German Press Council to Munich paper: Wrong to publish 'discriminatory' cartoon
BERLIN – Germany’s Press Council issued a ruling last week asserting the Munich based newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung violated the council’s press code against discrimination because of the paper’s publication of an anti-Israel cartoon.
After the SZ published an early July illustration showing Israel as a demonic monster , pro-Israel groups in Germany filed a joint complaint to the Press Council in the same month.
“This German Press Council ruling is a wake-up call for the media to exercise greater caution in depictions of Israel, which all too easily slide into anti-Semitism,” said American Jewish Committee Berlin director Deidre Berger.
“The ruling reinforces the message that artistic freedom cannot be used as a cloak to disguise anti-Semitism,” she added.
The caricature depicts a young woman serving food to a demonic monster with horns sitting at a table and holding up a carving knife.
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