The above is how Haaretz chose to illustrate the tensions in U.S.-Israel relations.
This cartoon by Amos Biderman is offensive on multiple levels.
- Stripped of context, it could easily have been produced on a 9/11 conspiracy site, where Israel and the Mossad are still falsely held responsible for the destruction of New York’s Twin Towers.
- It equates Israeli PM Netanyahu with Al-Qaeda terrorists.
- But ultimately, it trivializes and makes a mockery of one of the greatest catastrophes in U.S. history.
Just how low can Haaretz go?
UPDATE
In a telephone interview with The Times of Israel, cartoonist Amos Biderman explains that he truly believes that the current crisis in U.S.-Israel relations is on a par with the terrorist murder of thousands in New York:
the cartoon implied that Netanyahu was leading to “a disaster in Israel-US relations on the scale of 9/11,” pointing to the prime minister’s “arrogance” and unchecked settlement construction in retaliation for Palestinian terrorism and diplomacy alike.
HR CEO Joe Hyams comments:
[sc:bottomsignup ]While Amos Biderman has clearly lost all sense of decency, why did Haaretz feel it necessary to publish this cartoon? Haaretz deserves all of the criticism it is now receiving and owes an apology for this breathtaking lack of editorial judgment.
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This paper must be shut down.Now.
Trufer Amos Schocken. at work.
Disgraceful
I would love to kick Amos Biderman in the nuts
haaretz are peaces of shit
Not a very smart move….
It’s time for Haaretz to move their offices to Tehran. They’ll fit in work all the other Taqqiya spouting antisemites there.
Where have all the Kapos gone? Well now we know!
No freaking way
That Israel is a democratic state as proven if only by the acceptance of Haaretz anti Semitic diatribes and revoltingly showing Bibi in the piolt’s seat of a plane aimed at the twin towers is beyond disgusting. Let the man who drew this cartoon step forward and be recognised so that we know who we are dealing with and can directly focus on the downfall of Haartez by showing it’s readership who and what they really are and reduce their readership to a level that makes it impossible to survive.
Amazing that it only took Famous Amos 13 years for his totally dysfunctional brain to think of this one!
This cartoon is DISGUSTING.
SICK and DISGUSTING!
Next thing will be Haaretz publishing an article about Jews making matzos from the blood of Christian children.
Who would even think of something this horrific? Much less an Israeli paper? Jeez, I was already annoyed with Haaretz, this has made me decide to never look at them again.
Who the hell is running the show at Haaretz? Goebbels?
I am a strong advocate of free speech but this does not mean I support almost treasonous and
self-destructive statements as this cartoon makes. This newpaper has shown that it has to
respect for what if fosters and advocates. Follow Ayn Rand; stop buying and reading it. Watch
them go out of business, and take their sick perspective with them.
Please lend my voice to the criticism of this disgusting cartoon. I agree with HR that “Haaretz deserves all of the criticism it is now receiving and owes an apology for this breathtaking lack of editorial judgment.”
If freedom of the press is to honored they have right. However my freedom of expression allows me to say that this could be treasonous. In these times they have used my STAR OF DAVID to benefit their their unjustified ego,s.
That is most offensive; but says a great deal more about Haaretz and its’ integrity or lack of it!
A revolting image in the poorest possible taste.
Offensive and dangerous
Unbelievable! What on earth were they thinking?
Ha’aretz is the in-house Palestinian Authority propaganda rag published in Hebrew.
Just unbelievable!!!!!
Does Haaretz adhere to the political agenda of the enemies of the jewish people and Israel? If so we it is about time to find out what Haaretz makes really tick. This is more than sheer stupidity or craziness.
Why has this disgusting rag still allowed to sell news papers.
Haaretz should have been closed down years ago as treasonous, and their editorial staff and their reporters should have faced a serious court action.
They are playing right into the hands of Israel’s enemies.
CLOSE THEM DOWN.
In any Arab Islamic state they would have all been executed.
Haaretz has already acknowledged that their content is promotional. What are they promoting with this horrendous cartoon? There is no humor in it in any way ,shape or form and it is deleterious to Israel and by extension Jews at large in the diaspora, ! What in the world do they want to accomplish?
And rather poorly drawn.
???? what this picture ? paper ass ??
This is nothing more than trash, and an insult to all Israeli’s and Jews throughout the world. we have enough garbage to contend with, and incitement like this only adds to our woes. perhaps the government ca shut down this seedy newspaper. i have yet to read that gasoline can put out a fire. Horrible and despicable journalism.
If you want to express discontent or even close the newspaper, stop buying it and stop reading it online. That means no revenue from sales or advertising. Obvious. I stopped a few years back as it’s writers sickened me.
Disgusting. Feeds directly to anti-Semites. Just awful. Just like I stopped reading the NY Times, I will now stop reading Haaretz.
What do you expect from Haaretz? An Israeli newspaper that is not only openly pro-terrorist, but has had people who engaged in illegal activities against the state is not likely to have any love for either the USA or Israel. A disgusting rag mostly appreciated by anti-Semites outside the country. Most Israelis wouldn’t touch this ebola-in-print with a barge pole.
Did these sick people come from Russia or eastern Europe? Their wickedness is just about beyond reason.No scruples.Need to leave Israel and go to the muslim communist nation of their choice! Make me bloody ill. These freaks need to do time in Gaza to get appreciation for Israeli freedom!
It’s not only disgusting, but most dangerous, and shame us Jews for that cynicism. To my opinion we should boycott Haaretz, all of us. Let Jihadists buy it if they wish.
Whenever the world goes ape-sh*t, the losers blame the Jews and/or Israel.
Go bully the majority and leave the rest of us alone. BULLY yourselves!!
