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Hamas apologizes for Jew-rapes-West Bank cartoon as cartoon depicts woman unwilling to fight the Jew

"[Hamas] Media agency Al-Risala published a clarification regarding the cartoon tweeted from its twitter account... [Hamas Media agency] Al-Risala emphasized that the cartoon and the cartoonist who drew it are not associated with the agency, and that an apology was tweeted immediately after by the same account."
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Note: On Jul. 31, 2015, Hamas tweeted a cartoon that was critical of Fatah and the PA, depicting a Jew raping a woman, representing the West Bank, and murdering children while a PA soldier stands by idly. The cartoon outraged the PA and generated anger in the Palestinian street. Hamas was forced to remove the cartoon from its twitter account and apologize, while the cartoonist, Baha Yassin removed the cartoon from his Facebook page and replaced it with amodified version.

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