Since Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack in southern Israel, in which some 1,200 people were murdered and some 240 were kidnapped, the Egyptian media, including the state press, have published very harsh and sometimes antisemitic cartoons that blame Israel and the U.S. for the escalation in Gaza. The cartoons accuse these countries of pursuing a plan to exterminate the people of Gaza and show Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and U.S. President Biden celebrating the bloodshed there. Recurring themes of blood and murdered children are used to depict Israel and Netanyahu as barbaric killers. Some cartoons portray Israel as Nazi and Netanyahu as Hitler.
These cartoons reflect the anti-Israel line taken by the Egyptian media since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.[1] It should be mentioned that some of the cartoons are old ones that have been republished.
The following is a sampling of the cartoons published in the Egyptian media in the recent weeks:
Israel And Netanyahu Murderer Women And Children
Netanyahu murders "the children of Gaza" (Youm7.com, October 18, 2023)
Netanyahu – "The Butcher of Gaza" (Rosaelyoussef.com, October 28, 2023)[2]
"Halloween, the festival of fear: Our apologies to the movie 'Scream,' because the reality is worse than anything imaginable!" (Akhbarelyom.com, November 1, 2023)
"Gaza and the Streaming Blood" (Rosaelyoussef.com, October 24, 2023)
"Gaza and the Streaming Blood" (Rosaelyoussef.com, October 23, 2023)
Israeli missiles kill the children of Gaza (Youm7.com, October 28, 2023)
Israeli soldier to Palestinian infant: "Drop the flag!" (Elmashhad.online, October 24, 2023)
Israeli soldier plays with severed head (Almasryalyoum.com, Egypt, October 19, 2023)
Netanyahu silences "international law" with blood-soaked hands (Almasryalyoum.com, Egypt, November 8, 2023)
Murderous Israel Perpetrates Atrocities In Gaza
Israeli pilot says: "I kill, therefore I am" (Rosaelyoussef.com, October 27, 2023)[3]
Israel is roasting the Gaza Strip (Rosaelyoussef.com, October 27, 2023)[4]
Peace dove drowns in the sea of "Israeli occupation's crimes" (Youm7.com, October 25, 2023)
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Israel, only lightly wounded, takes revenge on Gaza (Rosaelyoussef.com, October 29, 2023)[5]
"Gaza and the Streaming Blood": Israel's hand drips with Gazan blood (Rosaelyoussef.com, October 29, 2023)
"Gaza and the Streaming Blood": Israel as a serpent swallowing Gaza (Rosaelyoussef.com, October 17, 2023)
Israel is the devil (Masrawi.com, November 7, 2023)
Netanyahu puts "artificial tears" in his eyes before exclaiming: "We are poor [victims] experiencing extermination, so we are forced to defend ourselves" (Vetogate.com, October 31, 2023)
U.S. Is Abetting The War In Gaza
Netanyahu and Biden responsible for the "massacre at the Baptist Hospital in Gaza" (Elmashhad.online, October 20, 2023)
Netanyahu and Biden toast each other with glasses of blood (Elmashhad.online, November 1, 2023)
America, "Satan's ally," explains its "plan for expelling the Gazans and burying the Palestinian cause": "We did it before you, you weakling" (Akhbarelyom.com, October 30, 2023)
The U.S. exterminated the native Americans just as Israel is exterminating the Arabs (Rosaelyoussef.com, October 28, 2023)[6]
"Gaza and the Streaming Blood": U.S. uses Israel to slaughter the Gazans (Rosaelyoussef.com, November 10, 2023)
U.S. threatens the Arabs not to help Gaza (Elmashhad.online, October 20, 2023)
"Israeli football with American finish" (Almasryalyoum.com, October 27, 2023)
U.S. lets Israel devour Gaza's children on the pretext of "self-defense" (Rosaelyoussef.com, October 30, 2023)[7]
"Israel asks Congress for $12 billion" to kill the children of Gaza (Almasryalyoum.com, October 22, 2023)
U.S. enables Israeli army (Almasryalyoum.com, November 7, 2023)
Antisemitism And Comparing Israeli To Nazis
"Darwin's theory [of Evolution]": Israel is the least evolved creature (Almasryalyoum.com, November 2, 2023)
Nazi Jew slaughters the peace dove, saying to it, "You are antisemitic" (Rosaelyoussef.com, November 5, 2023)[8]
Nazi Israel and U.S. hang the Palestinians (Rosaelyoussef.com, November 4, 2023)[9]
"Israel's bombing of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza": Netanyahu gives the Nazi salute with a blood-soaked arm (Youm7.com, Egypt, October 18, 2023)
"The kingdoms of blood": Nazi Germany, Israel, ISIS (Youm7.com, November 13, 2023)
"Nazi Binyamin [Netanyahu]!" (Almasryalyoum.com, October 25, 2023)
[1] See MEMRI reports: Special Dispatch No. 10864 – Egyptian Media Blame Israel For Escalation, Express Support For Hamas Attack: 'This Is The Second October Victory', October 13, 2023; Special Dispatch No. 10834 – Egypt's Al-Azhar Salutes Hamas Terror Attack In Which Over 600 Israelis Were Killed, Over 100 Were Kidnapped, And Over 2,000 Were Wounded, October 8, 2023; Special Dispatch No. 10952 – Virulent Incitement By Al-Azhar: Praise For Palestinian Jihad Fighters; Israel Is Destined To Perish; U.S. Is The Greatest Satan; Jews Are Descendants Of Apes And Pigs, November 10, 2023.
[2] The cartoon was created by Libyan cartoonist Abd Al-Halim Al-Qamati as part of a project of cartoons about the Gaza war initiated by the Egyptian Roz Al-Yousuf news portal.
[3] The cartoon was created by Moroccan cartoonist Naji Benaji as part of a project of cartoons about the Gaza war initiated by the Egyptian Roz Al-Yousuf news portal.
[4] The cartoon was created by Moroccan cartoonist Naji Benaji as part of a project of cartoons about the Gaza war initiated by the Egyptian Roz Al-Yousuf news portal.
[5] The cartoon was created by Moroccan cartoonist Derkaoui Abdellah as part of a project of cartoons about the Gaza war initiated by the Egyptian Roz Al-Yousuf news portal.
[6] The cartoon was created by Moroccan cartoonist Derkaoui Abdellah as part of a project of cartoons about the Gaza war initiated by the Egyptian Roz Al-Yousuf news portal.
[7] The cartoon was created by Moroccan cartoonist Derkaoui Abdellah as part of a project of cartoons about the Gaza war initiated by the Egyptian Roz Al-Yousuf news portal.
[8] The cartoon was created by Egyptian cartoonist Ahmed Geassa as part of a project of cartoons about the Gaza war initiated by the Egyptian Roz Al-Yousuf news portal.
[9] The cartoon was created by Egyptian cartoonist Omar Siddiq as part of a project of cartoons about the Gaza war initiated by the Egyptian Roz Al-Yousuf news portal.
