Another Anti-Israel ad campaign hits NY train stations, but NYC Court fails to rule on pro-Israel ad rejection

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Another anti-Israel ad, demeaning to the Jewish state, demeaning to the Jewish people, is running in NY transit stations. This is second anti-Israel campaign to hit the NY transit system.

Back in 2011, AFDI/SIOA submitted pro-Israel ads to run on New York's subway platform to counter an anti-Israel ad campaign that was running in NYC's subway stations. They were summarily rejected. Our pro-Israel ad was the only ad ever rejected by the NYC Transit authority in the past 15 years.

We filed a lawsuit back in September of 2011. On April 3rd, we went to court to fight for our first amendment rights. Judge Paul Engelmayer still has not issued his ruling. But the anti-Israel ads go up without interference.

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I have contacted CBS Outdoor to run our pro-Israel ads on Metro-North. I have not heard back as of yet.

Ad Campaign Showing Dwindling Palestinian Territory Deemed ‘Anti-Israel’ By Jewish Leaders

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A seemingly endless debate over politics, religion and territory is coming to a train station near you

An explosive ad about Israel is now igniting a firestorm of controversy.

The display shows shrinking Palestinian territory in Israel over the years and refers to 4.7 million Palestinians there as refugees.

The ads are appearing in 50 Metro-North stations.

At the train station in White Plains, the politically-charged ad was raising eyebrows.

“That’s quite amazing if you ask me,” one man told CBS 2′s Scott Rapoport.

Some Jewish leaders said they were concerned.

“I think the ad is very offensive, it’s certainly offensive to Jews,” said Dovid Efune, the the editor of the Jewish newspaper “The Algemeiner.”

Efune said the ad is anti-Semitic.

“It paints Jews as aggressors, as imperialists, as people that are stealing or taking land from others,” Efune said.

Henry Clifford, the chairman of a group called the Committee for Peace in Israel and Palestine, spent $25,000 of his own money on the ads.

“The Palestinian people have lost most of their homeland and the map shows exactly what is happened to them,” Clifford said.

When asked what he hopes to get out of the ad campaign, Clifford responded by saying he wants to “educate people.”

“Simply to open their eyes and let them see what has happened on the map,” he said.

The advertisements have caught the eye of commuters in White Plains as well.

“I thought it was all settled back in the 1970s with the 6 Day War,” one man responded.

“My reaction is why is there an anti-Israel ad sitting here at the train station?” asked Cliff Argintar, of Hoboken, N.J.

Efune is calling for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to take the ads down. However, the MTA said it doesn’t restrict ads on the basis of viewpoint and while it doesn’t endorse the ad, the posters will remain up.

Liars. Why did they reject our pro-Israel ads? Because it was demeaning to savages.

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Previously: Free Speech Hearing: AFDI Pro-Israel Ad, Only Ad Rejected In Fifteen Years

Free Speech Goes on Trial

Free Speech on Trial: Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer to Testify in First Amendment Suit Against New York's MTA

AFDI vs. NYC MTA: Free Speech Gets its Day in Court:
April 3, United States Courthouse, Manhattan

Pamela Geller, American Thinker: The Civilized Man vs. the MTA Savages

Pro-Freedom AFDI/SIOA Lawsuit vs Sharia-Compliant MTA Moves Forward

WPIX News: Pamela Geller Files Free Speech Lawsuit Against MTA

FILED! AFDI/SIOA Free Speech Lawsuit Against the MTA

The Free Speech Battle Begins: Pro-Freedom Geller Vs. Pro-Sharia MTA

It's Official: Pro-Jihad MTA Bans Pro-Israel Ads, Runs Anti-Israel Ads

Check out my column in today's WND: The battle for free speech and against the savages

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jerry1800
jerry1800
11 years ago

the map is incorrect, parts of the Galil & the Negev are 90% Arab occupied

Jamadagnii
Jamadagnii
11 years ago

Of course if you had an ad the same size which showed the entire middle east you’d need a magnifying glass to see Israel. And then of course you’d need to explain that an equal number of Jewish refugees from that entire entire area was absorbed by Israel. And after that, that it’s extremely bogus for the UN to count as refugees the children and grandchildren of the Arabs who left Palestine in 1948.

James Linnstrom
James Linnstrom
11 years ago

Thank God Israel is getting larger. Israel is a constitutional democracy, a civilized society ruled by laws. ‘Palestine area’ is ruled by terrorists whose only focus is in waging wars against Israel!!

