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BDS places historically distorted anti-Israel advertisement on Vancouver buses

The Jewish community of Vancouver is mulling options to stop another BDS anti-Israel campaign on buses displaying historically distorted anti-Israel advertisement.

By JTA

 

 

The head of the Jewish federation in Vancouver and the Canadian city’s transit agency are at odds over the legality of an anti-Israel ad campaign on buses there.

Disappearing Palestine

historically distorted anti-Israel advertisement

The ads, which went up Tuesday, purport to show the “disappearance of Palestine due to Israeli occupation over the past 65 years.” The ads — 15 bus posters and one large “mural” in a station — consist of four maps spanning from 1946 to 2012 and illustrate “Palestine” shrinking over the years.

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