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	Since the end of 2010, he has been consistently engaged in producing cartoons about the ] in which he openly sided with the revolutionaries. After the victory of revolutions in ], ] and ] his cartoons about these countries have focused on the menace of ] or ]. Some of his cartoons have been displayed in mass demonstrations in Arab countries.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Grudgings \|first=Stuart \|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/29/us-brazil-cartoonist-mideast-idUSTRE77S3IW20110829 \|title=Rio cartoonist inspires Arab rebellions from afar \|publisher=Reuters.com \|date= 2011-08-29\|accessdate=2013-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://twicsy.com/i/QsLSL \|title=Latuff's cartoon displayed in Tahrir Square \|publisher=Twicsy.com \|date=2011-08-01 \|accessdate=2013-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.arabawy.org/2011/07/16/no-military-tribunals-2/ \|title=Stop military tribunals \|publisher=Arabawy.org \|date= \|accessdate=2013-01-25}}</ref>		Since the end of 2010, he has been consistently engaged in producing cartoons about the ] in which he openly sided with the revolutionaries. After the victory of revolutions in ], ] and ] his cartoons about these countries have focused on the menace of ] or ]. Some of his cartoons have been displayed in mass demonstrations in Arab countries.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Grudgings \|first=Stuart \|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/29/us-brazil-cartoonist-mideast-idUSTRE77S3IW20110829 \|title=Rio cartoonist inspires Arab rebellions from afar \|publisher=Reuters.com \|date= 2011-08-29\|accessdate=2013-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://twicsy.com/i/QsLSL \|title=Latuff's cartoon displayed in Tahrir Square \|publisher=Twicsy.com \|date=2011-08-01 \|accessdate=2013-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.arabawy.org/2011/07/16/no-military-tribunals-2/ \|title=Stop military tribunals \|publisher=Arabawy.org \|date= \|accessdate=2013-01-25}}</ref>

	== Alleged antisemitism ==
	{{NPOV\|section\|date=May 2014}}
	]" has been featured in children's ] education in ].<ref>Report: Anti-Semitism Keystone of Belgian School Curriculum, September 18, 2013 8:35, http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/09/18/report-anti-semitism-keystone-of-belgian-school-curriculum/</ref> ]]
	The notability of Latuff and his cartoons has drawn criticism from individuals and organizations, especially in the form of accusations of ].

	His works were criticized by a writer for the Institute for Global Jewish Affairs, part of the ] (an Israeli ]), for allegedly containing antisemitism and antisemitic motifs.<ref name="Anti-Israelism, Jewish Studies">{{cite web\|author=Adam Levick, September 2, 2010 \|url=http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=3&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=624&PID=0&IID=4636&TTL=Antisemitic_Cartoons_on_Progressive_Blogs \|title=Anti-Semitic Cartoons on Progressive Blogs Adam Levick \|publisher=Jcpa.org \|date=2010-09-02 \|accessdate=2013-01-25}}</ref>

	In 2002 the ]-based ] organization ] sued the ] of Switzerland on the charge of ] for publishing Latuff's cartoon titled ''We are all Palestinians'' series in their website, which depicted a Jewish boy in the ] saying: "I am Palestinian."<ref>Alex Schärer: , ''Die Wochenzeitung'', April 4, 2002</ref><ref>]: , February 25, 2002</ref><ref>Aktion Kinder des Holocaust: </ref> The criminal proceedings were suspended by Swiss court.<ref name = Redress>{{cite web \| url = http://www.redress.btinternet.co.uk/ahamadeh2.htm \| title = Jewish peace activists and Israeli violence \|date=August 2002 \| first = Anis \| last = Hamadeh \| accessdate = 2007-09-21 }}{{dead link\|date=November 2012\|bot=Legobot}}</ref>

