Editing Gerald Scarfe (section)

===Netanyahu cartoon===
In its edition of 27 January 2013 (Britain's [[Holocaust Memorial Day (UK)|Holocaust Memorial Day]]), London's ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]'' published a [https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2013/01/TIMES-CARTOON.jpg cartoon] by Scarfe depicting Israel's Prime Minister [[Binyamin Netanyahu|Benjamin Netanyahu]] paving a wall with the blood and bodies of [[Palestinians]], captioned "Israeli elections—will cementing peace continue?"<ref>{{Cite news|title='Sunday Times' mocks Holocaust with Israel cartoon|author=JPost.com staff|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=27 January 2013|url=http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=301129|access-date=26 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202123101/http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=301129|archive-date=2 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The cartoon's timing and content was criticised by groups including the [[European Jewish Congress]] and the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]], with accusations of [[antisemitism]] leveled against Scarfe.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/01/27/3117916/offensive-anti-israel-cartoon-in-londons-sunday-times-called-blood-libel |title=Offensive anti-Israel cartoon in London's Sunday Times called blood libel |publisher=JTA |date=7 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131005541/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/01/27/3117916/offensive-anti-israel-cartoon-in-londons-sunday-times-called-blood-libel |archive-date=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4337679,00.html|title=Cartoon continues to stir controversy|publisher=ynetnews|access-date=7 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826133114/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4337679,00.html|archive-date=26 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Unaware the cartoon would appear on [[Holocaust Memorial Day]],<ref>Jennifer Lipman [http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/101023/scarfe-regrets-timing-sunday-times-netanyahu-cartoon "Scarfe "regrets timing" of Sunday Times Netanyahu cartoon"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131120643/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/101023/scarfe-regrets-timing-sunday-times-netanyahu-cartoon |date=31 January 2013 }}, ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 28 January 2013.</ref> Scarfe argued that the cartoon was clearly aimed specifically at Netanyahu and his policies, and were in response to his election, rather than being related to Holocaust Memorial Day.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/four-reasons-why-u-k-cartoon-of-netanyahu-isn-t-anti-semitic-in-any-way.premium-1.496880|title=Four reasons why UK cartoon of Netanyahu isn't anti-semitic in any way|newspaper=Ha’aretz|first=Anshel|last=Pfeffer|date=2013-01-28|access-date=28 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128223050/http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/four-reasons-why-u-k-cartoon-of-netanyahu-isn-t-anti-semitic-in-any-way.premium-1.496880|archive-date=28 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/outcry-over-uk-papers-cartoon-showing-bloody-israeli-oppression|title=Outcry over UK paper's cartoon showing bloody Israeli oppression|newspaper=The Times of Israel|access-date=28 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130090744/http://www.timesofisrael.com/outcry-over-uk-papers-cartoon-showing-bloody-israeli-oppression/|archive-date=30 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The newspaper's proprietor, [[Rupert Murdoch]], apologised for the cartoon on [[Twitter]], and acting editor [[Martin Ivens]] promised to be more vigilant in future.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21239917 "Rupert Murdoch apologises over Gerald Scarfe cartoon"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825090603/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21239917 |date=25 August 2018 }}, BBC News, 29 January 2013.</ref>

The cartoon was published in the Israeli newspaper ''[[Haaretz]]'', where [[Anshel Pfeffer]] discusses the cartoon in great detail, giving four reasons why, in his opinion, the cartoon is not antisemitic.<ref>Mark Gardner and Anshel Pfeffer [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/29/is-the-sunday-times-cartoon-antisemitic "Is the Sunday Times cartoon antisemitic?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126100209/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/29/is-the-sunday-times-cartoon-antisemitic |date=26 November 2016 }}, ''The Guardian'', 29 January 2013. The citation featured a reprint of the ''Haaretz'' article by Pfeffer, which is only available via subscription on the original site.</ref> Writer [[Howard Jacobson]] claimed the cartoon was not antisemitic.<ref>Howard Jacobson. [https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-dont-care-for-scarfes-cartoon--or-political-cartoons-generally-but-i-dont-find-it-antisemitic-8477751.html "I don't care for Scarfe's cartoon but..."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926001229/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-dont-care-for-scarfes-cartoon--or-political-cartoons-generally-but-i-dont-find-it-antisemitic-8477751.html |date=26 September 2015 }}, ''The Independent'', 1 February 2013.</ref> British Chief Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks|Lord Sacks]] condemned the cartoon.<ref>[http://www.chiefrabbi.org/2013/01/29/statement-on-the-gerald-scarfe-cartoon-in-the-sunday-times British Chief Rabbi condemns Scarfe cartoon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201040259/http://www.chiefrabbi.org/2013/01/29/statement-on-the-gerald-scarfe-cartoon-in-the-sunday-times/ |date=1 February 2013 }}, 29 January 2013; accessed 7 June 2014.</ref>