(JTA) A May 30 cartoon by Dick Locher, published in the Chicago Tribune and syndicated through Tribune Media Services, depicted a hook-nosed grotesque figure - presumably Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon - with a Star of David on his jacket, standing before a chasm labeled "Mideast Gulch." A kneeling figure, presumably President Bush, is carefully laying dollar bills across the bridge. The Sharon figure stares at the money and says, "On second thought, the pathway to peace is looking a bit brighter." On Sunday the newspaper apologized, saying it had "failed to recognize that the cartoon conveyed symbols and stereotypes that slur the Jewish people and that are offensive."
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