Palestinian cartoonist criticizes Hamas
"The readers of al-Quds, the leading Palestinian newspaper, opened the opinion pages this month to a jarring sight. In the editorial cartoon, once the daily forum for a sharp jab at the Israeli occupation, appeared two bushy-bearded Hamas officials clutching suitcases full of cash.
Smuggling money into the Gaza Strip has been the preferred way of getting funds to the Hamas-led government during the months-long international economic boycott of the Palestinian Authority. But the cartoon suggested that the Islamic movement, then in talks with the rival Fatah party to form a power-sharing government, was using the cash in less public-spirited ways.
. . . For Khalil Abu Arafeh, the cartoon's slight, bespectacled artist, the work amounts to a subversive, even dangerous critique of Palestinian political life.
. . . Abu Arafeh has learned to take abuse, even from those close to him. Attending a hearing in an Israeli military court a few months ago for his brother and other jailed Hamas officials, he was jeered by the very men he had come to support. He recalled with a nervous laugh, 'They started shouting at me, then their families started shouting at me. It was very embarrassing.' "
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The Washington Post. Subversive Palestinian Cartoons Reflect New Political Introspection. December 17, 2006.
posted: tuesday, december 19, 2006, 11:36 AM ET
palestine cartoon hamas Khalil Abu Arafeh al-Quds
Smuggling money into the Gaza Strip has been the preferred way of getting funds to the Hamas-led government during the months-long international economic boycott of the Palestinian Authority. But the cartoon suggested that the Islamic movement, then in talks with the rival Fatah party to form a power-sharing government, was using the cash in less public-spirited ways.
. . . For Khalil Abu Arafeh, the cartoon's slight, bespectacled artist, the work amounts to a subversive, even dangerous critique of Palestinian political life.
. . . Abu Arafeh has learned to take abuse, even from those close to him. Attending a hearing in an Israeli military court a few months ago for his brother and other jailed Hamas officials, he was jeered by the very men he had come to support. He recalled with a nervous laugh, 'They started shouting at me, then their families started shouting at me. It was very embarrassing.' "
source
The Washington Post. Subversive Palestinian Cartoons Reflect New Political Introspection. December 17, 2006.
posted: tuesday, december 19, 2006, 11:36 AM ET
palestine cartoon hamas Khalil Abu Arafeh al-Quds
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