Don McKellar
Don McKellar
11 years ago

A similar series of maps could be created with regards to the history of the United States. Just like “Palestine” was a country which never existed, so too could the first map of the United States be labeled “Indian Nation”. What Israel has today is essentially two big reserves left, only the residents don’t drink (much), contribute nothing culturally or economically, and follow a violent death cult centered around a moon god and his mad prophet.

Gleaner1
Gleaner1
11 years ago

This confrontation between Arabs and Jews has been running for all my life, so now would seem to be a good time for arabs in the west bank to fold their tents and leave.
When the size of Israel is compared to the territories Arabs occupy, it should be easy for the Arabs to show just HOW backward and lazy the jews are by outdoing jewish efforts in EVERY sphere of modern nation building. Will they dare to compete, or will they continue to sit in the dark blaming the Jews for turning out the light?

allahobama
allahobama
11 years ago

4.7 Million Fakestinians are classified as islamo terrorist S.C.U.M by the U.N.
There.
Fixed it for them.

Jerobeam
Jerobeam
11 years ago

Muslim Arabs (and maybe not a single Christian Arab) did not accept the UN separation plans of Israel in 1947 ….. Israel then DID accept.
Muslim Arabs then started war ….. and lost territory.
Definition clearing on Palestine: The word “Palestine” is a Roman version of the word “Philistines” and this word “Palestine” was taken by Romans “strategists” in the approach to destruct Jewish Identity.
Muslim Arabs use the word “Palestine” for a tribe which got extinct there as a tribe in this territories, either by leaving free or have to, or having been assimilated ……..
The Muslim Arab trick (Taquia) is to give the look a as if they – Muslim Arabs – are a minority there ……. just google for “Arab territories” on the Wikipedia and you immediately will find out WHO IS THE TRUE MINORITY THERE ….. Israel.
And now to you Pam: Pam you miss a lot of chances not having used my knowledge on the comparison of Quoran and Bibel on one side and the ultimative kick down to Islam by showing that the “Jeschu-version” of Matthews is a lie book.
And that Marc, Luke and John reported from the HISTORICAL HAVING LIVED JESCHU !
This means: The lie was not seperated from the truth.
This has certain and major impacts on ALL on this planet.
And it will help Israel to become surrounded by friends …….
So – what the hell Pam – are you hindering what can help easily Israel ???

Jerobeam
Jerobeam
11 years ago

Nb 2: So Pam – which are your motives – not to broaden the way ……. instead being close to complete silten on this theme.
Sort of “loosing” your status of “truth” seeking to someone who thinks deeper than you ?

Jerobeam
Jerobeam
11 years ago

Nb 3: What is freedom worth for if not for love ?
Got it “Mrs freedom” ?

Jeffrey R
Jeffrey R
11 years ago

How DISGUSTING that “Palestine”, a lie if there ever was one, is claimed by these interlopers. I saw Geraldo interview Hanan Ashwari last weekend. Of course she claimed that “Palestinians” are the original Christians and referred to them as an “ancient people” — as if the original Christians were anti-Semites.
This video link is a good start for the accurate history of modern Israel. http://marcrubin.com/israel2.ivnu

ApolloSpeaks
ApolloSpeaks
11 years ago

Why not counter this anti-Israel ad campaign by aping it with pro-Israel maps? One map will show Israel before the 67 War; a second map will show it just after the 67 War with its territorial gains. Then a third map will show Israel after the signing of the Camp David Accords without its gains drastically reduced. A forth picture will have Began, Sadat and Carter doing their famous three way hand shake (or Began and Sadat embracing as Carter claps and smiles) with a caption that reads: “Israel Believes In Land For Peace When It Has Real Peace Partners.” Who could find this unacceptable?

Jerobeam
Jerobeam
11 years ago

…. sometimes I even use sarcasm on the bigots …… even knowing that it usually is nothing for the good.
If not helping me Pam, keep clear of me, do not hinder my attempts to seed a truth which you still deny from your “political” thinking heart ……. and in case you try to hinder or to prevent ears and eyes to learn you should know you are harming yourself with this…. and – by GOD – not in the manner which could be easily repented.

sounav
sounav
11 years ago

when the fight is between non-muslims and islam,if you are a non-muslim always support
non muslims.a united non-muslim brotherhood is the death nail of islam!!

