PA expresses outrage via antisemitic cartoon after Israeli Arab Parliament Member Mansour Abbas declares that Israel is a "Jewish state"
Cartoon published in the official PA daily
Text on cartoon: “[Israeli Arab Parliament Member] Mansour Abbas”
The cartoon shows a depiction of Israeli Arab Parliament Member Mansour Abbas’ head inside a Star of David; Abbas has massive pointy ears and a pointy kippah (Jewish skullcap) on his head, which form the upper three points of the Star of David.
The cartoon refers to Abbas’ statements that Israel is a Jewish state – see note below.
At the Globes Israel Business Conference on Dec. 21, 2021, Israeli Arab Parliament Member Mansour Abbas said: "The State of Israel was born as a Jewish state. This is the people’s decision, and the question is not what the identity of the state is – it was born like this and thus it will remain… I protested the [Jewish] Nation-State Law and I do not want to deceive anyone. The question is what the status of the Arab citizen in the Jewish State of Israel is. That is the question.”