Why Cucking Doesn’t Work: The Case of the Süddeutsche Zeitung
In 2018 I covered the case of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Whose in-house cartoonist Dieter Hanitzsch had been accused by jewish organisations around the world of anti-Semitism for a cartoon parodying the use of Israeli singer Netta Barzilai’s surprise win in the Eurovision song contest by the state of Israel to promote Hasbara talking points.
The Süddeutsche Zeitung has previously been accused of ‘anti-Semitism’ for Hanitzsch’s anti-Zionist cartoons by international jewish organisations in – for example - February 2014 (1) and January 2016. (2) The present accusation is little different from this, (3) but what has changed is the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s bowing the jewish pressure and firing Hanitzsch.
To quote the Jerusalem Post:
‘German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said it had ended its decades-long collaboration with cartoonist Dieter Hanitzsch after he depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu using "anti-Semitic cliches."
Editor-in-chief Wolfgang Krach said publishing the cartoon, carried in the May 15 issue of the daily, was a mistake and he apologized to readers.
Krach later said the cartoon used "anti-Semitic cliches" when it showed Netanyahu in the attire of Israeli Eurovision entrant Netta Barzilai, who won the 2018 contest on Saturday.
Holding a rocket with the Star of David on it in one hand and a microphone in the other, Netanyahu is shown in the cartoon saying: "Next year in Jerusalem."
The 85-year-old cartoonist said he wanted to criticize Netanyahu's exploitation of the Eurovision contest for his own purposes and accused Netanyahu of abusing the singer's victory.
Netanyahu used the phrase, the toast traditionally given each year during the Jewish festival of Passover, in a congratulatory tweet. "You brought a lot of respect to the State of Israel," he wrote. "Next year in Jerusalem!"
It attracted even greater attention in the context of the relocation of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem that weekend. Many of Netanyahu's supporters celebrated the move, a break with decades of US Middle East policy, as a triumph for the right-winger.
Publication of the cartoon also came just a day after Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinians during protests on the Gaza border, drawing strong criticism from many countries.
Hanitzsch told German broadcaster RND on Thursday that he found Netanyahu's phrase "problematic ... It really does not help to pour even more oil onto the fire."
But Sueddeutsche Zeitung editor-in-chief Krach told the same broadcaster that he saw the cartoon as anti-Semitic and that the newspaper had ended its relationship with the cartoonist.
Hanitzsch told German online news provider t-online.de he had been unfairly treated. He said the newspaper's editors had approved a draft he submitted before they commissioned the cartoon, and then welcomed the final product.
"I didn't sneak the drawing into print," he said.
The German Press Council launched an inquiry to determine whether the cartoon was antisemitic after readers had complained that the image "reminded them of the anti-Semitic language of Nazi times," the council's spokeswoman told Reuters.’ (4)
I don’t know why the Süddeutsche Zeitung thought they would get away with just firing Hanitzsch and then that would be that. Since now they have set both the precedent for dealing with allegations of so-called ‘anti-Semitism’ made against them by both the domestic and international jewish community. In addition to establishing the anticipated actions that should be taken by the newspaper in response to such charges and given themselves an ‘admitted track record’ of ‘anti-Semitism’.
In other words, the Süddeutsche Zeitung has effectively neutered itself on the subject of jews, Judaism as well as Israel.
That is the price of cucking: the complete loss of your right to criticise anything remotely jewish or related to jews.
References
(1) http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/german-cartoon-jewish-tycoon-octopus-branded-anti-semitic/ ; https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/anti-semitic-zuckerberg-cartoon_n_4849907
(2) https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/German-newspaper-uses-Nazi-language-to-blame-Israel-for-Palestinian-terrorism-443314
(3) For an illustrative example of the type of articles t https://www.wpxi.com/news/world/german-papers-netanyahu-cartoon-criticized-as-antisemitic/750960811
(4) https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Antisemitism/German-daily-drops-cartoonist-after-antisemitic-Netanyahu-drawing-557818