Fuck you Hareetz, fuck you Amos Biderman, fuck you fakestinian propaganda and fuck you to all the islamofascists who call Israel a “dictatorship” but in the same time in their countries hundreds of muslims, christians, jews and animists are killed just like animals.
The Irgun policy was based on what was then called Revisionist Zionism founded by Ze’ev Jabotinsky. According to Howard Sachar, “The policy of the new organization was based squarely on Jabotinsky’s teachings: every Jew had the right to enter Palestine; only active retaliation would deter the Arabs; only Jewish armed force would ensure the Jewish state”.
Two of the operations for which the Irgun is best known are the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on 22 July 1946 and the Deir Yassin massacre, carried out together with Lehi on 9 April 1948.
The Irgun has been viewed as a terrorist organization or organization which carried out terrorist acts. In particular the Irgun was branded a terrorist organisation by Britain, the 1946 Zionist Congress and the Jewish Agency. The Irgun believed that any means necessary to establish the Jewish State of Israel, including terrorism, was justifiable.
The Irgun was a political predecessor to Israel’s right-wing Herut (or “Freedom”) party, which led to today’s Likud party. Likud has led or been part of most Israeli governments since 1977.
http://youtu.be/SDqNLrOd_SY
Do any of you know someone who subscribes to HarHarAretz? Show them the cartoon and ask them why; repeatedly. This just another nonpareil in a long run of holier-than-thou mishugas from these folks. They should apply for a grant from Ministry of Culture and Sport; as an antiquity. A relic of an era when political theory trumped journalism.
Haaretz is the best newspaper in Israel and businessman and the intelligence is buying him .
How DARE you create a cartoon like this. Bibi is an honorable man. I wish with all my heart he was my President right now instead of that chickenshit Obama that WE have.
If we expect Hamas and Abbas to stop inciting, how can we de and less of ourselves?
I wish I had a subscription to this left-wing rag Ha’aretz – just so I could cancel it.
I have personally refused to read anything in Haaretz for the last four years. My own personal radar or Thermometer or alarm system just seems to all go off when I did & it was bad for my health. Sorry, I cannot read it.
A-aretz, you are the worst ennmy of Yerushalaïm-Yehuda-Shamerone-Gaza-Israël, the land of your invaded-poleshim-expelled ancestors.
The truth is, unfortunately, the morbidely obese antisemitisme of so many, so many, many lyiers, philistin-palestinians-invaders of our ancestral land, Israël, and thirst for Jewish blodd have made many of you, Jews, partially sighted. And I condamn You, left-wing Israeli Jews, for, despite your knowledge of Hebrew language and the History of the Jews and the rapports of the non-Jews with our Jewish people, throughout the millenaries and the expulsions and the countries of our refuge, our errance throught the world, you still havent managed to decypher the lies and the murderous ambitons that are actual today. Shame on you, lot. Great sham on you!!
Time for the lot of you to get treated. Fast.
Now, get this right. Israël is foremost a Jewish state. Sovereign. Israël does, and has, as always done, healed, helped, loved, forgiven, cared for many, many peoples thrughout the world and millenaries.despite always being vilified, bled and silenced but Yours and mine ancestral Israël is the one and only Jewish country and state, when all the other peoples,
In how many countries is Hebrew the national language of the land? Except in yours and mine, Israël?
I’m surprised at the comments here. This cartoon depicts what critical thinkers of the world have been saying for years. This is how many see the Zionists. The caption of the side of the plane would only be more correct if it said “Zionist Central Bank”…. the root of evil across the world.
Biderman is a traitor to Israel and a Hamas agent!
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Throughout History…some 6000 years plus & running:-
Israel has never been known as Suicide Bombers.
1. Daniel POSITIVELY knew his Saviour Yawheh would save him from the Lion’s Den
2. Shadrack, Meschack and Abenego knew Yawheh would save them from the furnace
3. Shepherd David knew he would slay Goliath with pebbles and sword
In all the heroic achievement of Jews and Israel, God has been the motivation, not Allah’s Suicidal Instincts.
Even Samson whose eyes were plucked off for want of little vaginal pleasure did not desire SUICIDE when he pulled down a whole “FOTRESS” of the Philistines, killing hundreds of Philistines and having his request granted by God to take his own life. The action of Samuel was to give glory to God by defeating the Philistines and he Samson accepting his due recompense for defying God for messing up with Delilah a Philistine.
Israel is no Blood Sucking Suicide Bomber as the Islamic Terrorists…. So the Enemies of Israel…both HOME & ABROAD cannot really pin Israel to any crime except fraudulently claiming HALF of JERUSALEM and parts of Israel’s God Given lands for Their Prophet Mohammed.
Really Lucifer is a smart Liar:- It (Lucifer) places Enemies also inside Israel, indeed Jewish Enemies inside Israel.
Is Israel checking up to see if Haaretz is not on the Pay Roll of Abu Bakr Al-Bagdhadi of Daesh and / or Iran?
Haaretz is a Charpe un a Shande.
Haaretz , in publishing an editorial cartoon by Amos Biderman, in which The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, is portrayed as flying a jet into the twin towers in New York City is disgusting. Not only does it show disrespect to the United States and to Israel but it also insults and ridicules the 1000s of people who suffered death and injury , in addition to psychological trauma. This is sick and should not be published by an reputable news source.
Who do you think you r Dennis Green? You r speaking like the last analfabet in Shuk Hatikva there is your place.If you r rich you r probably a very simple person so kiss my as…
This was repulsive. This schmuck should be ashamed of himself and Haaretz for publishing this trash. We can do without this toxic form of free press when there is nothing productive coming from it.