Opinions editor David Shipley said the cartoon was meant to caricature a Hamas spokesman. But the backlash showed he had missed something “profound and divisive.”
to readers, David Shipley, editorial page editor of The Post, said the cartoon was initially meant to caricature a specific Hamas spokesman. But the backlash to the cartoon convinced him that he had “missed something profound, and divisive.”
“Our section is aimed at finding commonalities, understanding the bonds that hold us together, even in the darkest times,” Shipley wrote. “In this spirit, we have taken down the drawing.”, titled “Human Shields,” drew criticism Wednesday, both for its message and the exaggerated features of its Palestinian subjects.
In his cartoon, a man with a large nose and snarling mouth, labeled “Hamas,” stands bound with ropes to four alarmed children and a cowering woman in a hijab. “How dare Israel attack civilians …,” he says. On social media, several readers called it “in poor taste.” In a post on Instagram, Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanzi wrote: “This is the Washington Post. This is the kind of anti-Palestinian racism that’s acceptable for publication.” Left-wing British activist Owen JonesThe cartoon also appeared in Tuesday’s print newspaper, displayed prominently in the opinion pages, below an editorial board-penned column about the GOP debate and surrounded by letters to the editor.
According to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, more than 10,000 people in Gaza have been killed in attacks that followed the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, when militants killed more than 1,400 people took about 240 hostage.Israeli authorities reported at least 31 children were killed in the Hamas attack and its aftermath, according to
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