It is not the first time Mr Bell’s cartoons have caused controversy. In 2018, The Guardian refused to publish a drawing featuring former British prime minister Theresa May alongside Mr Netanyahu.

Steve Bell’s cartoons have been an important part of The Guardian over the past 40 years — we thank him and wish him all the best,” a spokesperson for the British newspaper told The Post.

Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell revealed that his newspaper “effectively sacked” him after it refused to publish a work of his that it feared peddled in “anti-semitic tropes.” ...

Steve Bell has been dropped as a cartoonist by the Guardian newspaper, six months before his current contract is up, over a cartoon he submitted regarding the current Israel/Hamas conflict.

Steve Bell has, since 1981, drawn the daily ‘If’ strip in the Guardian. In addition, he has produced from 1993 four large free-standing cartoons a week on the leader pages.