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One of the Turkish ships that took part in the 'Freedom Flotilla'
The embassy complained to the paper, which is owned by the National Democratic Party, saying the cartoon by a Brazilian artist was "anti-Semitic," said embassy spokeswoman Shani Cooper-Zubida.
"The bottom line was they compared Israel with Nazis. This was not legitimate criticism. It's defamation," she said.
The media and public in Egypt, which signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, are largely hostile to the Jewish state over its policies towards Palestinians.
The US-based Anti Defamation League accused Arab newspapers of publishing "cartoons punctuated by vicious anti-Israel and anti-Semitic images" after the flotilla deaths that led to an international backlash against Israel.
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"The bottom line was they compared Israel with Nazis. This was not legitimate criticism. It's defamation," she said.
The media and public in Egypt, which signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, are largely hostile to the Jewish state over its policies towards Palestinians.
The US-based Anti Defamation League accused Arab newspapers of publishing "cartoons punctuated by vicious anti-Israel and anti-Semitic images" after the flotilla deaths that led to an international backlash against Israel.
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