GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Cartoons have long been a tool in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, with Palestinian artists picking up their pens in the 1960s. Naji al-Ali, a bold, iconic Palestinian satirist who spared no one and nothing, including Israel and the United States, was assassinated in 1987. Today, several of Ali's fans carry on his tradition, using ink to criticize Israel and its policies toward the Palestinians.
Ismael Elbozom’s drawings highlight the suffering of Palestinian mothers and the seeming indifference of the international community toward the Palestinians. He recently produced cartoons on the Great Return March held this spring in Gaza, including one about the killing of 14-year-old Mohammad Ayoub on April 20 by Israeli snipers.
