Israeli Cartoonist Stands By 9/11 Image of Benjamin Netanyahu

[Purveyor]

By Forward Staff
Published October 30, 2014.

Israeli cartoonist Amos Biderman stood by his an explosive work that depicts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flying a plane towards the World Trade Center.

Biderman, the political cartoonist for the liberal Haaretz newspaper, said he “never imagined” the harsh reaction to the terror-themed cartoon but pointedly refused to apologize in an article published on its web site.

“It was certainly not my intention to insult or upset anyone,” Biderman told Haaretz. “I wasn’t sufficiently aware of the great sensitivity that 9/11 holds for Americans.”

The article did not quote any Haaretz editors and the work remained on the paper’s web site, suggesting Biderman’s bosses back his explanation.

Read more: http://forward.com/articles/208263/israeli-cartoonist-stands-by---image-of-benjami/#ixzz3Hk4X14bo

[Kelvin Mace]

1. Really?

“I wasn’t sufficiently aware of the great sensitivity that 9/11 holds for Americans.”

We illegally invaded a country over it and committed massive war crimes. How could you not notice that over the last 10+ years?