© Noa Olchowski
Cartoon by Noa Olchowski published by Haaretz brings death threats: "10 journalists killed in attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris (top), about 13 journalists killed last summer in attack on Gaza (bottom)"
In the wake of the
Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris last week
Haaretz published a daring cartoon juxtaposing journalists* killed in Gaza by Israel during the brutal summer slaughter with the journalists killed at the office of the satirical magazine in Paris. This set off a chain reaction which ultimately led to calls for murdering
Haaretz journalists after Ronen Shoval, founder of the
neo-Zionist and
proto-fascist Im Tirtzu movement, called for an investigation of the newspaper's editors.
The offending cartoon by Noa Olchowski was published with
a series of cartoons Haaretz ran in their Hebrew edition, a project by the site's graphic designers to pay tribute to
Charlie Hebdo cartoonists gunned down at the magazine's Paris office. Including the hashtags #JeSuisCharlie and #JeSuisGaza it reads (original Hebrew):
10 journalists killed in attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris (top), about 13 journalists killed last summer in attack on Gaza (bottom).
Shoval, who is running in the primary election of the religious Zionist
Habayit Hayehudi "
Jewish Home" political party called for the investigation "on suspicion of 'defeatist propaganda' under Statute 103 of Israel's penal code" on his Facebook page. Users of the social media site weighed in,
Haaretz reported
several of the threats:
A raft of death threats came in. "We must do what the terrorists did to them in France, but at Haaretz," wrote Facebook user Chai Aloni. "Why is there no terror attack at Haaretz?" wrote Moni Ponte.
"Let the terrorists eliminate them," wrote Daniella Peretz. "With God's help, the journalists at Haaretz will be murdered just like in France," wrote Miki Dahan. As Danit Hajaj put it, "They should die."
"Haaretz is where the terrorists should have gone," wrote Riki Michael. "Death to traitors," added Moshe Mehager. "I hope that terrorism reaches Haaretz as well," wrote Tuval Shalom. "With God's help, [there will be] a Hamas operation that kills all of you, like the journalists in France," wrote Ruti Hevroni.
Haaretz's editorial staff said the cartoons published in the project were a personal gesture by the newspaper's designers, not the editorial board, and this is how they were presented.
Comment: The FSB has refused to comment on the alleged murder of its "agents". Whatever truth there is to their statements, this is an obvious provocation from the West's proxy terror squad, and comes in the context of similar previous provocations, including threats against Chechnya:
- SOTT EXCLUSIVE: Terror in Chechnya, economic subterfuge, and Saudi Prince Bandar's not-so-covert war against Russia and Syria
- SOTT EXCLUSIVE: Anti-terror operation in Chechnya: 9 militants dead, 10 police
It also comes after statements from Chechnya's leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been quite vocal about who is really behind so-called Islamic extremism - extremism that Chechnya suffered from for years, and which Kadyrov helped eliminate from the region. The West can't be too happy that their mercenaries were utterly defeated there, and it looks like they want a second chance. Will Russia take the bait? Not likely, and if 'ISIS' enters Russia, they'd better watch out.