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Anti-Semitism in German Daily: Israel as a Ravenous Monster
July 3, 2013 10:50 by Simon Plosker

Apparently in Europe today, anti-Semitic imagery is becoming increasingly mainstream. This year we have seen a Norwegian paper’s crude attack on circumcision as well as the UK’s Sunday Times cartoon promoting hate on Holocaust Memorial Day.

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Now, Germany’s most widely-read broadsheet daily “Süddeutsche Zeitung” has accompanied a review of liberal Jewish American commentator Peter Beinart’s book with this cartoon:   




moloch

The caption beneath translates as:

Germany is serving. For decades now, Israel has been given weapons, and partly free of charge. Israel’s enemies think it is a ravenous Moloch. Peter Beinart deplores this situation.

Moloch was a Canaanite and Phoenician deity associated with child sacrifice.

Given the anti-Semitic blood libel against Jews of killing gentile children and the related libel that portrays Israel as a child-killer, the message behind the imagery is impossible to ignore.

That a German newspaper has published this, in light of that country’s particular history, makes this all the more outrageous.

Is this further evidence of the demonization of Israel and the Jews in Europe? Read our exclusive interview with Professor Manfred Gerstenfeld, who claims that recent studies suggest that over 150 million Europeans hold a demonic view of Israel.

Following much criticism, the newspaper acknowledged that it would have been better to have used another image but maintained that the cartoon was not anti-Semitic and there had been a “misunderstanding.”

Perhaps the misunderstanding is in the newspaper’s contention that Israel and Judaism are two unrelated concepts (translated from the German):

Ernst Kahl’s horned, hungry monster has nothing to do with anti-Semitic stereotypes. One must look at the picture along with the caption. … So, only the enemies of Israel see Israel in a way that is similar to the monster pictured. In addition, the State of Israel is not to be equated with Judaism.

Trying to separate Israel and Zionism from the Jewish people is a tactic employed by those who claim that their anti-Zionism and hatred of Israel cannot possibly be motivated by anti-Semitism be it intentional or not.

In rival German newspaper Die Welt, Henryk Broder writes that there is something even worse at work here. He points out that the cartoon is not a new one. The artist, Ernst Kahl, had neither Israel nor the Jews in mind when he drew it – the cartoon was not commissioned to illustrate anything to do with Israel, the Jews or the Peter Beinart book.

Indeed, as a blog in the Jerusalem Post points out:

As the Jüdische Allgemeine reports, the drawing of the “voracious Moloch” was originally done for a culinary magazine and artist Ernst Kahl was horrified to learn that theSüddeutsche Zeitung had used his drawing in a very different context than he had envisaged when he drew the image.


The Süddeutsche Zeitung chose, by way of the accompanying caption, to associate with Israel and the Jews with what was originally a harmless drawing. It was this deliberate contextualizing on the part of the newspaper that turned the image into an anti-Semitic one.

While the cartoon was not anti-Semitic in itself, the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s made it so by associating its caption with Israel.

joequote030713HR CEO Joe Hyams adds:

For a German newspaper, of all European publications, to portray Israel as a child sacrificing monster, demonstrates that the lessons of the past have clearly not been learned. Instead of claiming a misunderstanding, the Süddeutsche Zeitung should immediately apologize and acknowledge that the use of this image in the context of this article is completely unacceptable.

If demonization is a benchmark, as stated in the EU’s own working definition of anti-Semitism, then I suspect that the image of a demon to portray Israel might just qualify.

How can Süddeutsche Zeitung claim that there has been a misunderstanding? There is no disguising the hateful attitude towards Israel.
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This sick animals are the number one Muslim supporters together with Dumont.

They didn't printed the caricatures of Illands Posten because they wanted to show respect, but if it is about Jews and Christians everything is allowed. Even Nazi propaganda.
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This sick animals are the number one Muslim supporters together with Dumont.

