*Ø* Blogmanac | NZ cartoonist gagged by lobby groups

Cartoons criticised Israel

"An award-winning cartoonist dumped from New Zealand's biggest newspaper over his anti-Israel drawings said he stood by his work and rejected an editor's right to direct what he could or could not draw.

"Malcolm Evans, twice named cartoonist of the year, says he was sacked by New Zealand's biggest newspaper, the New Zealand Herald, after the newspaper received complaints from the Jewish community about his cartoons on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians ...

"Evans said he was sacked after seven years with the newspaper but was not interested in a legal fight with the paper.

"The Waikato Times newspaper said Auckland rabbi Jeremy Lawrence had complained to the New Zealand Herald about Evans."

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