Yesterday Stuff told us they would not print this full-page advertisement which had been booked and paid to go in all Stuff newspapers next Tuesday.
At this stage Stuff has given no official reason for banning the add aside from saying they won’t do so “while the ongoing conflict is developing”
It seems that for Stuff, pro-Israel sympathies are more important that Palestinian realities.
It’s worth pointing out that Stuff has, over many years, printed full page advertisements from a Christian Zionist, Paster Nigel Woodley, from Hastings. Woodley’s advertisements have been full of the most egregious, fanciful, misinformation and anti-Palestinian racism.
Our advertisement on the other hand is 100% factual and speaks truth to power – demanding our government hold Israel to account for its war crimes and 76-years of brutal military occupation of Palestine.
We’d like the public to judge our advertisement – it is pasted above.
John Minto
National Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
