The above cartoon was published in Arab News two or three days ago. This is not a good indicator for the success of the forthcoming Israel-Palestinian Peace Conference at Anapolis.
The common belief amongst ex-pats is that the Arab News journalists or editors know what they are doing and understand how Western readers of their paper will react to items such as this. The cartoon was, I believe, first published in an Arabic language newspaper.
Anyone publishing something like this in the Western world would find themselves in court quicker than you can say "holcaust denial". However, this sort of thing is, I understand, common in the Arab world. For examples of more dreadful anti-semitic cartoons see here.
In the same vein, Mein Kampf and The Protocols of the Elders of Zion are, I understand, extremely popular in Middle Eastern countries.
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