Joel Kontinen
Moloch was a Caananite deity associated with child sacrifices. Recently, the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung used a cartoon describing this idol as an illustration in a review of a book by Peter Beinart, a liberal Jewish American commentator.
The cartoon was accompanied by a text that stated (as translated from German):
“Germany is serving. For decades now, Israel has been given weapons, and partly free of charge. Israel’s enemies think it is a ravenous Moloch. Peter Beinart deplores this situation.”
The paper deplored that it used this cartoon, but the damage has already been done.
Source:
Plosker, Simon. 2013. Anti-Semitism in German Daily: Israel as a Ravenous Monster. Honest Reporting (July 3).
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