Seattle: Anti-Israel campaign called off

[Scurrilous]

Following Jewish pressure, US city retracts permit for bus ads accusing Israel of war crimes, claiming they may incite violence

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4003974,00.html

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"The Jewish community in the west coast city of Seattle managed to thwart a media campaign against Israel, which calls on the US administration to halt all financial and defense aid to the Jewish state.

The campaign organizers spent thousands of dollars to place ads accusing the Israel Defense Forces of committing war crimes on sides of buses, but massive pressure from the Jewish community led the Transportation Department of King County to cancel the campaign at the last minute, claiming that it might incite violence.

The anti-Israel campaign, initiated by The Seattle Mideast Awareness, was scheduled to run for four weeks, and organizers rented ad space on 15 buses that travel through downtown Seattle.

The large ads feature Palestinian children standing next to a demolished structure, alongside the text: "Israeli war crimes. Your tax dollars at work."

[BeanCounting]

1. Dammit!

And I was so proud of Seattle for letting the ads stand!

[jimmie]

2. Sad

i guess they forgot to mentions the thousands of kassams and the othe missles.

oversight.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. It would have started a advertising war of words which would have gotten very ugly fast

Followed by lawsuits.

[Mosby]

4. good news, thanks

and Merry X-mas!

[azurnoir]

5. The reason cited David Horowitz Freedom Center

King County Metro Transit officials announced Thursday the decision to halt all new non-commercial ads, including two controversial campaigns claiming Israeli war crimes and Palestinian war crimes.

Last week, a group called the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign proposed a billboard ad to run on the side of 12 buses, reading "Israeli war crimes: Your tax dollars at work."

In response, a group called the David Horowitz Freedom Center proposed a similar billboard to run on 25 buses, reading "Palestinian war crimes: Your tax dollars at work."

http://www.king5.com/home/Israeli-Palestinian-ads-wont-run-on-buses-Metro-says--112405224.html