Daily Mail
August 18, 2019
The cartoon's creator, Carlos Latuff, is known for creating anti-Semitic cartoons and using the Holocaust to criticize Israel for its treatment of Palestinians.
In a continued feud between Israel and Representative Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tliab, the two congresswomen drew backlash after posting a cartoon this weekend depicting their voices being silenced by Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Tlaib, whose parents are Palestinian, and Omar, who fled Somali for the U.S. when she was younger, posted a political cartoon to their Instagram stories where Trump's hand was over Omar's mouth and Natanyahu's hand over Tlaib's.
'The more they try to silence us, our voices rise. The more they try to weaken us, the stronger we become. The more they try to discredit us, the truth prevails,' Rlaib wrote alongside the images on her Instagram account.
Latuff posted the cartoon to his Twitter on Friday, claiming in the post that Trump and Netanyahu have waged a war on free speech and against the freshmen congresswomen.
'Trump-Netanyahu's war on @RashidaTlaib and @IlhanMN is a war against freedom of speech, a war against everyone who dare to criticize #Israel's apartheid,' he tweeted.
EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2006, Carlos Latuff, a Brazilian-Lebanese, participated in Iran’s annual Holocaust cartoon contest. He has often compared Israel to the Nazi regime and has used the Holocaust as criticism of Israel, saying: “Of course Israel isn’t building gas chambers in the West Bank, but surely we can find some similarities between the treatment given to Palestinians by the [Israel Defense Forces] and the Jews under Nazi rule.”
3 comments:
You can find a similarity between damn near anything and damn near anything else if that is the ultimate goal.
It's amazing, and somewhat frightening what the left will label "hate speech" while at the same time giving these two self righteous little bigots a pass.
This is truly a tragedy. The Somali community in Omar’s district was always tight with the Jewish community. A lot of Jewish folks supported Omar and raised money for her believing that she would be a bridge builder and someone who would unify people. What a disappointment. She has not only hurt herself and caused pain to her constituents that supported her, but hurt the chances of other potential Somali-Americans who aspire for public office.
On the other hand, Talib is as she appears and never tried to pretend to be anything other than a radical anti-Semite who wants to destroy Israel through the so-called one state solution. With the help of the Torah Jews and the younger generation, her hopes and dreams may yet be realized.
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