Palestinian cartoonist, and friend of Mondoweiss, Mohammad Saba’aneh, sent us these cartoons this morning with a message of Merry Christmas and “Here now it is so sad, no one celebrate”. Currently, he is working on a comics storyboard about Jerusalem. You can buy Mohammad’s book White and Black: Political Cartoons from Palestine here from Just World Books.
jerusalem — and all the imprisoned children.
Wow. Three drawings are enough to realize why this guy is a No. 1 target for the Zionists.
What would Jesus do?
How can this tragedy go on and on and on?
Israel has viciously and violently stomped on the “Holy Land”/Palestine and all Palestinians.
“By Bethlehem’s Manger Square, Palestinians lament Trump’s season of ill-will
…Trump made a big mistake. He said that Jerusalem is for one religion. For the Jewish people. But Jerusalem is not just for one religion. It is for Muslims and Christians as well.
“Trying to cancel our existence and our connection with the city is very dangerous because it is mixing religion with politics.”
Like many Palestinians this Christmas, Giacaman is feeling very weary. “Palestinians are tired. It is clear since the second intifada that the Oslo peace accords have been a failure and we should dissolve the Palestinian Authority. Since the beginning it has always been clear that the United States has been on the side of Israel.
“All Trump has done is put that on table in plain sight rather than under the table. Nothing has changed apart from that. And we, as Christian Palestinians, have been victims of these policies for years.””
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/24/bethlehem-manger-square-palestinians-lament-trump-season-of-ill-will
And the Christian Zionists could care less! They preach and sin at the same time.
Thank you, Mohammad and Annie. I wish both of you the best.
btw, did you happen to hear/read the Archbishop of Canterbury’s and the Pope’s Christmas messages?
“Archbishop of Canterbury criticises ‘populist’ world leaders
Justin Welby joins Pope Francis in using traditional Christmas Day message to make oblique criticism of Donald Trump over Jerusalem decision
The archbishop of Canterbury has spoken out against “tyrannical and populist” world leaders in a Christmas message likely to be seen partly as a rebuke against US president Donald Trump.
Justin Welby was preaching at Canterbury cathedral at the same time as Pope Francis made oblique criticism of Trump in his traditional Christmas address in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
The pontiff made particular reference to the situation in the Middle East just two weeks after the US president inflamed tensions in the region by controversially recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In Canterbury, Welby told worshippers that much could be learnt from the nativity story, where Jesus is “power seen in humility”.
He said: “In 2017, we have seen around the world tyrannical leaders that enslave their peoples, populist leaders that deceive them, corrupt leaders that rob them, even simply democratic, well-intentioned leaders of many parties and countries who are normal, fallible human beings.” …”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/25/pope-calls-for-two-state-solution-in-israel-and-palestine
More, please. Some real and positive action would be a pleasant surprise. Sanctions against the Occupiers is at the top of my list. Hope that all of their parishoners/ believers were listening.
I appreciate the sentiment of the cartoons, but the IDF is mostly fairly young guys and gals (That’s part of the problem.) These guys are too old and have some exaggerated Semitic facial features that I do not like seeing used on either Jews or Arabs because they bring to mind certain exaggerated stereotypes that were used by anti-Semites back in the 30s.
For me, this makes the cartoons much less effective in conveying the intended message.