Published: 26 July 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Cartoonist axed for ‘Animal Farm’ pigs drawing of Netanyahu and colleagues (Times of Israel)
A veteran Israeli cartoonist was cut loose on Tuesday from the magazine he worked at for nearly three decades over an illustration portraying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud lawmakers as pigs from George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
The cartoon by Avi Katz drew on a photo of Netanyahu and members of his Likud party snapping a selfie at the Knesset following the passage of the so-called Jewish State law last week.
Jerusalem Post fires cartoonist over caricature mocking Netanyahu, Likud lawmakers (Haaretz)
Mocking celebration of nation-state law, cartoonist Avi Katz depicted Netanyahu as a pig in homage to Orwell's Animal Farm published by the Jerusalem Post-owned magazine Jerusalem Report
Haaretz published a cartoon 38 years ago depicting Israeli leaders as pigs. Nobody got fired (Haaretz
Photo: Netanyahu and other Likud lawmakers taking a selfie in the Knesset after the passage of the nation-state law, July 12 (Olivier Fitoussi)
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Jerusalem city councilman boasts of Judaization' after pushing police to shut down Palestinian pretzel seller (Haaretz)
'We made sure to somewhat protect the Jewish character and the feeling that you are living in/visiting a Jewish city,' says Arieh King
Main image: The cartoon that got Avi Katz fired
