The race for the democratic nomination is heating up with four candidates emerging as the front runners to take on President Trump in 2020. The New York Times has issued an apology over an offensive cartoon the publication ran in its international edition on April 25, which was later pulled because of its “anti-Semitic tropes”. The cartoon, showing the Israeli prime minister personified as a sausage dog wearing a Star of David on its collar leading President Donald Trump wearing a black suit, black sunglasses and yarmulke on his head, has been slammed for its anti-Semitic undertones, reports Newsweek. It was provided by The New York Times News and Service Syndicate, which has since deleted it.”An Editors' Note to appear in Monday’s international edition. pic.twitter.com/1rl2vXoTB3 — New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) 27 April 2019Donald Trump Jr. weighed in on the situation ripping the New York Times over the ‘flagrant anti-Semitism’ in the cartoon.

Source: International New York Times April 28, 2019 00:00 UTC