Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Feb. 6, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Mohamad Torokman.

Depicting Israelis and Jews as animals is one of the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s practices in its cartoons. The depiction of Israel as a crocodile has appeared a few times recently in the official PA daily. In the below cartoon Israel — the crocodile with an Israeli flag on its snout – is opening its jaws to reveal rows of houses with red roofs, characteristic of Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria. [Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 20, 2023]

Last month, the PA daily printed this cartoon below, also showing Israel as a crocodile, this time with fangs protruding from its mouth with Stars of David on them, and houses with red roofs on its head and back.

Text on cartoon in English and Arabic: “Settlement” [Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 15, 2023]

Text on cartoon in English and Arabic: “State of Palestine” [Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 5, 2021]

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 9, 2003]

Itamar Marcus is the Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.