It is ridiculous that Don Wycliff has construed the cartoon about Ariel Sharon as anti-Semitic. Wycliff asks rhetorically if the figure shown in the cartoon is a “generic Jew”? Of course not. Anyone who has seen a picture of Sharon would instantly recognize him in the cartoon. To imply that any depiction of Sharon and his bad deeds necessarily reflects on all Jews is absurd. To do so would stifle any comment about Sharon’s atrocities, past and present.
As for the specific notion that Israel might be led down the road map with the help of American taxpayer money, that is a completely reasonable opinion, bolstered by the fact that we give billions to Israel every year, even when our own economy is in shambles.
The cartoonist makes a valid point that we will have to pay our ally to make peace with the Palestinians. This message should not be stifled by those who throw around the term “anti-Semitic” for political gains.
