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On the left, Bendib cartoon (2000) depicting a gorilla with a Star of David and its arms and legs over the globe. On the right, cartoon by Nazi artist Josef Plank showing an octopus with a Star of David over its head and its tentacles encompassing a globe. (1938)

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Left: Cartoon by Bendib depicting Anti-Defamation League leader Abe Foxman using an antisemitic stereotype common in early 20th c. Germany and Austria (right).

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Left: Bendib cartoon depicting a genie holding a bag with a dollar sign, a Star of David and the names of three American Jewish organizations. Right: Picture from the Nazi children's book, Der Giftpilz (The Toadstool). Its caption reads: "Money is the God of the Jews."

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Left: Bendib's depcition of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a cannibal. Right: A Nazi poster depicting Jews as "warmongers and war extenders." Note similarity in stereotyped Jewish facial features.

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According to Nazi propaganda, “international Jewry” was in control behind the scenes in the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and the United States.  As such, Nazi propagandists depicted World War Two as a Jewish war against Nazi Germany.  The following are examples of this Nazi propaganda theme.

Left: A Jewish Puppeteer Controlling Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt. Middle: “One eats the other - the Jew will eat all.” Right: The Jew leading Churchill

Bendib’s cartoons follow a similar theme, but instead depicts Jews and/or Zionists behind the scenes controlling the United States and other Western powers in a war against Palestinians, Arabs and Islam.  The following are examples of Bendib’s cartoons promoting this theme.

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Bendib cartoon depicting a “Zionist” puppeteer controlling US politics.

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In this cartoon, Bendib echoes the Nazi propaganda myth of Jewish control over politics, culture and the media. Note character saying, “Puttin’ back the hood in Yahood.” (The Arabic word for Jew is “Yahood.”) The target in this cartoon is unmistakeably Jews, not "Zionists".

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Another Nazi propaganda theme was the revival of the medieval “blood libel” that accused Jews of murdering Christian children to use their blood for baking Passover Matzo.

On right, Der Stürmer, May 1934: headline: “The Jewish Murder Plan” On left: Der Stürmer, May 1939, headline: “Ritual Murder” Both cartoons depict Jews collecting the blood of Christian children

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In the following cartoon, Bendib creates a variation on this theme with the accusation that Israeli Jews are “harvesting Palestinian organs.”