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.
“The refusal of The New York Times to run paid digital ads that call for an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza is an outrageous attempt to sidestep the truth,” said Joyce Ajlouny, general secretary for the AFSC, in a press release.
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According to the AFSC press release, when the group refused, 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.
The group claimed a representative with the advertising team at the New York Times suggested they use the word “war” instead of “genocide”.
