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Palestinian intimidated from one side, censored from the other (1996)
Bahaa Al Boukhari,52, got it from both sides in East Jerusalem. The
cartoonist, who works for the largest Palestinian newspaper Al Quds,
depicted Palestinian police chief Brigadier Ghazi Jabbali sitting at his
desk with a bookshelf behind him holding scissors and handcuffs. A sign
on his desk reads "Ruler by Order of God." After publication,
the powerful Jabbali let it be known that Boukhari overstepped his limits,
and that he would retaliate for the punches of the cartoon at a time of
his choice. Aware that the absence of democracy makes his a dangerous profession
in Arab East Jerusalem, although may not be afraid of, Boukhari was immensly
frustrated with Israeli authorities. The Japan Times reported in
May 1996, that about 20% of the cartoonist's work was still being banned
by Israeli censors "for security reasons."
In this example of Boukhari's work, a Lebanese writer,
sitting in the corner and visibly beaten up by his Israeli opponent, is
told by his Arab trainer to "kiss your rival's hand and pray that it's
broken."
Clinton cartoon censored for taste in Israel (1994)
An Israeli editorial cartoon depicting American President Bill Clinton and
his favorite musical instrument in a suggestive place was deemed a little
too strong for the Tel Aviv daily Ma'Ariv and deleted from publication.
The cartoon that Ma'Ariv deemed inappropriate
Israeli arrested on charges of anti-Semitism (1993)
1993 brought the arrest of Oleg Schwarzburg, an Israeli political
cartoonist for a local newspaper, who was charged with drawing an anti-Semitic
cartoon. After being held for 48 hours, Schwarzburg was released on bail.
Later the charge was dropped.
Israeli authorities found this cartoon
(apparently associating the laws of Kashrut [Kosher ] with imprisonment)
a good enough reason for the arrest of Oleg Schwarzburg
Shoe in the mouth causes publisher to disappear (1973)
Sheikh Mohammed Ali Jabbari, a pro-Israeli mayor on the West Bank, was depicted
in a 1973 Al Fajr cartoon with a shoe in his mouth. Soon, the newspaper's
publisher, Joseph Nasr disappeared. The major was widely suspected, but
never pinned down, for organizing the abduction and liquidation of Nasr.
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