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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. “Palestinians and allies have been silenced and marginalized in the media for decades as these institutions choose silence over accountability. It is only by challenging this reality that we can hope to forge a path toward a more just and equitable world.”

The group claimed a representative with the advertising team at the New York Times suggested they use the word “war” instead of “genocide”. The AFSC cited groups such as the Center for Constitutional Rights, the University Network for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and several Palestinian human rights groups that have deemed that Israel is committing genocide or acts of genocide in Gaza.

The group also pointed to an ad taken out by Amnesty International in the Washington Post this past weekend that characterized Israel’s actions as genocide.

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[–] Alienmonkey@lemm.ee 37 points 3 months ago

Streisand effect making across the pond to The Guardian this morning, impressive.

Again, I would never have seen this or any other NYT ad if they hadn't made a fuss.

Given the number of journalists killed in the Genocide so far, the IDF has probably directly murdered NYT affiliated reporters and photographers at this point and they won't even let the silent Quakers run an ad.

Disgusting.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (3 children)

To clarify: this is not about NYT avoiding the word genocide in their articles.

Quaker wanted to use the word in their advertisement in NYT. This was forbidden.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 29 points 3 months ago

They should try again and replace the word Gaza with Sudan. I bet the NYT will have no problem running it then.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"To be clear the NYT has no problem with genocide as a concept. They have a problem with the quakers accusing Israel, who don't like to be seen as genocidal, as committing the genocide they're committing."

I fail to see how this makes it better and not worse

[–] ef9357@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 months ago

Then maybe Israel should stop committing germicide. Simple.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To give you some idea... Nixon was a Quaker.

When you've lost the Quakers...

http://www.oldchathamquakers.org/blog/was-nixon-really-a-quaker

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Nixon wasn't exactly your standard Quaker. They tend to be less assholish than him.