NYTimes Crossword Puzzle Shaped Like A Swastika

Donald Trump Jr. was among hundreds of New York Times readers who slammed the newspaper for their crossword puzzle on Sunday - which many noticed bore an uncanny resemblance to a Nazi swastika.

The Daily Mail US reports the puzzle's silhouette has caused a stir on social media, with several prominent Jewish leaders and political figures taking to social media to voice their outrage - especially since it was published on the first night of Hanukkah.

Some contend the pattern - which is striking and jumps off the page even at a glance - is a coincidence, while others claimed it serves as one of the latest and most brazen examples of the paper's supposed history of anti-Israel rhetoric. 

The Times has yet to comment on the controversial puzzle.

Donald Trump Jr. slammed the puzzle as 'disgusting,' writing Sunday that 'only the New York Times would get Hanukkah going with this is the crossword puzzle.'

Some pointed to an example seen in its issue just the day before - an OP-ED piece by the paper's editorial board that was critical against the new Israeli government.

Trump Jr. went on to question the paper's actions, asking how it would report on a similar instance if the tables had been turned.

'Imagine what they would do to someone who did this and was not ideologically aligned with them?' Trump Jr., 44, wrote. 'I’ll give them the same benefit of the doubt they would give those people… exactly zero.'