Boston subway gets ads against Israeli apartheid

Adverts highlighting Israeli violations of Palestinian rights have gone up in Boston’s subway system, thanks to local non-profit group Ads Against Apartheid.

The series of three ads cover home demolitions, illegal West Bank settlements, and the Israeli military’s killing of Palestinian children. The posters also include the message “End support for Israeli apartheid”.

Intended to challenge the idea that Israel is committed to peace, “if the ads are shocking”, said Ads Against Apartheid President Chadi Salamoun, “that’s because the reality on the ground is shocking.”

The ads are running in State Street Station during the month of June. Ads Against Apartheid hope to run the ads across Boston and in other US cities.