Last week we posted about the following cartoon by Peter Schrank published at The Economist – used to illustrate an article about negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 – which evoked the antisemitic narrative on the supposed injurious influence of Jewish power on U.S. foreign policy.
Our blog post included the following headline:
Later in the day we learned that The Economist had removed the cartoon from the online edition of the article, and issued the following addendum:
Today, we noticed that they revised their editor’s note and addressed the specific question posed by this blog and several other commentators:
While it’s unclear what Peter Schrank believes about the criticism directed towards his cartoon, we’re of course glad that editors at The Economist distanced themselves from such racist (and increasingly prevalent) beliefs about the ‘corrupting influence’ of Jewish power.
h/t Gidon
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