https://nypost.com/2023/11/09/opinion/washington-post-made-huge-mistake-in-killing-hamas-cartoon/The cartoon on the HAmas leader is very grotesque but truthful. He blames Israel for the attacks on Palestinians, but he bound over his body Palestinian women and babies as human shields. A masterpiece of satyre.
The Washington Post made a huge mistake in killing this cartoon
By Post Editorial Board
Published Nov. 9, 2023, 4:38 p.m. ET
NOT THIS POST: The Washington Post has apologized (in full cringe mode) over the cartoon above, which the paper published Wednesday.
But the apology is the mistake, not the publication.
In it, artist Michael Ramirez makes a powerful point about what’s really going on in Gaza: Hamas is using the Palestinian people as human shields while blaming Israel for the result.
Indeed, the terrorists savor every innocent killed as Israel moves to eliminate the terrorist group that slaughtered roughly 1,400 of its citizens, along with mass rapes and the kidnapping of 200-plus hostages it still holds — and is also using as human shields.
Opinion editor David Shipley says the cartoon “was seen by many readers as racist” — though the drawing is simply, and plainly, a caricature of an actual Hamas spokesman who celebrated the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks across southern Israel.
