A Brooklyn mother was stunned to find a book of anti-Semitic and anti-American political cartoons this week at a Bed-Stuy library as part of a children's exhibit on world cultures.
“Palestinian Child'' by Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali is filled with disturbing stereotypes and offensive images of Jews. This includes Jesus Christ, who kicked an Israeli soldier and carried his cross.
Parents found the book on a table in the Macon branch of the Brooklyn Public Library on Tuesday, along with a “Rough Guide to America's 100 Best Places” and books about Tanzania, Ecuador and Samoa. i got you.
“Palestinian Child,” which BPL classifies as adult reading on its website, includes depictions of a Jewish soldier with a big nose, a dead murdered and abused woman covered with a keffiyeh scarf, and an American It includes depictions of soldiers strangling Arabs. man.
The book follows a child named Handara who witnesses various events depicted in the comics and has since become a symbol of Palestinian defiance. Al Ali is “Palestinian Malcolm X”
“The fact that it's on display on my children's table alongside books about 'world cultures' is incredible,” said the Brooklyn mother.
“I was so appalled that this was brought up to a child and read as factual information about Israel and the United States,” she added.
“If it's in the library, that means it might be in the classroom, too.”
The book was subsequently removed from the library and has not been returned to the exhibit.
The library did not immediately respond to inquiries from the Post.
