page_title: Srulik
hierarchical_section_title: Srulik
caption_attribution_description: English: Graffiti Tel Aviv, Ha-Rav Yitskhak Yedidya Frenkel St - close up English: this drawing illustrates friendship between jews and arabs&#160;: on the left, "Srulik", a cartoon character symbolizing Israel, and on the right, Handala, a cartoon character by Naji Al-Ali, a 10 yo barefoot boy, has become one of the most powerful symbols for the Palestinians עברית: גרפיטי על קיר בנין ברחוב ידידיה פרנקל שכונת פלןרנטין תל-אביב יפו
context_page_description: Srulik is a cartoon character symbolizing Israel. The character was created in 1956 by the Israeli cartoonist Kariel Gardosh, known by his pen name Dosh.
  The cartoon appeared for many years in the newspaper Maariv. Yosef Lapid, Dosh's colleague on the editorial board of Maariv, described Srulik as an icon of Israel in the same way that Marianne and Uncle Sam were respectively icons of France and the United States. Srulik is a common nickname for "Yisrael".
  Srulik has been compared to Handala, the Palestinian national personification.
context_section_description: Srulik (Hebrew: שרוליק, IPA: [ˈsʁulik]) is a cartoon character symbolizing Israel. The character was created in 1956 by the Israeli cartoonist Kariel Gardosh, known by his pen name Dosh.
  The cartoon appeared for many years in the newspaper Maariv. Yosef Lapid, Dosh's colleague on the editorial board of Maariv, described  Srulik as an icon of Israel in the same way that Marianne and Uncle Sam were respectively icons of France and the United States. Srulik is a common nickname for "Yisrael" (Israel).
  Srulik has been compared to Handala, the Palestinian national personification.
caption: The Peace Kids in Florentin depicting Israeli Srulik and Palestinian Handala embracing one another
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