▁( , ▁) ▁is ▁a ▁cart oon ▁character ▁symbol izing ▁Israel . ▁The ▁character ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁by ▁the ▁Isra eli ▁cart oon ist ▁Kar iel ▁Gard osh , ▁known ▁by ▁his ▁pen ▁name ▁D osh . ▁ ▁The ▁cart oon ▁appeared ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁newspaper ▁Ma ar iv . ▁Y ose f ▁Lap id , ▁D osh ' s ▁colle ague ▁on ▁the ▁editor ial ▁board ▁of ▁Ma ar iv , ▁described ▁ ▁Sr ul ik ▁as ▁an ▁icon ▁of ▁Israel ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁way ▁that ▁Marian ne ▁and ▁Uncle ▁Sam ▁were ▁respectively ▁icons ▁of ▁France ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Sr ul ik ▁is ▁a ▁common ▁nick name ▁for ▁" Y is rael " ▁( Is rael ). ▁ ▁Sr ul ik ▁is ▁generally ▁dep icted ▁as ▁a ▁young ▁man ▁we aring ▁a ▁tem bel ▁hat , ▁Bib lic al ▁sand als , ▁and ▁k h aki ▁short s . ▁Sr ul ik ▁is ▁a ▁pione ering ▁Z ion ist , ▁a ▁lo ver ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁of ▁Israel ▁and ▁its ▁soil , ▁a ▁dedicated ▁far mer ▁who ▁in ▁time ▁of ▁need ▁puts ▁on ▁a ▁uniform ▁and ▁goes ▁out ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Israel . ▁D osh ▁drew ▁Sr ul ik ▁in ▁cart o ons ▁on ▁current ▁events ▁for ▁Ma ar iv , ▁and ▁also ▁for ▁various ▁" spe ci als " ▁and ▁occasions ▁of ▁the ▁young ▁state . ▁During ▁w art ime , ▁Sr ul ik ▁put ▁on ▁a ▁uniform ▁and ▁was