Quaker Group Cancels Ad after New York Times Refused Use of ‘Genocide’

A Quaker radical has canceled planned advertizing with the New York Times aft the insubstantial refused to usage the connection 'genocide'. (Design: Palestine Chronicle, video grab)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

“The refusal of The New York Times to tally paid integer ads that telephone for an extremity to Israel’s genocide successful Gaza is an outrageous effort to sidestep the truth.”

A Quaker bid advocacy group, The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), has canceled planned advertizing with the New York Times aft “the insubstantial refused to let an advertisement that referred to Israel’s genocide successful Gaza.”

The advertisement read: “Tell Congress to halt arming Israel’s genocide successful Gaza now! As a Quaker organization, we enactment for peace. Join us. Tell the President and Congress to halt the sidesplitting and starvation successful Gaza,” the radical said successful a connection connected Wednesday.

“The refusal of The New York Times to tally paid integer ads that telephone for an extremity to Israel’s genocide successful Gaza is an outrageous effort to sidestep the truth,” said Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary for AFSC.

“Palestinians and allies person been silenced and marginalized successful the media for decades arsenic these institutions take soundlessness implicit accountability. It is lone by challenging this world that we tin anticipation to forge a way toward a much conscionable and equitable world,” she stressed.

‘War’ Instead of Genocide

The radical explained that aft receiving the substance for the ad, a typical from the advertizing squad suggested that AFSC usage the connection “war” alternatively of “genocide.”

AFSC said “war” held “an wholly antithetic meaning some colloquially and nether planetary law.”

We’ve canceled planned advertizing with The New York Times aft it refused to let an advertisement referring to Israel’s genocide successful #Gaza.

Joyce Ajlouny, AFSC's General Secretary, called the refusal “an outrageous effort to sidestep the truth.” https://t.co/gDfNmDEOSH pic.twitter.com/vozqR3SiQ7

— AFSC (@afsc_org) January 8, 2025

When the Quaker radical rejected the suggestion, the New York Times Ad Acceptability Team sent an email that work successful part: “Various planetary bodies, quality rights organizations, and governments person differing views connected the situation. In enactment with our committedness to factual accuracy and adherence to ineligible standards, we indispensable guarantee that each advertizing contented complies with these wide applied definitions.”

Rights Groups’ Confirmation

The radical pointed retired that galore quality rights organizations, ineligible scholars, genocide and holocaust scholars, and UN bodies “have determined that Israel is committing genocide oregon genocidal acts successful Gaza.”

Month aft month, the satellite has watched arsenic Israel treated Palestinians successful Gaza arsenic a subhuman radical unworthy of quality rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to physically destruct them. pic.twitter.com/CcbvtP6XxK

— Amnesty International (@amnesty) December 5, 2024

This includes US-based organizations similar the Center for Constitutional Rights and the University Network for Human Rights, planetary quality rights organizations Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and respective Palestinian quality rights groups, it said.

It noted that the New York Times “regularly looks to respective of these organizations arsenic sources for its ain reporting.”

Washington Post Ad

The radical besides highlighted that successful the aforesaid week that the New York Times rejected AFSC’s ad, the Washington Post ran an advertisement from Amnesty International that utilized the connection of genocide.

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“The proposition that the New York Times couldn’t tally an advertisement against Israel’s genocide successful Gaza due to the fact that determination are ‘differing views’ is absurd,” said Layne Mullett, Director of Media Relations for AFSC.

“The New York Times advertises a wide assortment of products and advocacy messages connected which determination are differing views. Why is it not acceptable to publicize the meticulously documented atrocities committed by Israel and paid for by the United States?” Mullet added.

Previous Use of ‘Genocide’

AFSC said it had been supporting humanitarian efforts successful Gaza since 1948 and presently has unit successful Gaza, Ramallah, and Jerusalem.

“Our courageous unit members successful Gaza witnesser regular horrors and proceed to supply captious enactment contempt Israel’s relentless attacks connected their homes and families,” said Ajlouny.

She emphasized that the group’s advertisement run “aims to shed airy connected these atrocities portion urging radical successful the U.S. to unit the President and Congress to halt weapons shipments to Israel and advocator for an extremity to the genocide.”

Gaza Genocide Embodies Unmatched Cruelty – Not Worthy of Celebrations

According to the Al Mayadeen channel, the New York Times has antecedently tally advertisements utilizing the word “genocide”.

In 2016, the transmission reported, the insubstantial published an advertisement from the Armenian Educational Foundation thanking Kim Kardashian for opposing the denial of the Armenian genocide. In 2008, statesmanlike candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain co-signed a missive advertisement successful the New York Times calling retired the genocide successful Darfur, the study added.

(The Palestine Chronicle)