A Tel Aviv Court acquitted poet Gregory Trestman and newspaper editor Sergey Podrazhanksy of charges of racist incitement. The investigation and trial, which took almost three years, followed the publication of tasteless but innocent political verses which decried the Arab birth rate in Israel.
The poet had the bad luck to publish his opus during the scandal over the Mohammed cartoons, and the leftist Israeli Attorney General decided to prosecute him, just in case.
The trial was not a slam-dunk affair: a few years ago a Jewish girl, Tanya Soskina, was sentenced in Israel to three years in jail for drawing a Mohammed cartoon.
Kangaroo court cartoon is something really serious because it’s well-known that censorship in Israel functions efficiently. That’s why when drawing this kangaroo court cartoon the author should have to think twice.
Jordan nuclear plant is actually a more interesting issue for Israelis to discuss because of its consequences than this cartoon.