A US-based Quaker organisation working for peace and social justice announced they would be cancelling their planned advertising with The New York Times (NYT) after the outlet “refused to allow an ad referring to Israel’s genocide in Gaza”.
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker-founded organisation established in 1917 to assist civilian victims of the First World War, made the statement on Wednesday.
The original planned ad, which was rejected, read: “Tell Congress to stop arming Israel’s genocide in Gaza now! As a Quaker organisation, we work for peace. Join us. Tell the President and Congress to stop the killing and starvation in Gaza.”
Joyce Ajlouny, the general secretary of the organisation, slammed the decision and described it as an “outrageous attempt to sidestep the truth”. …..more
