“Nosvinyahu is on his way to Rafah.” Newspaper accused of anti-Semitism

And show Cartoon drawing Published by La Presse, a French-language digital newspaper, Netanyahu With spiked ears and claws, he stands in a long coat on a sailing ship in an image reminiscent of the vampire in the 1922 film “Nosferatu.”

Under the drawing, she wrote: “Nosvinyahu is on his way to… Rafah“.

The cartoon is based on the 1922 film Nosferatu

The tropes were anti-Semitic, including the ones he used NazisHe likened the Jews to vampires. The newspaper’s editor-in-chief apologized and said that the cartoon was intended to criticize the Israeli government and not the Jewish people.

Concerns have risen in Canada and around the world about… The war in Gazaincluding a planned Israeli attack on the city of Rafah, which Netanyahu pledged to eliminate agitation In response to the unprecedented attack launched by its members on October 7 against Israel.

Canadian politicians, Jewish leaders and others criticized the cartoon, including the prime minister Justin Trudeau Which he described as “disgusting”.

“Insinuations of anti-Semitism and repeating similar tropes are unacceptable,” Trudeau said.

Several Canadian ministers also criticized the cartoon as “outrageous” and warned that it threatened to heighten already high tensions in Canada regarding the war in Gaza.

By midday, the cartoon had been removed and La Presse issued an apology.

Its editor-in-chief, Stephanie Grammon, said the cartoon was intended to… Criticism of the Israeli government “Not the Jewish people,” she said, adding, “It was never our intention to promote anti-Semitism or offensive stereotypes.”