	In their 2003 Annual Report, the ] compared Latuff's cartoons of ] to "the ] caricatures of ] in '']'''s ]."<ref name = "SRI">{{cite web\|url=http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2003-4/general-analysis.htm\|title=General Analysis: Overview\|year=2003\|work=Annual Report\|publisher=]\|accessdate=January 10, 2010}}</ref>
	The SRI also complained over a cartoon showing Argentinian revolutionary ] in a Palestinian ].<ref name = "SRI2">{{cite web
	\| url = http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2003-4/brazil.htm
	\| title = Brazil 2003-2004
	\| year = 2003
	\| work = Country Reports
	\| publisher = ]
	\| accessdate = June 7, 2010
	}}</ref>

	In 2006, Latuff placed second for his cartoon comparing the ] with the ]s, in the ]ian ']'.<ref>, IRANCARTOON International</ref> <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120728040612/http://jcpa.org/article/ahmadinejad-iran-and-holocaust-manipulation-methods-aims-and-reactions/</ref>
	The contest was created in response to the ], under the notion that those who supported the right to ] in matters concerning Islam would be placed in a precarious position were they to condemn cartoons concerning the ].
	Latuff's entry was described as "Holocaust inversion," a "motif" of antisemitism, by ].<ref>]: , '']'', February 1, 2007</ref>

	Joel Kotek, a professor at Belgium’s ], in his book ''Cartoons and Extremism''<ref>Cartoons and Extremism: Israel and the Jews in Arab and Western Media By Joel Kotek Vallentine Mitchell, 201 pages</ref> calls Latuff “the contemporary ] of the internet.” (Edouard Drumont was the founder of the French ] and the publisher of ''La Libre Parole'',<ref>]</ref> a magazine that printed numerous classically antisemitic cartoons during the years of the ]).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/14746/ \|title=Simple, Offensive and Out There Extreme Cartoons Distort Israel and the Jews By Eddy Portnoy \|publisher=Forward.com \|date= \|accessdate=2013-01-25}}</ref>

	=== Latuff's response to allegations of antisemitism ===
	]
	In an interview with the Jewish-American weekly newspaper '']'' in December 2008, Latuff responded to charges of antisemitism and the comparisons made between his cartoons and those published in '']'' in Nazi Germany:<blockquote>
	My cartoons have no focus on the Jews or on Judaism. My focus is Israel as a political entity, as a government, their armed forces being a satellite of U.S. interests in the Middle East, and especially Israeli policies toward the Palestinians. It happens to be Israeli Jews that are the oppressors of Palestinians... My detractors say that the use of the ] in my Israel-related cartoons is irrefutable proof of antisemitism; however, it’s not my fault if Israel chose sacred ]s as ], such as the ] or the ] in killing-machines like ] jets.<ref>
	{{cite web
	\|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/14745/
	\|title=Latuff: Cartoonist in Conversation - Forward.com
	\|publisher=www.forward.com
	\|accessdate=2008-12-21
	\|last=
	\|first=
	}}
	</ref>
	</blockquote>

	Latuff was included in ]'s 2012 Top Ten Anti-Israel/Anti-Semitic Slurs list,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.wiesenthal.com/atf/cf/%7B54d385e6-f1b9-4e9f-8e94-890c3e6dd277%7D/TT_2012_2.PDF\|title=2012 Top Ten Anti-Israel/Anti-Semitic Slurs\|publisher=Simon Wiesenthal Center\|accessdate=2012-12-28}}</ref> which he considered "a joke worthy of a ] movie". He also claimed that Zionist lobbying groups try to associate him with well-known extremists and racists in order to disqualify his ]. According to him, "criticism or even attacks to the polity known as Israel do not mean hatred towards Jews because the Israeli government does not represent the Jewish people just as no government represents the totality of its people". He also pointed out that figures such as ], ] and ] were also accused of being antisemitic, saying that he was "in good company".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://operamundi.uol.com.br/conteudo/noticias/26286/cartunista+brasileiro+esta+no+ranking+dos+dez+mais+antissemitas+do+mundo.shtml\|title=Cartunista brasileiro está no ranking dos "dez mais antissemitas" do mundo\|publisher=Opera Mundi\|accessdate=2012-12-28\|language=Portuguese}}</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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Carlos Latuff
Carlos Latuff in 2012
Born	Carlos Latuff (1968-11-30) November 30, 1968 (age 56) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Known for	Political cartoons, Social commentary
Movement	Anti-globalization, anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism, anti-racism, anti-fascism, anti-Americanism, anti-Zionism, Marxism, socialism, feminism, indigenous rights

