The Post has learned that a series of disturbing anti-Israel ads have been displayed on the city’s subway trains, leaving red-faced MTA employees furious.
“Liberate Palestine. The US is using your tax dollars to commit genocide in Gaza,” reads a professional-looking poster spotted on an F train this week. “Read. Organize. Fight back.”
person in trouble User X called the fake ad “very disturbing.””
“These posters not only misrepresent facts, but also convey internal violence against the Jewish community,” she wrote. “This content is designed to manipulate public opinion with misleading information and foster an environment of hatred, anti-Semitism, and communal tension.”
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson said in an email Wednesday that the agency is aware of the fraudulent ads and will address the issue.
“It appears to be a vandalized advertising window where someone placed an unauthorized item on top of the actual paid advertising,” the spokesperson said.
“The Metro Authority is alert to this type of situation and will remove it as soon as it is discovered.”
This is not the first time the city’s transportation authority has come under fire for unauthorized Israel-bashing ads in the city. Earlier this year, the MTA came under fire for not doing enough to replace anti-Semitic artwork and posters on subways with legal advertising.
Disgruntled MTA Director Jano Lieber later accused the pro-Israel group #EndJewHatred of launching a “cyberattack” against the agency for not responding quickly enough to aggressive false advertising. he accused.
The controversy comes as anti-Semitic protests in the Big Apple and incidents surrounding the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip continue to rise.
Thousands of students have occupied university campuses in and around New York City to protest Israel’s handling of the war, while acts of bigoted vandalism continue to plague the five boroughs.
Earlier this week, unruly pro-Palestinian protesters vandalized the World War I memorial in Central Park and burned an American flag at the scene after being prevented by police from entering the Met Gala.
