Thank you, Supervisors Weiner
, Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Tang and Yee, and President of the Board Chiu. These seven have taken a principled and moral stand, and have asked the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to donate the
proceeds of the highly inflammatory AMP "apartheid" Muni bus ads to the the
Human Rights Commission. The SFMTA has also been asked review their
advertising policies to ensure that public transport remains a safe
place for all passengers, irrespective of ethnicity, religion, gender,
sexual orientation or political beliefs. Please thank them for their
efforts
From an article at the
SF Gate Blog
When advertisements went up on Muni buses implying that Muslims are
“savages,” the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency donated the revenue
from the ad campaign to the Human Rights Commission. Now several
supervisors are asking why the same isn’t being done for ads calling
Israel an “apartheid” state.
Supervisor Scott Wiener and six of his colleagues sent a letter to
MTA Executive Director Ed Reiskin Monday urging the agency to fork over
the $5,030 from American Muslims for Palestine to the HRC to “be used to
fight growing intolerance alienating the Jewish community.”
“I don’t think the MTA should be accepting dirty money, whether that
dirty money comes from anti-Muslim bigots or whether that dirty money
comes from enemies of Israel,” said Wiener, who usually never misses an
opportunity to bemoan Muni’s lack of funding. “Those ads were vile,
these ads are also vile.”
The ads, which run until June 6, read “End Apartheid Now!” and “Stop U.S. Aid to Israel.”
Please thank the seven Supervisors who have signed the SFMTA statement.
Scott Wiener, Supervisor, District 8, (415) 554-6968
London Breed, Supervisor, District 5, (415) 554-7630
Malia Cohen, Supervisor, District 10, (415) 554-7670
Mark Farrell, Supervisor, District 2, (415) 554-7752
Katy Tang, Supervisor, District 4, (415) 554-7460
Norman Yee, Supervisor, District 7, (415) 554-6516
David Chiu, Supervisor, District 3 and President of the Board, (415) 554-7450
The following members have not yet signed the statement. Please give
them a call, and let them know how these ads defame the only democracy
in the Middle east, and create an uncomfortable environment for those
using public transit. Our beautiful city by the Bay should not become
another battleground for the wars in the Middle East
John Avalos, Supervisor, District 11, (415) 554-6975
David Campos, Supervisor, District 9, (415) 554-5144
Jane Kim, Supervisor, District 6, (415) 554-7970
Eric Mar, Supervisor, District 1, (415) 554-7410
Why the outrage? Israel is an apartheid AND racist state. The only democracy in the M..E? For the Palestinians too?
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ReplyDeleteDo you have any idea what Apartheid even means?
ReplyDeleteThe Rev. Dr. Kenneth Meshoe does. He lived in apartheid South Africa. He wrote:
"I believe that it is slanderous and deceptive for Israel’s self-defense measures against the terrorists’ campaign of suicide bombing, rocket attacks and other acts of terrorism that have occurred, and continue to occur, to be labeled as apartheid. I am shocked by the claim that the free, diverse, democratic state of Israel practices apartheid. This ridiculous accusation trivializes the word apartheid, minimizing and belittling the magnitude of the racism and suffering endured by South Africans of color."
Why do you think you know more of the nature of apartheid than someone who lived and suffered under it?