We’ve noted ads on mass transit in Chicago and the Bay Area that call for an end of aid to Israel. Well now Seattle’s gettin into the act, on Dec. 27, the anniversary of the Gaza onslaught. Allen Schauffler of the NBC affiliate in Seattle reports:
“Israeli War Crimes,” the enormous advertisement reads. “Your tax dollars at work.”
To the right of the image is a group of children — one little boy stares out at the viewer, the others gawk at a demolished building, all rebar and crumbled concrete.
It’s an ad you’ll be seeing soon on a handful of Metro buses in downtown Seattle.
A group calling itself the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign has paid King County $1,794 so that 12 buses will carry that message around town, starting two days after Christmas. That’s December 27: the two-year anniversary of Israeli attacks on Gaza, aimed at stopping rocket attacks and weapons smuggling.
The ADL is upset. But:
King County Metro Transit spokesperson Linda Thielke acknowledges some people will be offended by the campaign, but that is not enough to prevent the rolling billboards from hitting the streets.
