Cartoons and Extremism: Israel and the Jews in Arab and Western Media
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The outrage sparked by the Danish cartoon affair - the publication of images of the Prophet Muhammad in the European press - was a sharp reminder of the potency of the cartoon in the modern media. It is one of the most popular and effective means of communication. By exaggerating and exasperating, cartoons by their very nature lack neutrality, and the cartoon is an important weapon in the Middle Eastern crisis. In response to the Danish cartoon affair, an Iranian newspaper announced a competition for cartoons about the Holocaust, even though it had nothing to do with Israel or the Jewish people. Antisemitic cartoons have long been rife in the Arab-Muslim media. The September 2001 Durban Conference against Racism, intended to denounce and combat racism in all its forms, also featured the distribution of antisemitic cartoons by an Arab organization, yet this elicited no reaction from Western NGOs at the conference. This event set the author on a trail that revealed thousands of such drawings. In the name of anti-Zionism, Jews are depicted as sadistic and bloodthirsty monsters, solely interested in money and power. This return to anti-Jewish hatred is of a new order, in line with current trends - an Arab-Muslim form unexpectedly metamorphosed from the antisemitism traditionally linked with the Christian West. By reproducing more than 400 of these cartoons, taken from both Arab and Western media, this book denounces the use of hatred in the media and hopes to raise the alarm.
Product Details
Price
$38.45
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell
Publish Date
January 01, 2009
Pages
201
Dimensions
8.2 X 8.2 X 0.7 inches | 1.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780853037521
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Abraham H. Foxman is the national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and one of today's preeminent voices against hatred, discrimination, and violence in the United States and worldwide. He is the author of Jews and Money, The Deadliest Lies, and Never Again?.
Alan M. Dershowitz has been called on of the nation's most distinguished defenders of individual rights. A graduate of Brooklyn College and Yale Law School, he joined the Harvard Law School faculty at age twenty-five before beginning his high-profile career as a court defender. He is also the author of over twenty works of fiction and non-fiction, many of which have become international bestsellers.