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Controversial Pro-Israel Ads Go Up in Washington Subway

Jeff Swicord

Published October 12, 2012

U.S. District Court judge in Washington DC has ruled that the city’s subway system must allow a pro-Israel ad that equates Muslim radicals with savages to be displayed in Metro stations. Legal experts say there is no way around the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects freedom of speech, even when some people consider that speech offensive. VOA's Jeff Swicord reports.

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