This image appears on the letters page of today’s Guardian (31 July 2006) directly underneath a letter about the “Israel lobby”.

The text by the image reads: "throughout a war that has killed Lebanese people, the Israel lobby has regularly charged those damning such actions with anti-Semitism..."

The image is yet another in a stream of images that illustrate a 'Zionist' or Jewish conspiracy taking over state policy around the world. The set of images imply that Jews are more bound to other Jews than they are to their own community - cosmopolitan Jews undermine the interest of patriotic citizens who are loyal to their country. Often the star of David is used, which is handily ambiguous, since it is both a symbol of Jews and also a symbol of Israel.

This is the Independent's illustration of the claim that America is forced to spill the blood of its citizens for a war in the interests of Israel. The Stars of David taking over the american flag is a stape antisemitic image. See this one, for example, from a Russian far-right website, or this British version or this American conspiracy nut version. Here is the classic Nazi one.

The New Statesman, a left of centre magazine in the UK, famously used this image to illustrate its headline "A Kosher Conspiracy"? Here is the version produced by the fascist National Front.

Thanks to Harry's Place for the images.