The public exhibit in the city-run building features bloodied caricatures of Uncle Sam and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described on a sign as “protest puppets.”

A majority of the City Council is demanding that an art exhibit they believe is antisemitic be immediately removed from the Chicago Cultural Center downtown. The display, titled U.S-Israel War Machine,

Silverstein and more than 20 other council members have signed a letter to Mayor Johnson about the “US-Israel War Machine” display at the Chicago Cultural Center, which features a bloodied puppets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The display, titled U.S.-Israel War Machine, includes one puppet branded “Uncle Sam” with blood on his face. Another puppet depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with blood on his hands.