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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Hoofdstraat

Dat zijn 4 goeie

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Deze cartoon:

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door vanderzapig

heeft in de Washington Post gestaan maar dat was natuurlijk zonder de linkiewinkie werknemers en lezers gerekend:

WSJ: Washington Post Removes Hamas Cartoon After Backlash From Staff and Readers

WP: Opinion | Readers respond to a Hamas cartoon

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Editor’s note: As editor of the opinion section, I am responsible for what appears in its pages and on its screens. The section depends on my judgment. A cartoon we published by Michael Ramirez on the war in Gaza, a cartoon whose publication I approved, was seen by many readers as racist. This was not my intent. I saw the drawing as a caricature of a specific individual, the Hamas spokesperson who celebrated the attacks on unarmed civilians in Israel.

However, the reaction to the image convinced me that I had missed something profound, and divisive, and I regret that. Our section is aimed at finding commonalities, understanding the bonds that hold us together, even in the darkest times.

In this spirit, we have taken down the drawing. We are also publishing a selection of responses to the caricature. And we will continue to make the section home to a range of views and perspectives, including ones that challenge readers. This is the spirit of opinion journalism, to move imperfectly toward a constructive exchange of ideas at all possible speed, listening and learning along the way. —David Shipley, Opinion Editor