While the ADL spokesman makes an interesting point at the end -- that what these cartoons are doing is changing the conflict from a simple national/political issue to something far worse and intractable, I would say it differently. I would say that these cartoons are an honest exposure of what the conflict has always been about. It's never been a national/political conflict. If that were true it would have been settled long ago. These cartoons are exposing the fact that the conflict has always been a racist/religious one, with one side on the defense, and the other on the offense.