Tom Billesley
Tom Billesley
11 years ago

@Jerobeam. Seek help. Urgently. Perhaps cognitive behavioural therapy.

fern
fern
11 years ago

Pam, it is all well and good putting pro-Israel worded posters up but that won’t educate the people who need educating. So many gullible and ignorant who know no different will see those current adverts/maps and believe the lies. Maybe an advert referring people to a website on the TRUE history of Israel OR maybe an advert similar to the one on show, but showing original Jewish/Israeli names of cities etc.
Where the origins of the name Palestine [Philistine – which isn’t even an Arab name] came from also needs to get out there too – the young need educating before they are poisoned by the evil of Islam and its sick appeasers.
Fgs, it is so sickening to see such adverts allowed to stand as truth and shame on the advertising company for allowing such lies and propaganda, sick b*st*rds that they are.

Kuffar
Kuffar
11 years ago

How about turning the map white from the Nile to the Euphrates. Also most of lebananon, half of Syria and the northern part of Saudi Arabia. Now THAT would be glorius…

fern
fern
11 years ago

All Maps Lead To ISRAEL FOR THE JEWS by Tamar Yonah
I once got a very interesting phone call to the studio after a show I did. The caller was an older man from the tri-state area and his name was ‘Danny’. Danny was upset. He was telling me that the whole idea of the Land of Israel being a ‘Palestine’ was a historical lie. He continued to tell me, that he went to complain to the PBS for referring to Israel as occupying Arab land. He then told me he asked to have a meeting with them, and when he arrived, took over their conference table by rolling out a 6 foot tall, 100 year old map that he had purchased from a defunct church. The church had used this map to teach their children in Sunday School about the Holy Land. As Danny unfurled the historical map on the table of PBS, he pointed to it and asked them to read what cities were documented there. They looked, and saw the cities of Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberius, etc…
He then angerly told the PBS staff, “Where do you see anywhere on this map, ANY Arab city? Where do you see a ‘Ramallah’? Where do you see a ‘Jenin’? Where do you see a ‘Tulkarem’?” Looking around, he answered the question for them while they stood there silent. “You DON’T see it” he said, “because these cities never existed until the ARAB OCCUPATION of the Jewish Homeland.” I asked my weekly guest, Walid Shoebat who is an Arab, to see if he could find some older maps that are in Arabic, or generally accepted by the Arabs as legitimate, to see if he could prove this point using their own historical maps. This is what he found:

[snip]
The moment one discusses the Israeli Palestinian conflict, the conversation will soon turn sour arguing over maps and borders and how “the Palestinian people are the indigenous Arabs whose land recently got robbed by greedy, land grabbing, colonialist Zionists.” Zionists in turn would point to the oldest maps showing the Jewish names of towns and cities while Arabs say that it was Zionists and religiously motivated Biblicist zealots who made such maps. They would refer to maps dating back to the Ottoman era in the late 19th centurypointing to the Arabic names of cities and towns like Ramallah ‘the Mount of Allah’ and Umm el-Fahm,‘Mother of Coal’ and Tekoa ‘tent’ and Bettir. They gladly flash their Muftah ‘key’ to their old house that was confiscated by Zionists.
Even if we settle the arguments by using modern maps approved by Palestinians, the majority of the names of the towns are still Hebrew, which if we investigate will end us up writing an entire dictionary of what Arabs etymologically evolved the Hebrew names to sound Arabic. For example, Tel Aviv became Tal Al-Rabi’ theHill of Spring. Nazareth from the Hebrew Netzer ‘branch’ was simply tweaked to the Arabic Al-Naserah‘The Victorious’. Galilee is from the Hebrew Gâlîyl ‘circle’ and is not al-Jaleel which is an Arabic word for mighty. Hebron (Hevron) was simply translated to the Arabic Al-Khalil ‘the friend’. The villages nearby Jerusalem and Bethlehem like Al-Ayzarieh are Hebrew ‘Azaraiah’, Al-Obeidieh is Hebrew for ‘Obadiah’(servant of G-d) and Ta’amreh is Hebrew ‘Tamar’, King David’s daughter.
What about Kafr Yasif, Kafr Kana, Kafr Yatta, Kafr Manda and Kafr Samia? These remained purely Hebrew just as Tekoa, which means ‘stockade’ and not ‘tent’ as Arabs claim. Bettir ‘cleft’ is Jewish, which we still can find Tel Betar, which Arabs still call it Khirbet el-Yahud.

links and the rest here: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/4988

danny
danny
11 years ago

This ad is simply ***NOT TRUE***, since 40% of mandatory Palestine wasn’t privately owned by either Jews or Arabs. It was owned by the British themselves!
In other words, in 1948, Arabs owned around half of it **ONLY**
Later, of-course, the “local” Arabs lost a lot more because of their own aggression.

