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The bubble has finally burst, and the prime minister has promised to combat crime in the Arab sector.

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

As “the battling Jews” feud over judicial reform, we’ve suddenly discovered that the “Arab sector” is plagued by organized crime that has been intensifying while “we” were not looking.

The bubble has finally burst, and the prime minister has promised to combat the scourge.

It reminds me of the old Pulp Fiction days of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Mickey Spillane and the posters promoting their movies and books.

So, of course, I drew a parody of Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu.

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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