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Today’s cartoon predicts what I think will be the next phase in the battle between Israel’s Supreme Court and Knesset.

Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.
Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.

Today’s cartoon predicts what I think will be the next phase in the battle between Israel’s Supreme Court and Knesset.

But is it a battle between two branches of the government, or between two strong Israelis (Chief Justice Esther Hayut and Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu)? I solved that problem (for me, at least) by drawing Hayut and Bibi, but labeling them respectively as “The Supreme Court” and “The Knesset.”

Political cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., made aliyah to Israel in 1971 and began drawing “Dry Bones” in January 1973. The internationally syndicated, award-winning cartoons ran in The Jerusalem Post for 50 years. They were reprinted in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME and other mainstream media publications. The “Dry Bones” story has been covered by CBS, CNN and Forbes, among other outlets. He was a member of America’s National Cartoonists Society and the Israeli Cartoonists Society. Kirschen died at 87 on April 14, 2025.
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