The Zionist organization StandWithUs attacked the maps and the Coalition, called on Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) to remove the ads &, together with other Israel lobby groups, threatened to take the Coalition & TransLink, Vancouver's public transportation authority, to court. When threats did not work, StandWithUs ended up initiating a counter ad featuring three maps.
Dr. Hani Faris, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, President of the independent American think tank Trans Arab Research Institute (TARI), & internationally recognized expert on the Palestine-Israel conflict comments on the historical context of the maps.
Sponsored by the Palestine Awareness Coalition. Endorsed by Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign, Canada Palestine Association, Independent Jewish Voices -- Vancouver, Seriously Free Speech Committee
Video by Jase Tanner
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Hani Faris is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science and a Faculty Associate in the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He previously served at various universities, including Kuwait, Harvard, McGill, and Simon Fraser. His books include Beyond the Lebanese Civil War, and he has written more than twenty book chapters and over fifty academic articles on topics including Arab nationalism, the Middle East in world politics, Zionism, Lebanese politics, the history of the Palestinian issue, and development in the Global South. Faris serves on the editorial board of Contemporary Arab Affairs and is president of the Board of the Trans Arab Research Institute.
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