fern
fern
11 years ago

Jerobeam. If you use the search facility on this website you will see that Pamela has numerous articles on this topic. Pamela, of all people, certainly doesn’t need educating on the history of Israel – it is others that do 🙂 (use the search facility using appropriate keywords)

Theo Prinse
Theo Prinse
11 years ago

It is best to remigrate the ”palestinians’ to Jordan and buy the Sinai from Egypt. The islamic world has to be put behind an Iron Curtain from Mali to Pakistan until they converted to Christianity AGAIN !!. Pedophile victim Barack Hussein Davis will not act on this neither interfere in Syria because Barack Davis has an complex authority problem because of his sexual abuse by hi father Frank Marshall Davis. Barack H. Davis only became President because he was raised in a Hawaiian s–m pedophile family and only after starting to work for the CIA in 1982 at Business International Corporation and secret missions to Pakistan he successfully blackmailed remaining neo-Paperclip-Nazi MKULTRA circles within the CIA into having him as some variant Manchurian and eventually become their puppet in the White House where he signed ex.order 13489 on Jan. 21, 2009, one day after being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States having Arpayo on a side track. http://helpfreetheearth.com/news597_obamafather.html https://wikispooks.com/ISGP/dutroux/Belgian_X_dossiers_of_the_Dutroux_affair.htm

Xavier823
Xavier823
11 years ago

When the government fails to enforce justice then its time for the countries concerned citizens to take justice into their own hands. Its time for supports of Iseal to tear down and /or destroy those signs.

kate b
kate b
11 years ago

It’s bloody disgusting – but the long and the short of it is that Pals are mainly Muslims or Christians and so they should know that Israel (renamed Palestine by the Roman Hadrian) way before Muslims were invented (600A.D) is the COVENANT PROMISE TO THE JEWS. look here:
Surah 17:104
http://quran.com/17/104
Sahih International
And We said after Pharaoh to the Children of Israel, “Dwell in the land, and when there comes the promise of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering.”
……hmm, well THAT’s happened, after 2000 years in 1948 it was pre-ordained that Israel would return to the land, Isaiah 66:8 7th century BC(E)even as late as the Koran in the 7th century (AD/CE)….1400 years later.
states that Israel was given to Israel (12 tribes) and that before the return of Messiah that Israel would inhabit the land – so if they (Pals) are Israelites, which they may well be, then they:
can’t have another god
can’t pass their kids over fire (suicide bombers)
must keep shabbat and the sabbaths and not the church or Islamic holidays……..or the real G*d will spew them out of the land with great judgement as if they act like the nations then they are not Israel.

Kufar Dawg
Kufar Dawg
11 years ago

@kate b
Somehow I don’t think most palesimians are CHristian by a country mile. IN fact, I’ll bet the number of palesimians who are Christians is declining on practically a monthly basis both in percentages and absolute numbers.

fern
fern
11 years ago

Church of England, once again throw Israel/Jews under the bus
http://www.israpundit.com/archives/47514?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Choi
Choi
11 years ago

@ Jerobeam:
Who the FK do you think you are coming here and attacking Pamela the way you did?
Pamela does more for Freedom,American and Israeli in one day,than a an egomaniacal LUNATIC such as you likely has ever done.
You have the stones to post:”
And now to you Pam: Pam you miss a lot of chances not having used my knowledge on the comparison of Quoran and Bibel…”
In your world,Pamela should “use” your “knowledge” of YOUR MISSPELLED “Quoran and Bibel”?
HAHAHAHAHA,You idiot!
We PREFER Pamela’s Knowledge and HEART!
You’re a TROLL and a sick one at that.
Whatever your purpose here today,YOU FAILED!
Go and pursue your knowledge of the Bibel(Bible) & Quoran(Koran/Quran) and grace others with your “genius” intellect.

Stevie Lendman
Stevie Lendman
11 years ago

Try this chant.
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA,
Pal-e-SWINE WILL NEVER BE!

Edgar Davidson
Edgar Davidson
11 years ago

The best way to counter that ridiculous set of anti-Israel maps is to show people the REAL set of maps that show the extent to which Israel has traded land for ‘peace’:
http://edgar1981.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/expansionist-israel.html

ruth
ruth
11 years ago

Why has no one come up with an ad showing how Islam stole about half the world in the last 1400 years and continues even now……and place it alongside an ad like the anti israel ad…Show the world who the real thief is…..The real thief Islam is just using Palestine as camoflaugh to cover their own world stealing actions…

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