"Disappearing Palestine" Bus Ads in Vancouver

A series of anti-Israel advertisements in Vancouver, sponsored by the "Palestine Awareness Coalition" is causing controversy in the city, with Jewish groups demanding that they be taken down. The public transit ads have four maps, showing supposed Palestinian borders disappearing into the State of Israel. The maps show what has happened within the state of Israel to some degree — of course they leave out the important fact that Arabs make up over 20% of Israel's population and would be able to vote and so on. However, the ads leave out the wider context of the region. When this context is taken into the picture it changes the situation considerably.