Pieta
Carlos Latuff
c.2002

Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff has broached a number of issues dealing with human rights in his works. Here, a Palestinian mother mourns the loss of her young son, presumably shot .by Israeli soldiers for throwing rocks with his slingshot. In the background, their town is being destroyed, presumably by Israeli missiles. This recasting of the Pieta in a contemporary context highlighting human rights issues in the Holy land casts into sharp relief the assumptions we make about war and justice-- especially if we look back at Jesus within a political framework.