Letters have been deluging the leading Dutch daily, NRC Handelsblad, in protest against a cartoon of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger which carried a caption, “Frustrated Jewboy Responsible for United States Central American Policy.”
The cartoon, by Frits Mueller, appeared after President Reagan named Kissinger to chair the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America. In an earlier cartoon, Mueller depicted Kissinger as a very ugly Jew. Several letter writers, both Jews and non-Jews, protested against the description of Kissinger as a “Frustrated Jewboy.” The newspaper has so far refused to apologize nor has Mueller apologized or reacted in any way.
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