong . And even if the person saying it doesn't think he is anti-Semitic, it is anti-Semitic, because it suggests, again, and as always, that the Jews are THE problem, THE cause for ALL conflict. It's just absurd that anyone would make this weepy video about a man who calmly and seriously attributes all the conflict in the world to one source, whatever it is.

How many cartoons showing Israel controlling the US (and hence, I guess, everything) do you need to see before bells go off in your head reminding you of past anti-Semitic propaganda? Didn't you know? The Jews controlled Poland. They controlled Russia. They control the entire economic system today and, psssst, did you here, Lehman Brothers send 400 BILLION to Israel banks before its collapse. Pssst, didn't you know? Mossad agents caused 9-11. No Jews showed up to work that day. Psssst, didn't you know, if only Israel were "solved", there would be NO CONFLICT IN THE WORLD!

For f*ck's sake.

Israel is not the root of all conflict in the world. It is just what western leftists like this cartoonist like to blame everything on.

Just because he's clever and is a talented illustrator doesn't mean he didn't deserve to be fired. Unfortunately, his firing and soft, contemplative tone allows him to be made into a martyr for free speech and blah blah blah.

[Jon Sanders]

Cry me a river Dan.

[dan]

If there was something terribly off the mark in what I said (aside from my typos), I'd be interested. This cartoonist and a lot of people who think like him attribute all the world's ill to Israel. They pretend it's ok, that it's somehow different from old conspiracies, because it's "anti-Zionist" not "anti-Jewish". It may be different in tone or in approach but it is not different in effect and would not be different in outcome.

[Cairene]

Dan,

Is the settler colonialism practiced by Israel a problem?
Could Israeli actions turning Palestinians into less than citizens on their own land Apartheid-esque? That's what this cartoonist is suggesting. Seems like what this illustrator was arguing doesn't hinge on Israel "being the root of all evil".

Suggesting that Israel and their allies in the Jewish-American community exercise a tremendous amount of control over US foreign policy in the Middle East (especially as it relates to the Israel-Palestine conflict) is far from an anti-Semitic canard. One need only review the events of the past 25 years to find innumerable examples that support that claim. Start with the Regan administration and work your way forward.

Dan, your comments show you engaging in a subtle form of debate that effectively narrows the discussion to the point where anyone who criticizes or seeks to review the power of Israel is automatically engaging in anti-Semitic rhetoric. Frankly, i believe this is becoming as worn an argument as the anti-Semitic ones that you suggest are at the root of these cartoons. With such power and strength, it is very hard for Israel, or any of its apologists, to argue its simply a victim defending its right to exist.

[Admir]

Very Gutsy political cartoonist. Drawings are well to their point.

http://www.yourarabconnection.com/

[Howard]

Dan,

You are missing the point of course there are major conflicts in the world unconnected to Israel. But as far as the Arab and Muslim world is concerned the double standard that is clear to see has enabled a serious conflicts spawned by the occupation of Palestine to dominate the world's stage. To such a point of blanking out even bigger catastrophies such as in the Congo.

Howard Simon Marks
www.howardsimonmarks.com

[Nadia]

Suggesting that Israel and their allies in the Jewish-American community exercise a tremendous amount of control over US foreign policy in the Middle East

I just want to add Israel gets more material support from evangelical christian zionists in the US than from jewish organizations, who for some reason are often left out of the discussion.

Carry on...