LA Times publishes ad accusing Israel of apartheid

24 February 2016, 8:27 pm

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The Los Angeles Times publishes a full-page ad that calls on Oscar nominees to refuse a free Israel trip worth $55,000 offered in Academy Award swag bags.

The ad, which says “Don’t endorse Israeli apartheid,” appears in the newspaper’s Calendars section today, days after the entertainment magazine Variety refused to publish the ad sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace, or JVP, a group that supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.

Co-sponsored by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, the ad has a top line reading “Free Trip to Israel at the Expense of Palestinians.”