They didn't printed the caricatures of Illands Posten because they wanted to show respect, but if it is about Jews and Christians everything is allowed. Even Nazi propaganda.
:laugh: :laugh: Dumont is part owner of the leftist Israeli newspaper Ha'Aretz
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:laugh: :laugh: Dumont is part owner of the leftist Israeli newspaper Ha'Aretz

Dumont is out of this world.
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Dumont is out of this world.
This is very true but i think Ha'Aretz is worse then this paper   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaretz 



Haaretz (Hebrew: הארץ‎) (lit. "The Land [of Israel]", originally Ḥadashot Ha'aretz – Hebrew: חדשות הארץ‎, IPA: [χadaˈʃot haˈʔaʁets] – "News of the Land"[3]) is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet. In North America, it comes out as a weekly newspaper, combining articles from the Friday edition with a roundup from the rest of the week. It is known for its staunch left-liberal stance on domestic and foreign issues.
Contents

    1 Overview
    2 History and ownership
    3 Management
    4 Editorial policy and viewpoints
    5 Criticism
    6 Internet editions
    7 Internet blogs and columns
    8 Offices
    9 Notable journalists
        9.1 Present
        9.2 Past
    10 Supplements and special features (print edition)
    11 See also
    12 References
    13 Further reading
    14 External links

Overview

Compared to other mass circulation papers in Israel, Haaretz uses smaller headlines and print. Less space is devoted to pictures, and more to political analysis. Its editorial pages are considered influential among government leaders.[4] Apart from the news, Haaretz publishes feature articles on social and environmental issues, as well as book reviews, investigative reporting, and political commentary. In 2008 the newspaper itself reported a paid subscribership of 65,000, daily sales of 72,000 copies, and 100,000 on weekends.[5] The English edition has a subscriber base of 15,000.[6][7] As of June 2011, readership was 5.8% of the public, down from 6.4% the prior year.[8]

Despite its relatively low circulation in Israel, Haaretz is considered Israel's most influential daily newspaper.[9][10][11][12] Its readership includes Israel's intelligentsia and its political and economic elites.[13][14][15] Surveys show that Haaretz readership has a higher-than-average education, income, and wealth; most are Ashkenazim.[7][16] Shmuel Rosner, the newspaper's former U.S. correspondent, told The Nation that "people who read it are better educated and more sophisticated than most, but the rest of the country doesn't know it exists".[7]
History and ownership

Haaretz was first published in 1918 as a newspaper sponsored by the British military government in Palestine.[17] In 1919, it was taken over by Russian Zionists.[18] Initially, it was called Hadashot Ha'aretz ("News of the Land"). Later, the name was shortened to "Ha'aretz". The literary section of the paper attracted the leading Hebrew writers of the time.[19]

The newspaper was initially published in Jerusalem. From 1919 to 1922, the paper was headed by a succession of editors, among them Leib Yaffe. It was shut down briefly due to a budgetary shortfall and reopened in Tel Aviv at the beginning of 1923 under the editorship of Moshe Glickson, who held the post for 15 years.[18] The Tel Aviv municipality granted the paper financial support by paying in advance for future advertisements.[20]

Salman Schocken, a wealthy German-Jewish Zionist who owned a chain of department stores in Germany, bought the paper in 1937. His son, Gershom Schocken, became the chief editor in 1939 and held that position until his death in 1990.[21]

Until August 2006, the Schocken family owned 100% of the Haaretz Group, but then the German publisher M. DuMont Schauberg acquired 25 percent of the shares.[22] The deal was negotiated with the help of former Israeli ambassador to Germany, Avi Primor.[23] This deal was seen as controversial in Israel as DuMont Schauberg's father, Kurt Neven DuMont, was member of the German Nazi party, while his publishing house promoted Nazi ideology.[24]

On 12 June 2011, it was announced that Russian-Israeli businessman Leonid Nevzlin had purchased a 20% stake in the Haaretz Group, buying 15% from the family and 5% from M. DuMont Schauberg. This means that the Schocken family now owns 60% and M. DuMont Schauberg and Leonid Nevzlin have 20% each.[25]


In October 2012, a union strike mobilized to protest planned layoffs by the Haaretz management. As a consequence, both the Haaretz newspaper and its TheMarker business supplement were not printed for one day. According to Israel Radio, it was the first time since 1965 that a newspaper did not go to press on account of a strike.[26][27]
Management

