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Spain: Jews Above International Law

Referring back to early Nazi propaganda, this cartoon implies that Jews, and the state of Israel, are exempt from international law. The bionic hand hints at mass destruction as justified by religion-- without regards to humanity. Similar ideas were spread in the 1938 German children’s book Der Giftpilz, which consistently described the Jews as devilish monsters who lie and cheat because their religious texts encouraged them to do so.

The graphic appeared in leading Spanish newspaper El Pais and reads “international law does not appear in the Bible.”