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Khalil Bendib
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Introduction
Khalil Bendib, a Berkeley-based Muslim-American artist and cartoonist, has disseminated anti-Semitic English language political cartoons since the 1990s. Like cartoons appearing in newspapers across the Arab world featuring anti-Semitic caricatures and motifs, Bendib's have employed a wide range of classic anti-Semitic images, commentary and ugly stereotypes.
Bendib has portrayed Jews as demonic-looking, crooked-nosed blood-thirsty killers, and Israelis as monolithic, malicious schemers plotting to control the planet. He has perpetuated the blood libel accusation, rehashed Jewish conspiracy theories, trivialized the Holocaust and blamed Israel, Zionists and the American Israel lobby for much of the world's ills.
While some of the cartoons compiled in this collection focus on Israel and are not anti-Semitic, much of Bendib's criticism of Israel is extreme. For example, in his criticism of Israeli policy, Bendib has often recast Israel as Nazi Germany and portrayed Israel as a racist and apartheid state.
Bendib's cartoons have been distributed to over 1,700 newspapers across North America, according to a compilation published in 2007 entitled "Mission Accomplished." His work has been published in several American Muslim and Arab publications, including the Arab American News, the Muslim Observer, Southern California Infocus and the now defunct Minaret. His cartoons have also been included in several anti-Israel advertisements purchased by the Council for the National Interest (CNI) in the New York Times.
Bendib considers himself a left-wing activist and his cartoons have been distributed to various left-wing and alternative media outlets via the Internet. Advertisements for his work claim that his cartoons have appeared in mainstream publications, including USA Today, Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Slideshow: Khalil Bendib’s Cartoons
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Khalil Bendib, a Berkeley-based Muslim-American artist and cartoonist, has disseminated anti-Semitic and anti-Israel English language political cartoons since the 1990s.
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