Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, on Sunday slammed the “anti-Semitic caricature” published by the New York Times on Thursday and called for those responsible for its publication to be fired. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up“The anti-Semitic caricature published by the New York Times is shocking and reminiscent of Nazi propaganda during the Holocaust,” Erdan said. pic.twitter.com/1rl2vXoTB3 — New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) April 27, 2019Israel’s Channel 13 news reported Saturday night that Danny Dayan, Israel’s consul-general in New York, had protested to the newspaper about the cartoon. The cartoon featured Netanyahu and Brazil’s new president Jair Bolsonaro in a hug with their arms held in the shape of a swastika. Similarly, in August of 2018, Israel’s ambassador to Norway complained over a Norwegian daily’s use of a cartoon of Netanyahu, which he criticized as anti-Semitic.

Source: International New York Times April 28, 2019 08:50 UTC