Tjeerd Royaards

There is a sad and frustrating repetitiveness to my cartoons about Gaza, but still I think it's important to keep drawing them, just as it's important to keep sharing the images from Gaza.

Today's cartoon for Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

#Gaza #Netanyahu #Israel #redline

May 30 at 6:05amWeb
Show threadDziadekMay 30

@royaards

You have captured this superbly well.

Heel hartelijk bedankt!

Show threadme_valentijnMay 30

@royaards
It's remarkable how many American democrats now insist Biden's administration wasn't doing exactly the same thing, while also actively arming Israel to facilitate the slaughter 🙄

It's not a UN problem, or even a US problem. It's a money in politics problem, and Israel has excelled at playing that game in democratically vulnerable Western markets/countries over the decades.

Show threadDahmoniumMay 30

@me_valentijn @royaards Money always played a role in Politics. Politics is mostly about discussing and deciding about equal distribution of resources (Money).
This was the outlook for the Palestinians with the discovery of marine gas fields in 2020. Exploitation of it and grow economically independent. And I believe exactly this was/is a growing concern for especially Israel AND U.S.A. In the same way Russian gas delivery was a concern.

As vulnerable Western Mrkt, I'ld say it's a EU problem.

Show threadPetra van CronenburgMay 30
@royaards Your cartoons are as important as humanity is important in this world. They help to tell the horror when all words fail.
Show threadLZonjee 🍋🍉🦀May 30
@royaards Ja blijven doen.
Show threadBeldarakMay 30
@royaards Oof! Amazing work, this is a really powerful drawing imho :O
Show threadYoraMay 30
@royaards Have we reached the Strongly Worded Letter stage yet?
Show threadMadagascar_SkyMay 30

@yora @royaards

That was last week or this week. UK, France and Netherlands (?) issued a strongly worded letter against Israel.

Bibi then threatened to annex West Bank, bombed a refugee camp school or hospital (could've been both honestly) and then recognised some more illegal (by Israeli standards) West Bank settlements.

Let's wait for strongly worded letter 2. It'll have sharp edges to give bibi papercuts.

Show threadYoraMay 30
@Madagascar_Sky @royaards Took them only like what? A year?
Show threadMadagascar_SkyMay 30

@yora @royaards

Year and a half and ~50,000 dead people. 15000 kids. Wars with 4 different countries.

Show threadMadagascar_SkyMay 30

@royaards

I hate how evergreen this song is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tIdCsMufIY

This Land Is Mine

"What's Nina working on now??" THIS: https://apocalypseanimated.com/+++++A brief history of the land called Israel/Palestine/Canaan/the Levant.Who's-killing-...

YouTube
Show threadRobin BartonMay 30
@royaards I agree but I think you are doing good work putting it out there as it makes it easier for people to visualize. I don't blame the UN as they only have any authority is the nation states give them power to act.
Show threadBonzoDogMay 30
@royaards Israel committing mass murder and the world looks on and thinks sanctions will stop them!!
Show threadJustRosy 🇺🇦May 30
@royaards Just stick devil horns on death, and slap a 666 somewhere on *rump, and it's complete.
Show threaddaria-andreaMay 31

@royaards also also: “If we stand for women and we stand against rape as an act of war, we all have to stand up to what Hamas did.” (Margo Lindauer)

regardless of whether individuals support an Israeli, Palestinian or two-state solution or a ceasefire