Dry Bones was resurrected as Israel’s premier cartoonist at age 81

When Yaakov was no longer able to draw his weekly cartoons from his hospital bed – I turned to using some of his old cartoons that still were relevant to the ongoing unresolved 100-years conflict between Jews and Arabs.

The following cartoon was chosen by me to accompany my latest article: "Israel stakes claim while Trump takes aim"

Yaakov had drawn this cartoon to accompany an article I had published on 1 June 2020: "Trump needs to revise his vision for Judea and Samaria"

This cartoon is as relevant in 2025 as it was in 2020.

Yaakov and I had a true meeting of minds which guaranteed our partnership endured to become what I think is quite unique in the world of publishing.

In his latter days I used his cartoons in a booklet supporting the commencement of negotiations to implement the 2022 Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution – which had emanated in Saudi Arabia.

His cartoon on the silence of the United Nations refusing to consider the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution was damning – and appeared with this article: "UN continues obscene silence on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine"

Yaakov was out on his own as premier cartoonist in Israel.