Tom Toles

August 4, 2010

Washington Post Cartoonist Confuses Abbas With Netanyahu

Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles gets the Palestinian-Israeli conflict backwards in an August 2 cartoon. Toles portrays Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, as the obstacle to direct Israeli-Palestinian talks and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as the proponent.
December 27, 2004

Toles in a Cartoon World of His Own

Editorial cartoons – political commentary in illustrated form, usually with some attempt at humor – are intentionally subjective. That being the case, they generally escape critical analysis. But when the cartoonist's premise contradicts the essential facts of his subject matter, criticism is mandatory. So it is with Tom Toles' editorial cartoon in the Washington Post and the International Herald Tribune.