Syria Bad, Israel Badder?

Today's cartoon is a simple statement of fact. * * * BTW, have you noticed that they've stopped calling it Arab Spring?

Journalism (2004)

June 14, 2004 Today's Golden Oldie is from 2004. We are witnessing in Syria today a a war between the Alawites and the Sunnis. But ...

Israeli Arab Students

When I heard the news about the on-campus anti Israel demonstration/ceremonies at Tel Aviv University, I immediately drew two cartoons. To...

Syrian News

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency: Local, Arab and International Condemnations of Terrorist Bombings Continue DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Ma...

Obama and the Israelis

According to the Christian Science Monitor: Shimon Peres: a dovish voice in Obama's ear Israeli President Shimon Peres meets with Pr...

War in Syria

Russia and China are being demonized in the West for not signing on to a one-sided UN condemnation ...against the Iran-backed Assad forces...

Syria (1982)

February 12, 1982 Today's Golden Oldie is from 30 years ago this month. February 1982. What was going on? Syrian President Assad's ...

Assad the Alawite

Assad is not "killing his own people"! What is really going on in Syria is a war between the ruling Alawites (a kind of offshoot s...

Choosing Sides

So when they choose sides, why is it that the one they never pick is Israel?

Poker

I don't play poker. I don't know how to play poker. I never learned to play poker. Somewhere in Israel's defense and intellige...

Good News Bad News (1996)

December 02, 1996 Today's Golden Oldie is from December 1996. Fifteen years ago this month. I've always had two weaknesses. One is...

Is Syria Nato's Next?

Is NATO going to do it again? Is Syria NATO's next target? Here's the view from Iran. According to the Tehran Times: "Russia ...

the Syrian Army

It continues to look like the West refuses to recognize that there is a religious war currently gripping the world ...and that refusal to se...

Roundup Time

The Arabs have never been able to establish a coherent civilization uniting the lands of the Syrians, Phoenicians, Iraqis, Egyptians, Berbe...

Simple Truth

I like to do cartoons about specific events or news items. Our Prime Minister will be speaking at the UN today. I suppose he'll try to ...

Social Justice (1998)

Today's cartoon is from 1998. Back then there was a student strike. I posted this cartoon because of the current wave of demonstrations...

U.S. Policy

America's current policy in the Middle East and North Africa is a confusing mess. Of course in a few years, the historians will explain ...

Ask the Expert

As a political cartoonist I'm supposed to present my explanation of current events. The problem is that trying to explain the motives b...

Back in the Neighborhood

I'm back in the neighborhood. For me that's the Middle East. Part of the difficulty about being in America was seeing how the U.S. ...

Just Not News

The stories this week that you may not have seen: Reuters: Israel seizes ship carrying Iranian weapons to Gaza JERUSALEM (Reuters) – ...