Blog : Philosémitisme

Le Figaro (02/02/2015): "En réponse à Charlie Hebdo, l'Iran a lancé un concours de dessins raillant l'holocauste, rapportait samedi le quotidien The Independant, comme l'a repéré France TV Info.

L'objectif ? Récompenser les meilleurs dessins niant l'existence de l'Holocauste. Il s'agit de répondre à la une de Charlie Hebdo montrant une caricature de Mahomet, diffusé une semaine après l'attentat contre le siège de l'hebdomadaire satirique le 7 janvier dernier."

Gene @ Harry's Place rapporte:

At the end of an AFP report on an Iranian-sponsored anti-Islamic State cartoon competition comes this intriguing bit of news:
[Masoud Shojai] Tabatabai [the contest organizer] is also the organiser of a competition of cartoons on the Holocaust, launched in late January in response to the publication by Charlie Hebdo of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. That competition, which was criticised by some in the international community who expressed fears of anti-Semitism, has been suspended until further notice because of ?budget' problems, he said.This comes after more than 800 entries were submitted from around the world. Imagine the disappointment.

I don't pretend to know the real reason behind the ?suspension.? I doubt it reflects any softening of the Iranian regime's attitude toward Israel and the Jews. Perhaps Iran's financial difficulties (brought on by sanctions, collapsed oil prices and general corruption) really are bad enough to allow for only one cartoon competition annually.
As I noted last December, the regime was so desperate for money that it was allowing young men to buy their way out of an obligatory two years of military service.  And of course such financial stringency may be required to fund essential projects like the most opulent mausoleum in the world for the late Ayatollah Khomeini.


De nombreux Européens ont envoyé des dessins - les champions étant les Français et les Turcs:

Dozens of Europeans signed up to Iran's Holocaust cartoon contest.   These included artists from Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Portugal , Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukraine.

Top countries are Turkey and France, with 17 cartoonists each.  All other countries have 1-8 representatives.

The antisemitic artists are listed below by country.

Belgium
Geoffrey Delavallee
Luc Descheemaeker
Nancy Staquet
Siegfried Verbeke
Tom Herck
Tom Huylebroeck


Bosnia-Herzegovina
Resad Sultanovic


Bulgaria
Anatoliy Stankulov
Valentin Georgiev


Croatia
Ivan Sabolic
Maja Duvnjak
Tomislav Kaurin


Czech Republic
Jiri Srna


Denmark
Mads Hansen


Estonia
Enn Ehala


France
Abderrazak Slim
Bernard Bouton
Charly Billaud
Dedko
Depre Patrice
Emile Pradier
Jack Exily
Jean Celestin
Julien Schutz
Krapo Kibave
Nicolas
Pablo Utiel
Ramo
Sani
Thomas Losfeld
Vincent Bachelot
Zeon


Germany
Pavel Constantin
Stefan Dierkes
Steffen Jahsnowski


Greece
Ovidiu Serb

Hungary
Balazs Ambrus
Kosztya
Krebsz Andras
Lendvai Zoltan


Poland
Henryk Cebula


Portugal 
Ricardo Ferreira
Santiagu


Romania
Bogdan Petry
Horia Crisan
Marin Chiorean
Stanila Liviu
Pavel Constantin


Russia
Alexander Mikhailovich
Igor Kreditski
Misha
Viacheslav Ashkanov


Serbia
Aleksandar Blatnik
Bobisa Todorovic
Borislav Stankovic
Goran Celicanin
Imre Molnar
Mileta Miloradovic
Miroslav Jakovljev
Zoltan Filep


Slovakia
Michal J.Gross
Tomas Ferencak - no such cartoonist, apparently a mistake on Iran's part


Spain
Juliano Rodriguez
Pablo Saz Yunquera
Reinaldo Pagan Avila


Sweden
Linus Persson


Switzerland 
Bernard Junod
Cyclone B
Luca Ionel


Turkey
Burak Uzun
Emrah Arikan
Erdogaan Basol
Firat Sarac
Faruk Soyarat
Halit Kurtulmus
Hayrettin Oturgan
Hicabi Demirci
Mehmet Ali Gunes
Metin Azmaz
Muammer Olcay
Musa Gumus
Musa Kilicaslan
Omer Cam
Taner Ozek
Tonguc Karakoc
Turan Aksoy


UK 
Kat Ziolkowska


Ukraine
DubovSKY Alexander