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Jews protest cartoon with hooked-nose Zelensky

Leftist cartoonist Vauro draws fire with anti-war cartoon

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(ANSA) - ROME, APR 13 - Rome's Jewish community have protested a cartoon by leftist cartoonist Vauro showing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is Jewish, with a hooked nose.
    The head of the Italian capital's Jewish community, Ruth Dureghello, said Vauro had a "habit of drawing Jews with a hooked nose in the style of the (Fascist-era) Defence of the Race (publication). " Vauro has denied anti-Semitism saying he is a committed "anti-Nazi communist".
    In his latest cartoon Vauro shows Zelensky alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin with the caption "no to war without Zes and Vlas", a pun on "no ifs and buts". (ANSA).
   

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