The New York Times has issued a statement calling it an "error of judgment" to publish an anti-Semitic cartoon in its international paper on April 25, which depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a guide dog for a blind President Trump.
2. Here’s the anti-Semitic cartoon that the NYT published pic.twitter.com/ucLCLIyTgJ
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 27, 2019
Background: The cartoon was published alongside an opinion piece from Thomas Friedman titled "A sad waste on immigration."
The New York Times' statement:
An Editors' Note to appear in Monday’s international edition. pic.twitter.com/1rl2vXoTB3
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) April 27, 2019
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