Emotions Heat Up Over Bus Ads in Seattle

Advertisements to be displayed on King County Metro Transit buses are generating controversy a week before being displayed.

The Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign has purchased ads to be displayed on 12 buses beginning December 27 that feature the slogan, "Israeli War Crimes: Your Tax Dollars at Work."

The Stop Islamization of America (SIOA), a program of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), has declared that it will run counter-ads that read, "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Islamic jihad."  The group's executive director, Pamela Geller, complained that SIOA is not getting the same price break as the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign and issued a statement,

According to Seattle's KING 5 News, Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign paid $1,794 to run the ads. However, King County Metro Transit would not offer the same price to AFDI/SIOA Executive Director Pamela Geller. "I asked for the same deal as the Jew-haters received, but was told that the price in the article was 'misquoted.' So of course they are charging me more." SIOA was quoted a price of $2,760 for its ad.

The ads have generated so much controversy that the King County Metro Transit is thinking about changing its advertising policies for non-commercial groups.

News of the anti-Israel ads have led to tighter security at the Jewish Federation in downtown Seattle, which was the target of violence four years ago when a woman and four others were shot by a mentally ill man.

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