"The cartoon plays on classic anti-Semitic tropes about Jews covertly controlling events, in this case the decision to launch the war in Iran, and using financial exploitation to do so."
"The exaggeration of Netanyahu's nose in a grotesque, caricatured style plays on age-old efforts to dehumanize Jews."
"We removed a cartoon by independent cartoonist Sean Delonas from this week's gallery after weighing comments from readers that it did not meet our standards."
Politico removed a cartoon by Sean Delonas that depicted President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in a controversial manner. The cartoon featured them in blood-covered prayer shawls on a ship with a moneybag overhead. It included caricatures of Republican lawmakers and was criticized for perpetuating antisemitic tropes about Jewish control and financial exploitation. The decision to delete the cartoon followed backlash from readers and was made after the Washington Free Beacon reported on the issue.
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