Anti-Israel or Anti-Jewish?

This is a black and white cartoon depicting a man kicking another man off the top spot of a podium. The man to the right that is pushing the other man off the podium is Moshe Dayan. He was the Minister of Defense for Israel during the Six Day War. The man to the left being pushed off the podium is Adolf Hitler. Dayan is shown having a swastika on his holster and doing a Nazi salute. He is holding a ball with the Israeli flag. Dayan is depicted with a grin on his face. He is easily identifiable due to his famous eye patch. Hitler is shown in his Nazi uniform with his mustache. He has an angry expression because he is being forced off the top spot. 

Dayan represents Israel and their actions during the Six Day War. The cartoon’s point is Israel are like the new Nazis taking over Hitler for the top spot. Dayan is depicted as being happy and excited to take over that top spot. Dayan having the swastika holster and doing a Nazi salute are identifiers he and Israel are Nazi adjacent. The ball he is holding is the representation of Israel being like the new Nazis. The title Anti-Israel or Anti-Jewish comes from its publications in Newsweek that had brought awareness to the cartoon’s antisemitism.  

The publisher for the cartoon is Pravda, which was the newspaper of the Soviet Communist Party. The Soviets did not support Israel due to their alignment with the United States. With several Jews in the Soviet Union being Zionists the Soviets had to show how Israel is an enemy of the Jewish people. This cartoon can be described as anti-Israel propaganda from the Soviets. Their purpose in making it is they would not want Soviet citizens to be supporters of an American back capitalist nation. They especially did not want Soviet Jews leaving to go live in Israel. During the Cold War this could be a major problem for the Soviets having people support one of Americas top allies. Its publication in Newsweek comes from American Jews being upset with comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. The Nazis being responsible for the holocaust only 20 years earlier.