The Bully's a big cry-baby, or, a taste of his own medicine

Image courtesy of filibustercartoons.com

The first and foremost characteristic of a bully is that he can't take what he dishes out. A bully terrorizes others, but all you have to do is give him a taste of his own medicine, and he comes crying home to mommy. This past week, the world has had the opportunity to meet the world's biggest bully and cry-baby - Ishmael.

Donkey draped in a tallis paraded through the streets of Arafat's Ramallah, 2000

For years, Ishmael has made a mockery of everything sacred to the Jewish people. Don't believe him for a minute that he's "only" anti-Israeli; Israel, Zionism, and Judaism are synonymous to him. No, he doesn't drape the donkey in an Israeli flag, an ugly act that could be excused as political; Ishmael defiles a prayer shawl and tzitzis in his utter hatred of the Jews.

For years, the Ishmaelite media has been using images that would make any Nazi cartoonist green with professional envy. Let's examine a few, courtesy of our very special friends at The Anti-Defamation League:

Restating the nasty old blood libel myth: above, the Egyptians (is this called peace?) portray a jackbooted, bloody-handed Ariel Sharon lusting after the blood of Arab children while crushing peace. The Arabic in the background says "Gaza." Restating the blood libel myth: a jackbooted, bloody-handed Ariel Sharon lusts after the blood of Arab children while crushing peace. The Arabic in the background says "Gaza."

This cartoon from Qatar shows a Jewish devil walking over the skulls of its victims.

This enlightened Bahrain cartoonist shows a classic Nazi-editorial-style "Moishele" stabbing a helpless and innocent Palestinian baby. (Please pass the dramamine...)

Here's how Ishmael justifies terror, anti-semitism, and anti-Americanism: In the cartoon at left, The Jew orders his parrot (with the face of the American president) to repeat: "I hate the Arabs!", and parrot repeats: "I hate the Arabs, I hate the Arabs". Notice how the Jew is portrayed with the long beaked nose, scary and bulging eyes, beard, black hat, payis - antiZionist? No way - anti-Jewish!

In Hashem's world, what a person reaps is what he or she sows. For such a long time, Ishmael has been the purveyor of anti-Jewish hate for hate's sake alone; it was only a matter of time until the bully would get a taste of his own bitter medicine. We all knew that Ishmael has always been a big bully, but we're astonished at how big a cry-baby he is!

I'm delighted that no Jew drew nasty cartoons about Ishmael or his religion; instead, Hashem let the Danish and the French do the dirty work. Pierre, do you still want to be the French ambassador to Syria when you grow up?