Carlos Latuff (born November 30, 1968) is an Arab Brazilian freelance political cartoonist. His works deal with an array of themes, including anti-Zionism, anti-globalization, anti-capitalism, and anti-U.S. military intervention. He is best known for his images depicting the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and, more recently, the Arab Spring events. Latuff himself has described his work as controversial. Latuff's cartoons, often those comparing Israel with Nazi Germany during the Holocaust, have repeatedly been called antisemitic.

Early life

Latuff was born in São Cristóvão (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil, and is of Lebanese ancestry; in his own words he said he has "Arab roots".

Published works

Latuff's works have been posted mostly by himself on Indymedia websites and private blogs. However, some of them have been picked up and featured in magazines such as the Brazilian edition of Mad, Le Monde Diplomatique and the The Toronto Star. In addition, a few of his works were published on Arab websites and publications such as the Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance (JAMI) magazine, the Saudi magazine Character, the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar, among others.

Themes

A vast number of Latuff's cartoons are related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which according to Latuff : "became important to Latuff after he visited the area in the late 1990s." These cartoons are heavily critical of Israel and have drawn criticism and allegations of uninhibited utilization of "judeophobic stereotypes in the service of the anti-globalisation movement."

In his We are all Palestinians (Template:Lang-ar) cartoon series, various famous oppressed groups, including Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, Black South Africans during Apartheid, Native Americans, and Tibetans in China, are all shown stating "I am Palestinian."

Latuff has also made a series of cartoons that portray Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, United States President George W. Bush, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and British PM Tony Blair among other politicians as monsters and as Nazis.

Latuff is also critical of US military action in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has made promotional cartoons for anti-US militancy as well as cartoons alleging US actions have been motivated by the chance of making profit from oil. Among the cartoons, there are also some that portray US soldiers as severely wounded, dead, or paraplegic or as harming Iraqi civilians.

In his comic series Tales of Iraq War (Template:Lang-ar) he portrays "Juba, the Baghdad sniper", an Iraqi insurgency character claimed to have shot down several dozen US soldiers, as a "superhero". He has also made a caricature of US President George W. Bush laughing over US casualties.

Since the end of 2010, he has been consistently engaged in producing cartoons about the Arab Spring in which he openly sided with the revolutionaries. After the victory of revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya his cartoons about these countries have focused on the menace of counter-revolution or Western interference. Some of his cartoons have been displayed in mass demonstrations in Arab countries.

Gallery

Latuff equating Gaza with a Nazi Ghetto and Israeli soldiers as SS soldiers
"GazaGhetto" equates Israeli soldiers with Nazi troops during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Creation of a suicide bomber
Latuff's cartoons are often used in protests. This demonstration was against Folha de S. Paulo's usage of the term "ditabranda" to describe the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985)
'Global Intifada' by Latuff shows a 'global persona' wearing a Keffiyeh, making the V (victory) sign with the left hand and holding a slingshot in the right hand, in front the Palestinian flag
'Uncle Sam wants you DEAD!' by Latuff shows Adolf Hitler with Uncle Sam's top-hat (representing the United States) and a Nazi swastika atop it
'Just following orders' by Carlos Latuff shows Nazi SS members compared to Israeli soldiers described as "born to kill". Text in the shape of a Nazi swastika says: "Israeli soldiers are just following orders"
A 2002 cartoon by Latuff depicting Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh
A 2003 cartoon by Latuff depicting Che Guevara wearing a Jewish Kippah.
Israeli Palestinian sides
Picture "forgiveness", depicts the reconcilement of a Jew and an Arab Palestinian.
A poster for Saudi Arabia's #women2drive Movement.
SCAF being the Judge, jury and executioner.
Superman killed in action in Iraq
Bashar al-Assad seated on top of a volcano called Syria.
War in Afghanistan
SCAF hypnotizing
The Great Satan
IsraHell, Burning Buses