Media will not allow ISRAEL to be criticized!
Another day, another political cartoon controversy ! This time the center of attention is Pat Oliphant, the world's most widely syndicated political cartoonist, and his recent cartoon depicting a goose-stepping soldier pushing a giant Star of David shark into a defenseless woman and child. In case anyone misses the subtle message here, the woman is labeled "Gaza," and the illustration is tagged "jackboot justice" on the United Press Syndicate site . The cartoon has already appeared on many of newspaper websites, including the New York Times, and last night reporters from CBS 2 fanned out around town to get reactions. Janis Rodin of Kips Bay opines, "It's against Israelis and it says they are attacking Gaza, but there is nothing coming from the other side." But Mohamad Abdoul of Bay Ridge thinks the cartoon accurately conveys "the reality" of the lop-sided war between Israelis and Palestinians: "When I see this Israel, too, power i...