29 MARCH 2008, Page 28

Under cover

Sir: With the cartoon on the cover of your issue of 22 March you plumbed the same depths as those that were familiar to readers of Der Stürnzer from 1923 until the end of the second world war. Its publisher, Julius Streicher, would have found your picture familiar since, although intended as a hate-filled portrayal of an Arab, it could equally well be caricaturing a Jew. Both Jews and Arabs are Semitic peoples and this anti-Semitic cartoon should be offen sive to both. You have not served your readers or this country well by publishing this cartoon and I hope that you never repeat such a piece of obscene propaganda.

Navin Sullivan

London N2