Newspaper apologises over cartoon

The acting editor of the Sunday Times has echoed News International boss Rupert Murdoch’s apology about a “grotesque” cartoon which appeared in the paper sparking claims of anti-semitism.

Martin Ivens met representatives of the Jewish Community today to express the broadsheet’s regret for publishing the Gerald Scarfe image, which appears to show Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu paving a wall with the blood and limbs of Palestinians.