{"id":274601,"date":"2023-10-16T06:45:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T06:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=274601"},"modified":"2023-10-17T14:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:16:46","slug":"guardian-sacks-their-own-cartoonist-steve-bell-who-had-worked-at-the-paper-for-over-40-years-over-anti-semitic-benjamin-netanyahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=274601","title":{"rendered":"Guardian sacks their own cartoonist Steve Bell who had worked at the paper for over 40 years over ‘anti-Semitic’ Benjamin Netanyahu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew Lodge \u2013 Daily Mail Oct 15, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Cartoonist Steve Bell claims he has been fired by The Guardian over accusations a cartoon linked to Israel he denies is anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n

The veteran artist, who has worked for the newspaper for more than 40 years, claims he has been told by the left-wing publication that they are no\u00a0longer willing to publish his artwork after he submitted a controversial cartoon of\u00a0Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the image the president of Israel was seen wearing boxing gloves and holding a scalpel over his own exposed belly, readying a cut in the shape of Gaza while the caption reads: ‘Residents of Gaza, get out now’.<\/p>\n

Critics have taken this to be a reference to Shylock, the Jewish moneylender from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, who demands a ‘pound of flesh’ from someone who can’t pay him back.<\/p>\n

Mr Bell has defended the image and has decried accusations that he used anti-Semitic tropes, although it is not the first time he has faced these claims.<\/p>\n

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Steve Bell has this cartoon pulled by the Guardian tonight. pic.twitter.com\/kUx4IlP9Om<\/a><\/p>\n

— Political Cartoon (@Cartoon4sale) October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n