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Why in the Middle East, a cartoon can be worth a thousands words

JL;DR SUMMARY Tim Benson's book, "Drawn to the Promised Land," delivers an insightful exploration of the Israel-Palestine conflict through political cartoons during the British Mandate period from 1917 to 1949. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israel Palestine ConflictJewish RefugeesBritish MandatePolitical CartoonsTim BensonDavid LowE.H. ShepardAnti Nazi ArtArab Israeli TensionsBritish Withdrawal

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Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories
"Take the capture of Jerusalem by General Allenby in 1917, for instance, which provoked a euphoric reaction, with several cartoonists comparing the historic victory with those of the Crusades (as indeed did Allenby)."
United Kingdom
"The UK was often represented as a British Tommy or bobby trying to keep the peace between the two factions."

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