New York Times apologizes for anti-Semitic cartoon featuring Trump, Netanyahu

Mon 29 Apr 2019:

The New York Times on Saturday apologized for publishing an anti-Semitic cartoon in its international print edition featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.

The cartoon, which appeared in Thursday’s newspaper, depicted Netanyahu as a guide dog wearing a Star of David collar and leading a blind Trump – who was wearing a kippah, or a Jewish skullcap.

An Editors’ Note to appear in Monday’s international edition. pic.twitter.com/1rl2vXoTB3

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) April 27, 2019

In an apology published on Twitter by the Times’s opinion section – which will also appear in print on Monday – the newspaper said the drawing “included anti-Semitic tropes.”

“The image was offensive, and it was an error of judgment to publish it,” it added.

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