French newspaper criticised over cartoon mocking starving Palestinians
The French daily newspaper Liberation has come under fire for publishing a cartoon that mocks fasting Palestinians in Gaza searching for food.
The cartoon by artist Corinne Rey depicts an emaciated Palestinian man chasing after rats and cockroaches amid rubble and destroyed buildings. A woman in the cartoon slaps his hands and admonishes him, stating: "Not before sunset."
It was shared on X on Monday, with the caption: "Ramadan in Gaza," referring to the Muslim holy month during which worshippers abstain from all forms of food and drink during the daylight hours.
Social media users slammed the illustration as “racist”, “dehumanising” and a “nauseating” example of public expression, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face starvation due to Israel's prevention of aid into the war-battered enclave.
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