Arab Cartoonists on Obama

By Eric Pfeiffer | July 24, 2008 2:17 PM | | Comments (0)

While the American media has taken a largely positive view of Barack Obama's overseas trip this week, cartoonists in the Arab world have a decidedly different take on the situation. Obama's candidacy may have indeed brought some hope for change to those in the Middle East who feel White House policy has been too tilted towards Israel over the past 30 years. But after Obama's comments about an undivided Jerusalem, and his meetings this week with Israeli leaders, that view may be quickly changing.

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Al-Ghad, June 9, 2008
Headline: "Obama, the American Candidate."

The Anti-Defamation League has compiled a series of cartoons that portray Obama and John McCain as being puppets of, or unfairly favoring, Israeli policies. Some of the images are fairly benign, while others have a clear anti-Semitic bent, and a few portray Obama in a racially insensitive fashion. For what it's worth, McCain isn't treated any better. From the ADL release:

The American elections have provided an excuse for the Arab media to promulgate perverse, bigoted and age-old conspiracy theories that portray Israelis and Jews as controlling the candidates.

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