Appeal over rejection of pro-Israel ads tossed

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a pro-Israel group that wants to put ads on Boston-area mass transit that authorities rejected as inflammatory.

The justices let stand rulings that upheld rejection of the ads by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 

The agency said ads from the American Freedom Defense Initiative using the word “savage” were “demeaning or disparaging” to Palestinians and Muslims.

The group claimed the rejection violates its right to free speech and shows a double standard on the part of the transit agency because it allowed a pro-Palestinian group to run a subway ad.