“Israeli Plan” (1979) by Yuri Andreevich Cherepanov is a sharp critique of Israeli settlement policy, created for Krokodil during a tense phase of the Cold War. Published in the wake of the 1978 Camp David Accords, the cartoon channels Soviet disapproval of military outposts in occupied territories, using striking imagery to drive its point home.

Against a yellow sky, a line of personified watchtowers strides forward. Each tower perches on a pair of marching boots, its guard poised to fire. An Israeli official in black stands to the left, brandishing a scroll labeled “Plan of Construction of Israeli Military Settlements.” Below, Palestinian civilians—women, children, an elderly man—flee in panic. Barbed wire threads the scene, sealing off territory and extinguishing hope in one unbroken line.