Buffalo News Apologizes for Using Symbol from Israeli Flag to Represent Israel in anti-Biden Cartoon, Uses Black Woman as Thumbnail
The Buffalo News has apologized for the use of the Star of David to represent Israel, which uses the symbol for itself. The cartoon allegedly "caused pain."
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The Jewish community has been promised a meeting this week with staff from the Buffalo News after a political cartoon criticizing Israel was called “antisemitic” for accusing the Jewish state as well as President Joe Biden of “murder.”
Using their executive editor Sheila Rayam—who is Black—as a featured image for the article (see bottom), the Buffalo News apologized for the political cartoon that depicted a faucet dripping bloody skulls, with Stars of David as handles.
A caricature of President Biden can be seen lying in bed, apparently asleep just one room away.
According to Sheila Rayam, so-called “letter-writers were outraged at the use of the Star of David to represent the country of Israel.”
It is likely that some readers of the Buffalo News may realize that this symbol is featured prominently on the Israeli flag and that this position may not be engaging with reality.
Since the successful 7 October incursion by Hamas into Israeli-controlled territory, the rogue nuclear State of Israel has waged a war of genocide on the civilian population of Gaza.
With multiple stories of high-profile casualties regularly emerging, some voices have suggested the war may not be going as well as Israeli data suggests.
Gadi Eisenkot, the former Chief of Staff for the Israeli Defense Forces, recently lost his son to Hamas fighters in early December of last year, and a nephew later in the month.
Dying alongside his nephew was Hilton resident and IDF soldier, Yonatan Chaim. The two males were attacking a religious building at the time of their demise.
Many also believe the rate of civilian death in Gaza—which some have called an injustice of historic proportions—to be excessive. War crimes, allegations of “genocide,” and other PR nightmares have roiled the Israeli regime in Tel Aviv. Despite the negative press, the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza continues into 2024.
