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Quaker group pulls NYT ad over paper’s refusal to let it call Israel’s Gaza bombing ‘genocide’ (Guardian, 2025-01-08) (hcommons.social)
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Quaker group pulls NYT ad over paper’s refusal to let it call Israel’s Gaza bombing ‘genocide’ (Guardian, 2025-01-08)

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/08/new-york-times-ad-cancel-gaza-genocide
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“The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a #Quaker organization that advocates for peace, said on Monday the group cancelled a planned advertisement in the New York Times in response to the paper refusing to allow it to refer to Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide.”

“According to the #AFSC press release, when the group refused [to use ‘war’ instead of ‘genocide’], the New York Times responded with an email that read, in part: ‘Various international bodies, human rights organizations, and governments have differing views on the situation. In line with our commitment to factual accuracy and adherence to legal standards, we must ensure that all advertising content complies with these widely applied definitions.’”

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[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

CitationsNeeded podcast did an interview with Joyce Ajlouny from the AFSC.

[–] adachika192@hcommons.social 1 points 10 hours ago

#AFSC press release:

New York Times rejects Quaker ad for calling Israel’s actions “genocide” (2025-01-08)

https://afsc.org/newsroom/new-york-times-rejects-quaker-ad-calling-israels-actions-genocide
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“The [refused] ad read: ‘Tell Congress to stop arming Israel's genocide in Gaza now! As a Quaker organization, we work for peace. Join us. Tell the President and Congress to stop the killing and starvation in Gaza.’”

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