There is a delicious irony about this whole situation.
Israel’s ambassador to Norway has complained to press regulators about a cartoon showing Israeli PM Ehud Olmert as a Nazi concentration camp commander.
Miryam Shomrat told the BBC the caricature in Oslo’s Dagbladet newspaper went beyond free speech.
Ms Shomrat said it would be open to prosecution in some European countries.
Dagbladet’s editor said the caricature was “within the bounds of freedom of expression,” according to Norway’s NRK state broadcaster.
Ms Shomrat made the official complaint to the Norwegian Press Trade Committee following the publication of the cartoon on 10 July.
**In an interview with the BBC’s Europe Today, she said however that her protest could not be compared to the outcry in the Muslim world over the publication in a Danish newspaper of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. ** :rotfl:
Lars Helle, Dagbladet’s acting editor-in-chief, said the newspaper was taking the complaint seriously.
“But I do not fear that Dagbladet will be found guilty,” Mr Helle told the NRK.
The cartoon shows Mr Olmert standing on a balcony in a prison camp.
He is holding a sniper’s rifle and a dead man is seen lying on the ground.
The drawing clearly alluded to the Hollywood film Schindler’s List, in which a sadistic Nazi commander shoots Jewish prisoners for fun, according to Dagbladet.
Re: Israel complains about Norwegian newspaper cartoon
I dont think they are at all sensitive to muslim sensibilities. I may be sounding like exaggerating here, but ive seen the hatred spewed online in various boards by average folks who cant even pin-point where is Lebanon on the map and it has quite frankly opened my eyes.
Besides, i just wanna see the cartoon, not relish or cherish it in any way.
Re: Israel complains about Norwegian newspaper cartoon
muslims around the world condemned those danish cartoons because they were hateful and how much pain it caused them
and now instead of condemning cartoons and taking a moral stance, you guys are gonna celebrate cartoons depicting jewish people
if you guys are so insensitive to Jewish and Christian caricatures, then why should Jews and Christians be sensitive to muslim sensibilities?
I don't give a crap if anyone depicts a Nazi-like cartoon of Nawaz Sharif, or Benazir Butto (read Political LEADERS) but a Prophet is different domain altogether (I still wouldn't burn KFC or anything like that). I sincerely hope someone sees light someday.
Re: Israel complains about Norwegian newspaper cartoon
*In an interview with the BBC’s Europe Today, she said however that her protest could not be compared to the outcry in the Muslim world over the publication in a Danish newspaper of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.
