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Israel/Palestine

oberliner

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4. Lawsuit over ‘Israeli war crimes’ ad dismissed

Reply to Scurrilous (Original post)

Sat Dec 10, 2011, 12:03 PM

Dec 2011

A group that sued King County over Metro bus ads critical of Israel lost in court Monday, after a federal judge tossed out the case on summary judgment.

In a lawsuit filed January, the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign (SeaMAC) and the ACLU had accused the county of violating the First Amendment, after Executive Dow Constantine suspended non-commercial ads on Metro buses.

The county had originally approved the group’s campaign, which included large bus ads that said, “Israeli War Crimes Your Tax Dollars at Work.” Then Constantine reversed the decision days before the ads were supposed to run, citing threats of violence and an overwhelming number of complaints.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/10/11/lawsuit-over-israeli-war-crimes%E2%80%99-ads-dismissed/

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King Co. sued over 'Israeli War Crimes' bus ads [View all] Scurrilous Apr 2011 OP

I wonder whether the character limit for post titles has changed or whether I could write War & Peac Violet_Crumble Apr 2011 #1

Obama libodem May 2011 #2

Unfortunately one appears to slander all of Israel when attempting to identify the culprits. Ford_Prefect Dec 2011 #3

Lawsuit over ‘Israeli war crimes’ ad dismissed oberliner Dec 2011 #4