Peak woke at Washington Post as it APOLOGIZES and removes 'racist' cartoon depicting 'grossly mischaracterized' Hamas terrorist with women and children tied to his body after reader backlash
Daily Mail
Nov 9, 2023
The Washington Post quickly removed a cartoon of a Hamas terrorist following backlash from some readers branding it 'racist.'
The political cartoon, titled 'Human Shields', depicted a large-nosed Hamas extremist with infants, children and women tied to him, as he questioned: 'How dare Israel attack civilians...'
The cartoon was published online and in the newspaper's print edition on Wednesday, November 8.
Drawn by cartoonist Michael Ramirez, the caricature was sharply criticized by some who saw it as a discriminatory portrayal of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, although it is unclear if Haniyeh was the intended subject.
In response, the outlet's Opinions section editor David Shipley apologized for approving the publication in a note to readers on Wednesday.
'The reaction to the image convinced me that I had missed something profound, and divisive, and I regret that,' Shipley wrote.
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