>It is not the first time Bell has been accused of using antisemitic imagery.
> A 2020 drawing featuring Sir Keir Starmer holding Jeremy Corbyn’s head on a plate was interpreted by some as a reference to the head of John the Baptist, which was presented to Salome, the daughter of the Jewish King Herod.
> In the same year, senior Conservative MP Sajid Javid tweeted that Bell’s cartoon – depicting former Home Secretary Priti Patel and ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson as bulls with rings through their noses – was “incredibly offensive”.
> Mr Javid said it was “reminiscent of antisemitic cartoons from the last century,” adding the Guardian “should know better”.
> The Guardian also apologised earlier this year after a cartoon depicting BBC chairman Richard Sharp was criticised as antisemitic.
> Martin Rowson, the artist who drew it, also apologised.
It seems The Guardian are starting to build something of a reputation for themselves.
Not sure I really understand why that image was supposed to be anti semitic, but if they’ve sacked him for being fucking tedious I’m all for it.
Though he’s been fucking tedious for about 30 years so, why wait til now.
Aww that’s a pity – I always loved shrieking with sidesplitting laughter at Bell’s ever hilarious cartoons. Most people wouldn’t be intelligent enough to get the jokes (e.g. why a penguin saying “GRRRR! I aint fookin Stoke on Trent, SEE?!”) but luckily I always was. Always.
I never got Steve Bell’s cartoons. I don’t think there’s too much to the antisemitism angle of this story but if this means the Guardian is finally bringing in a new cartoonist then thank goodness.
I don’t think the fact that some people don’t like or understand his cartoons is the issue here tbh. It seems to me that if you want to silence someone these days, all you need to do is imply anti-semitism on the loosest pretext. Interesting how the right-wing free speech warriors have suddenly gone quiet on this issue.
Ngl I don’t see how it’s antisemitic. Anti-Netanyahu but not antisemitic
The king of the political cartoon is Matt. Consistently pointed, being wry and ironic.
Hey you know when the guardian start sacking people for this type of thing we should really start asking ourselves what kind of society we’ve sleep walked into.
Disagreeing with Israel makes you antisemitic in the eyes of the British establishment. Israel thinks this will stop people disagreeing with them, but I fear it’ll just stop people caring about actual antisemitism.
Bell got in trouble for his Patel as a bull cartoon.
The guardian got in trouble for a cartoon with Richard Sharp and Goldman Sachs.
They have every reason to be tetchy and get rid.
Ahhh look! Another instance of people on the left doing things that could be interpreted as anti semitic, and other people on the left jumping to explain why it’s NOT anti-semitic – Despite the fact it ticks every other box that people use to define racism towards any other ethnicity, religon or culture.
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From the article.
>It is not the first time Bell has been accused of using antisemitic imagery.
> A 2020 drawing featuring Sir Keir Starmer holding Jeremy Corbyn’s head on a plate was interpreted by some as a reference to the head of John the Baptist, which was presented to Salome, the daughter of the Jewish King Herod.
> In the same year, senior Conservative MP Sajid Javid tweeted that Bell’s cartoon – depicting former Home Secretary Priti Patel and ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson as bulls with rings through their noses – was “incredibly offensive”.
> Mr Javid said it was “reminiscent of antisemitic cartoons from the last century,” adding the Guardian “should know better”.
> The Guardian also apologised earlier this year after a cartoon depicting BBC chairman Richard Sharp was criticised as antisemitic.
> Martin Rowson, the artist who drew it, also apologised.
It seems The Guardian are starting to build something of a reputation for themselves.
Not sure I really understand why that image was supposed to be anti semitic, but if they’ve sacked him for being fucking tedious I’m all for it.
Though he’s been fucking tedious for about 30 years so, why wait til now.
Aww that’s a pity – I always loved shrieking with sidesplitting laughter at Bell’s ever hilarious cartoons. Most people wouldn’t be intelligent enough to get the jokes (e.g. why a penguin saying “GRRRR! I aint fookin Stoke on Trent, SEE?!”) but luckily I always was. Always.
I never got Steve Bell’s cartoons. I don’t think there’s too much to the antisemitism angle of this story but if this means the Guardian is finally bringing in a new cartoonist then thank goodness.
I don’t think the fact that some people don’t like or understand his cartoons is the issue here tbh. It seems to me that if you want to silence someone these days, all you need to do is imply anti-semitism on the loosest pretext. Interesting how the right-wing free speech warriors have suddenly gone quiet on this issue.
Ngl I don’t see how it’s antisemitic. Anti-Netanyahu but not antisemitic
The king of the political cartoon is Matt. Consistently pointed, being wry and ironic.
Hey you know when the guardian start sacking people for this type of thing we should really start asking ourselves what kind of society we’ve sleep walked into.
Disagreeing with Israel makes you antisemitic in the eyes of the British establishment. Israel thinks this will stop people disagreeing with them, but I fear it’ll just stop people caring about actual antisemitism.
[Photo in question](https://images.lbc.co.uk/images/609911?crop=16_9&width=660&relax=1&format=webp&signature=mjIc4_dlgFyx-fBbDePGK2fE1q4=)
Bell got in trouble for his Patel as a bull cartoon.
The guardian got in trouble for a cartoon with Richard Sharp and Goldman Sachs.
They have every reason to be tetchy and get rid.
Ahhh look! Another instance of people on the left doing things that could be interpreted as anti semitic, and other people on the left jumping to explain why it’s NOT anti-semitic – Despite the fact it ticks every other box that people use to define racism towards any other ethnicity, religon or culture.