The following cartoons from the Arab press are highly critical of Israel, Kerry, Obama and the framework of the Iran deal or the descriptions leaked of the plan. In countries where freedom of the press barely exists, this kind of opinion is usually only allowed when approved by their government.
“Middle East policy” of lies results in an Iranian turban (Al-Hayat, London, April 8, 2015)“U.S., Iran Getting close: The Great Satan has become the Great Friend” (Al-Madina, Saudi Arabia, April 7, 2015)“Framework agreement between Iran and U.S.” Arab countries trapped. (Alaraby.co.uk, April 7, 2015)Exporting the [Iranian] revolution sets world on fire. (Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 5, 2015)A message of love inscribed onto nuclear bomb? (Al-Raya, Qatar, April 6, 2015)“Iran after the nuclear agreement” (Mecca, Saudi Arabia, April 5, 2015)“Nuclear agreement between Iran and the superpowers” unleashes Iranian attack dog on “the Arab world” (Alaraby.co.uk, April 11, 2015)“Iran’s nuclear reactors”; gloves read “dammar” (destruction) and “hell” (Al-Madina, Saudi Arabia, April 11, 2015)
Starting as a teenage newspaper copyboy at the Evening and Sunday Bulletin (760,000 daily). Promotions led to general assignments and features writing at that Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper (1964 and 1965).
Fred Donaldson
After the Bulletin, served as the editor of Valley Forge Sentinel and Conshohocken Recorder, Sr. VP of their newspaper group in 1972, and became publisher in 1975 of the West Oak Lane Leader - an African-American community newspaper.
In 1993 named president and publisher of ING's 18-newspapers in Metro Philadelphia and New Jersey. Company was later purchased by JRC (NYSE), and I was CEO of the Montgomery/Bucks/Philly newspaper division.
During the 60s and 70s, I was a correspondent for the United States Information Agency, reporting and writing news for publication in foreign countries.
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