18 Sept 2011

Billboard Battle and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict/Land-Grab

WESPAC Foundation's subway ad campaign is the first volley in a war of words playing out on billboards. 
A pro-Israel group plans a counter-campaign.
A subway station billboard war is the latest flare-up in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The dispute began with posters urging an end to U.S. military aid for Israel, prompting a City Council member to demand an end to the ads - and spawning an upcoming series of counter-ads.

"This is a highly political campaign with a controversial underlying anti-Israel message," Councilman Lewis Fidler (D-Brooklyn) wrote MTA President Thomas Prendergast.

"I would urge you to disallow and/or remove these advertisements."

The group behind the ads, the Westchester County-based WESPAC Foundation, said the subway spots are intended to encourage dialogue and not dissension.
BY Pete Donohue, Matthew Deluca and Larry Mcshane of DAILY NEWS (Original Source)

 "Israel To Return West Bank... in the rest of the world's dreams."
In Israel, concern is growing that it may have to return land it has long occupied and built settlements on if Palestinian statehood is officially recognized by the UN.
­On Friday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a passionate televised speech vowing to seek full recognition for his country at the UN General Assembly next week.
If successful, the move will come as a blow to the corrupt US representatives who have used the full diplomatic might they control to derail the bid, which they now promises to veto.