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What could be more precious? Children from Palestinian prisoners wearing t-shirts with my cartoon

Yesterday, in the Palestinian city of al-Bireh, a group of children of Palestinian prisoners visited several diplomatic missions in order to expose the difficult situation of their parents in Israeli jails. The children are wearing t-shirts with one of my Palestine cartoons. Such a great honour for me!

Photo by Ashraf Abed. More photos of this protest here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.384321828277674.83665.215311441845381&type=1

Hat tip to @jadtawil1 for sharing these great images

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#Cartoon for @Operamundi – 64 years of a catastrophe called #Israel – #Nakba #Palestine

Original post (in Portuguese): http://operamundi.uol.com.br/conteudo/opiniao/21832/64+anos+de+uma+catastrofe+chamada+israel.shtml

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#Cartoon – Learning from the Palestinian hunger strikers: Dignity FIRST! الكرامة أولاً #Palhunger

Chicago Tribune: Red Cross, U.N. appeal for Palestinian hunger strikers

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NEW #Cartoon: Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike: Dignity FIRST! الكرامة أولاً #Palhunger

Chicago Tribune: Red Cross, U.N. appeal for Palestinian hunger strikers

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#Cartoon: Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike: Dignity FIRST! الكرامة أولاً #Palhunger

Chicago Tribune: Red Cross, U.N. appeal for Palestinian hunger strikers

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#Cartoon at the service of #Palestine: Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike #Palhunger

The Guardian: Israeli court rejects Palestinian hunger strike prisoners’ appeal

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Graphic design at the service of #Palestine: Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike #Palhunger

The Guardian: Israeli court rejects Palestinian hunger strike prisoners’ appeal

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#Cartoon – #FlagWoman of #Palestine, @zaytouni_rana – #Palhunger

Mondoweiss: Video: #Flagwoman protester raises Palestinian flag on Israeli military vehicle outside Ofer prison

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Making of caught by @blagus


#Obama cartoon in the hands of protester outside AIPAC conference – #OccupyAIPAC

Protester holding my Obama toon outside the AIPAC conference
in Washington DC on Sunday. (Photo: Abbas Hamideh)

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Nothing new under the sun – More lies spread by the #Israel lobby Inc.

In recent days, pro-Israel blogs have been published articles accusing me (guess what) of being a Holocaust denier. This happened because in 2006 I participated in the Holocaust Cartoon Contest that had been set up by the House of Cartoon in Tehran. This contest was a response to the Prophet Mohammed cartoons that had been published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and was intended to test the Western limits of the freedom of speech. This new smear campaign was launched by Zionist bloggers due to some cartoons I had made for the activist group Code Pink for use in the Occupy AIPAC protests. It was intended to pressure the group into not using the artworks which were made by me, a so-called “Holocaust denier”.

They say, among other things, that I am a Holocaust denier, but fail to prove their point. In the article, reproduced ad nauseam by them, there is not one article, opinion or cartoon made by me where I deny the existence of the Nazi Holocaust. It’s because I have never made such cartoons. These bloggers are trying to apply the old “a lie repeated many times over becomes a truth” tactic.

Regarding the Holocaust Cartoon Contest, here are the three cartoons I submitted:
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With this one I won 2nd place in the contest:
In the first two cartoons, I deal with the red lines of Western freedom of speech. Drawing derogative cartoons about Islam or the Prophet Mohammed is seen as freedom of speech, the same can’t be appplied when dealing with the Holocaust.
The third cartoon shows a Palestinian wearing a Nazi concentration camp uniform, surrounded by an Israeli “security fence”. Actually it has nothing to do with denial. On the contrary, this cartoon affirms the existence of the Holocaust and compares the treatment given to Palestinians by Israel with the treatment given to the Jews by Nazi Germany. I challenge anyone anywhere to show me a single cartoon, article or opinion by me that denies the Holocaust.
This incident is, in fact, another chapter in a long term campaign against me by the same groups and individuals siding with Israel and its criminal policies. They know the effectiveness of political cartooning in exposing Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinians. Since they can’t censor all the progressive blogs, websites, and social platforms, which reproduce my artworks freely, they try hard to attach labels such as “anti-Semite” and “Holocaust denier” in order to discredit and attempt to criminalize my views in the public eye.
Such campaigns won’t intimidate me. I will continue to stand up for the rights of Palestinians and I will continue to put my art at their service.

#Cartoon reprinted in a Park Slope Food Coop #BDS campaign leaflet

Park Slope Food Coop BDS campaign: http://psfcbds.wordpress.com/

Hat tip: Bud Korotzer

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#Cartoon: #AIPAC pushing US to war with #Iran for #Israel

The Atlantic: AIPAC and the Push Toward War

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#Cartoon for @Codepink – Obama’s guide dog – #AIPAC #Israel #Iran

CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.

http://www.codepink.org/

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#Cartoon – Call for Action as Khader Adnan Enters his 63th Day of Hunger Strike

Palestine News Network: http://english.pnn.ps/index.php/prisoners/867-call-for-action-as-khader-adnan-enters-his-60th-day-of-hunger-strike

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#Cartoon – Anti-colonial heroes: Khader Adnan & Mahatma Ghandi – #Palestine

Al Jazeera: Friday is the 62nd day of the Palestinian prisoner’s protest against his detention by Israel.

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#Cartoon – #Israel shackles Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan

Guardian: Khader Adnan, detained without charge for two months, may be close to death say human rights groups.

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#Cartoon for #Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

Support Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: http://www.pcrf.net/

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קומיקס: ובינתיים בנתב”ג… – #Israel #Palestine

Hat tip ShunraCat

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#Cartoon (English+French) – Meanwhile, in the Ben Gurion airport… – #Israel #Palestine

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#Cartoon+article: Lara Fabian cancels #Lebanon tour after boycott campaign – #BDS #Israel

One of my boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) cartoon featured on today’s edition of Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar. English version: Lara Fabian cancels Lebanon tour after boycott campaign

My collection of BDS cartoons: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/04/18657717.php

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#Cartoon for @operamundi – #US, #Israel dragging world into a new war

Original post, in Portuguese, here: http://operamundi.uol.com.br/conteudo/opiniao/19046/o+senhor+da+guerra+quer+visitar+o+ira+e+levar+o+mundo+de+carona.shtml

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Latuff Cartoon Collection 2011 available for free download at Internet Archive

The collection of artworks I made along 2011 are now available for free download at Internet Archive, including all cartoons I produced for Arab Spring protesters, release of Gilad Shalit, admission of Palestine to UNESCO, death of Osama bin Laden,  September 11 attacks anniversary, Japan earthquake/tsunami, Fukushima radiation leak, Occupy Wall Street Movement, end of Iraq War, etc.

http://www.archive.org/details/LatuffCartoons2011 (Check “View the Book/All files” section)

Direct link http://ia700809.us.archive.org/33/items/LatuffCartoons2011/LatuffCartoons2011.zip


My cartoons available for free download

All cartoons I produced  along 2011, including those I made for Arab Spring protesters (Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, Syria)

(8 servers)

http://t.co/vBzBxdsL

Palestine, Israel, Lebanon cartoons (2002-2008)

http://t.co/O6UFUoyt

Iraq War cartoons (2002-2008)

http://t.co/ehv5RIUA