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We have been invaded by what most members of the United Nations recognize as the “State of Palestine.”

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

When TV reported the horrifying news of the coordinated land, sea and air invasion of Israel, it was accompanied by quotes from heads of states condemning the “terrorism.” Shame on them.

We have been invaded by what most members of the United Nations recognize as the “State of Palestine.”

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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