The pro-Israel organization StandWithUs will launch an ad campaign in BART stations to counter local ads that call for an end to U.S. military aid to Israel. The posters will be on display starting Sunday, Sept. 18, through Nov. 13 at the 12th Street Oakland, Downtown Berkeley, Civic Center, 16th Street/Mission and Embarcadero BART stations, as well as on a Powell Street cable car.

 

New ads will counter others supported by groups opposed to U.S. military aid to Israel.

The initial ad campaign, sponsored by Friends of Sabeel, Jewish Voice for Peace and others, went up in BART and Muni stations in late August, and runs through Sept. 23. It depicts Palestinian and Israeli grandfathers, with a caption calling for an end to military aid to Israel.

 

The new posters picture two boys, one Palestinian, the other Israeli, next to the slogan “Israel Needs a Partner for Peace.” In October, StandWithUs will launch a similar poster campaign in 18 New York City’s subway stations to counter an ad campaign opposing U.S. aid to Israel currently on display there.

For more information, go to www.SayYesToPeace.org.

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