The newspaper's editorial policy was defined by Gershom Schocken, who was editor-in-chief from 1939 to 1990. The current editor-in-chief of the newspaper is Aluf Benn, who replaced Dov Alfon in August 2011.[28] Alfon's predecessor, David Landau, succeeded Hanoch Marmari[29] and Yoel Esteron in April 2004. Charlotte Halle became editor of the English Print Edition in February 2008.
Editorial policy and viewpoints

Haaretz describes itself as broadly liberal on domestic issues and international affairs.[30] Others describe it alternatively as liberal,[31][32][33][34][35] centre-left,[36] left-wing,[37][38][39] or even hard left,[40][41] According to the BBC, it has a moderate stance on foreign policy and security issues.[42] David Remnick in The New Yorker described Haaretz as "easily the most liberal newspaper in Israel", its ideology as left-wing and its temper as "insistently oppositional."[43] The newspaper's op-ed pages are open to a variety of opinions.[44]

J. J. Goldberg, the editor of the American The Jewish Daily Forward, describes Haaretz as "Israel's most vehemently anti-settlement daily paper".[45] US weekly The Nation describes Haaretz as "Israel's liberal beacon", citing its editorials voicing opposition to the occupation, the security barrier, discriminatory treatment of Arab citizens, and the mindset that led to the Second Lebanon War.[7] Aijaz Ahmad, writing in Frontline, described Haaretz as "the most prestigious Israeli newspaper".[46]
Criticism

Andrea Levin, executive director of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting (CAMERA), stated in 2008 that among Israelis Haaretz is seen as a "rather far-left publication" and accused the newspaper of doing "damage to the truth" and failing to correct errors.[47] Earlier, in 2001, Levin criticized Haaretz correspondent Amira Hass for inaccurate reporting and charged Haaretz with fueling anti-Israel bias.[48] However, a 2003 study in The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics found that Haaretz reporting was more favorable to Israelis than Palestinians and more likely to report stories from the Israeli side.[49]

According to its competitor The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz editor-in-chief David Landau said at the 2007 Limmud conference in Moscow that he had told his staff not to report about criminal investigations against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in order to promote Sharon's 2004–2005 Gaza disengagement plan.[50][51][52]

In March 2010, The Jerusalem Post reported that a pollster was unhappy with the way his poll results regarding Israeli views regarding President Obama were presented in the English edition of Haaretz, which he felt was "misleading", due to the fact that the Hebrew word "inyani" had been interpreted as "fair" instead of "businesslike".[53] Also in 2010, several columnists at The Jerusalem Post, including deputy managing editor Caroline Glick, criticized Haaretz for its role in the Anat Kamm affair.[54][55][56]
Internet editions

Haaretz operates both Hebrew[57] and English[58] language websites. The two sites offer up-to-the-minute breaking news, live Q&A sessions with newsmakers from Israel, Palestinian territories and around the world, and blogs covering a range of political standpoints and opinions. The English online edition receives an average of two million visitors per month. Both websites have blogs and are open to readers' comments.[59] The two sites fall under the supervision of Lior Kodner, the head of digital media for the Haaretz Group. Individually, Ruti Zuta is the editor of Haaretz.com (English) and Avi Scharf is the editor of Haaretz.co.il (Hebrew).
Internet blogs and columns

    In September 2009, Haaretz.com launched a blog by Tel Aviv University Professor Carlo Strenger, called "Strenger than Fiction"[60]

    Focus U.S.A.[61] – Blog by U.S. correspondent Natasha Mozgovaya who replaced Shmuel Rosner as U.S. correspondent in August 2008. Rosner's blog was "Rosner's Domain"[62] and explored Israeli, American Jewish, and Zionist issues in the United States.

    "A Special Place in Hell" is Bradley Burston's award-winning, twice-weekly blog on Haaretz.com[63]

    Israeli President Shimon Peres formerly blogged exclusively for Haaretz.com[64]

Offices

The Haaretz building, a low-slung building in south Tel Aviv, is situated on a street named for the Schocken family. The Haaretz building houses the art collection of Amos Schocken, one of the country's major collectors of Israeli art, some of it politically subversive.[65]
Thy destroyers and they that make thee waste shall go forth of thee.  Isaiah 49:17

 
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