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Israel organises counter-cartoon contest

Friday February 17th 2006, 12:04 pm
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An Israeli cartoonist is organising a cartoon competition inviting Jews all over the world to lampoon themselves to ridicule a rival Iranian contest intended to belittle the Nazi Holocaust. ‘Our response to violence, bad taste and mediocrity is self-derision and black humour,’ said independent cartoonist Amitai Sandarovich, who is organising the competition that opened on Tuesday. ‘I believe Jews are best placed to laugh at themselves,’ he said, adding: ‘No Iranian can compete with us on that.’ The competition, for Jewish entrants only, remains open until March 3 on the Internet site www.boomka.org. The best entries will be exhibited in Tel Aviv and awarded prizes. Early submissions have already been applauded by avid fans who are ‘proud to belong to a people for whom humor is always a haven’, Sandarovich says . One entry shows Moses coming down from Mount Sinai with the 10 commandments. ‘Eleventh commandment: control the international media,’ says the caption. (Middle East Times,February 17, 2006)

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