The Jewish community of Sydney, Australia, expressed outrage over an Arab artist’s exhibit that includes a painting of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with a skewer through his head. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Habib Zeitouneh, born in Lebanon and based in South Korea, defended his work as satire.
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