The cartoon by South African editorial cartoonist Brandan Reynolds draws on the classic idiom of "painting oneself into a corner". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is depicted in full military camouflage, wearing an Israeli flag armband, on his hands and knees on a stark white floor. With a brush in hand and a tin marked "WARS" filled with bright red paint, he has systematically coated the entire surrounding surface, leaving only a tiny patch of unpainted ground beneath himself. His facial expression is one of grim, trapped realization, staring down at the shrinking space left to stand.
