Activists Launch Petition Calling on Facebook to Remove AIPAC’s Dishonest, Islamophobic, and Dangerous Ads Against Representative Ilhan Omar
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For Immediate ReleaseFriday August 13, 2021, 1:04pm EDT CODEPINK Contact
Ariel Gold, ariel@codepink.orgDanaka Katovich, danaka@codepink.org
PRESS RELEASE
WASHINGTON -
The grassroots women-led group CODEPINK launched a petition calling on Facebook to remove paid ads by the American-Israel Public Relations Committee (AIPAC) that are dishonest and Islamophobic and endanger the life of a sitting member of Congress. CODEPINK is also asking people to directly report the ads through Facebook for violating their rules against hate speech. The calls by CODEPINK are part of intensifying condemnations of the ads by AIPAC.
“AIPAC’s Islamophobic incitement against a Muslim woman of color in Congress in order to further their pro-Israel agenda ...