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New York Times apologizes for anti-Semitic cartoon
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The New York Times on Saturday
apologized for publishing an anti-Semitic cartoon in its international print
edition featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President
Donald Trump.
The cartoon, which appeared in Thursday’s newspaper, depicted Netanyahu as
a guide dog wearing a Star of David collar and leading a blind Trump — who
was wearing a kippah, or a Jewish skullcap.
In an apology published on Twitter by the Times’s opinion section — which
will also appear in print on Monday — the newspaper said the drawing
“included anti-Semitic tropes.”
“The image was offensive, and it was an error of judgment to publish it,”
it added.
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