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May 2, 2023

Whatever a British Cartoonist Had in Mind, His Latest Work Was Anti-Semitic

A sadly familiar way to render a Jewish public figure hideous.

Last week, the head of the BBC, Richard Sharp, resigned from his position after an investigation revealed that he had failed to disclose some of his prior business dealings. The Guardian, a British newspaper, then published a grotesque cartoon of Sharp, who is Jewish, that appeared to include almost every standard element of anti-Semitic caricature. Following complaints, the newspaper—which has attracted substantial criticism over the years for its attitude toward Jews, and rarely misses an opportunity to slander Israel—removed the cartoon from its website, and published the following, by Dave Rich:

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