'Makes no sense': UK daily Guardian fires cartoonist over Netanyahu artwork



Speaking to the BBC, Bell said it "made no sense to me, as there is no reference to that play in my cartoon, which shows Netanyahu, poised to perform a surgical operation on himself while wearing boxing gloves, the catastrophic consequences of which are yet to be seen".

"The image itself was inspired by the late, great David Levine's cartoon of President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) showing off his operation scar, which Levine draws in the shape of a map of Vietnam," Bell added.


Bell’s cartoons have often caused controversy.

In 2018, The Guardian rejected one of his artwork featuring former British prime minister Theresa May alongside Netanyahu. The cartoon showed the pair sitting in front of a fireplace where a Palestinian nurse named Razan al-Najja being burned. Razan was killed by an Israeli solider.

A Guardian News and Media spokesperson said "The decision has been made not to renew Steve Bell's contract. Steve Bell's cartoons have been an important part of the Guardian over the past 40 years – we thank him and wish him all the best."


https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/makes-no-sense-uk-daily-guardian-fires-cartoonist-over-netanyahu-artwork-15430151

NLFPMOD Mynd44

Just like that, it's no longer "just a cartoon", as long as it isn't about ridiculing the Islamic faith.

Luckysbab:
Just like that, it's no longer "just a cartoon", as long as it isn't about ridiculing the Islamic faith.

But still remember that it was still because of " just a cartoon" printed in France that made your fellow terrorists start killing christians in Nigeria some years back. You people are outrightly Evil and hypocrites.