Since the terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were murdered and 240 were kidnapped, and the start of the ensuing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the Qatari dailies, both those published in Qatar and those published in London, have been rife with cartoons that mock the U.S. and condemn its foreign policy and its President Joe Biden for supporting Israel in the war. Criticizing the military and economic support that the U.S. is providing to Israel, the cartoons presented the U.S. as an active participant in the bloodshed in Gaza. They also ridiculed American statements about the situation in Gaza and anticipated its relegation to the trashcan of history.
Below is a sampling of these cartoons.
Israel and the U.S. in “the trashcan of history” (Al-Sharq, Qatar, February 10, 2024)
"The American coverage" of "the crimes of the occupation" (Al Sharq, Qatar, February 12, 2024)
"Biden's visit to the occupation state [i.e. Israel]" exonerates it of the bloodshed in Gaza (Al Sharq, Qatar, October 19, 2023)
The U.S. and E.U. wash Israel's hands that are stained with the blood of the Palestinians (Al-Watan, Qatar, January 31, 2024)
U.S. President Biden is the warplane with which Israeli PM Netanyahu bombs Gaza (Alaraby.co.uk, October 19, 2023)
Netanyahu expels the Gazans and Biden helps him by providing them with tents (Alaraby.co.uk, October 22, 2023)
The U.S. calls to stop the war in Gaza while handing Israel rockets on a silver platter (Alaraby.co.uk, February 27, 2024)
The U.S. allows Israel to cross "a red line" in Gaza and attack "the headquarters of the Qatar Council for the Rebuilding of Gaza" (Al Sharq, Qatar, November 15, 2023)
American dollars are bombs dropped on Gaza (Alaraby.co.uk, October 28, 2023)
“American dollars fund the war in Gaza” (Alaraby.co.uk, December 16, 2023)
"The American support for the Israeli operation in Gaza” (Al-Quds Al-Arabi, London, November 10, 2023)
"The American support" for Israel (Al-Quds Al-Arabi, London, November 15, 2023)
"The U.S. State Department [Biden]," seeing through Israeli eyes: "We see no evidence of Israeli attacks on civilians" (Al-Sharq, Qatar, December 6, 2023)
Biden behind a pile of corpses: "There is no evidence of Israeli attacks on civilians!!” (Al-Watan, Qatar, December 8, 2023)
"U.S. statements on the war in Gaza” is a clown act (Al-Watan, Qatar, December 31, 2023)
In the name of "the war on terror:" whoever doesn't bow to the U.S. is shot (Alaraby.co.uk, October 19, 2023)
