[van-announce] Advisory: "DISAPPEARING PALESTINE" AD STOLEN FOR SECOND TIME

[Charlotte Kates]

*Advisory: "DISAPPEARING PALESTINE" AD STOLEN FOR SECOND
TIME<http://palestineawarenesscoalition.wordpress.com/media/>
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*For Immediate Release*

contact: Marty Roth, Palestine Awareness Coalition, rothx002 at umn.edu

Charlotte Kates, Palestine Awareness Coalition, charlotte.kates at gmail.com

VANCOUVER, October 9, 2013 - The "Disappearing Palestine" wall
mural<http://palestineawarenesscoalition.wordpress.com/> at
the Vancouver City Centre Skytrain station was stolen by vandals for a
second time over the weekend of October 6. The ad, part of a campaign by
the Palestine Awareness Coalition, has been running since August 27. The
Skytrain ad was vandalized previously on the weekend of September 21, when
it was also stolen from the station by unknown vandals.

The ad has been re-posted at Broadway/Commercial Skytrain station. The
Coalition is not aware of any suspects being identified in the repeated
thefts.

"The repeat vandalism of the Skytrain poster cannot hide the realities
exposed in the maps: shrinking Palestinian land and dispossessed
Palestinian people," said Marty Roth of the Palestine Awareness Coalition.
"We placed these ads to educate and inform the public. Clearly, some would
like to silence Palestinian history and present reality - and are not
succeeding," Roth said.

The “Disappearing Palestine” advertisement campaign was launched on
Vancouver public transit by the Palestine Awareness Coalition, formed by
seven Vancouver-area peace and justice groups. It depicts the shrinking
land of Palestine and Israeli expansionism over the past 65 years. For more
information, please visit palestineawarenesscoalition.wordpress.com.

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Charlotte L. Kates     charlotte.kates at gmail.com