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Gaza 2014 - Guernica 1937

Zapiro's cartoon is based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica, one of the most famous paintings of all timep ainted in 1937. Probably Picasso's most famous work, Guernica is certainly the his most powerful political statement, painted as an immediate reaction to the Nazi's devastating casual bombing practice on the Basque town of Guernica during Spanish Civil War. Picasso’s Guernica has become a universal anti-war symbol. On 26 April 1937, Franco’s allies, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, sent the Luftwaffe and Aviazione Legionaria to bomb the Basque town of Guernica on market day. ‘The bombing has often been considered one of the first raids in the history of modern military aviation on a defenseless civilian population. Taking this 77 years on, Israel’s terror bombings of Gaza mirror Göring’s callous military intentions. Civilians are bearing the brunt of Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip, with civilians accounting for more than 80 percent of the reported casualties

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