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Israeli-Palestinian Dispute Lands Seattle Agency in Court


(Reuters) The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the city of Seattle, arguing that its transit agency infringed free speech rights of the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign by refusing to carry its pro-Palestinian placards on buses. The group's advertising bore the words: "Israeli War Crimes: Your Tax Dollars at Work," next to a picture of children standing next to a damaged building. In reaction, a pro-Israel group proposed placards to run on buses carrying the words "Palestinian War Crimes: Your Tax Dollars at Work," next to a picture of a bus engulfed in flames. On Dec. 23, King County, which runs public transit in Seattle, said it would no longer carry political advertising on buses.
2011-01-20 10:57:23
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