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‘Vandalized’ anti-Israeli ads pop up on NYC subway trains … again

Disturbing anti-Israeli ads are continuing to pop up on city subway trains, leaving red-faced MTA officials fuming, The Post has learned.

“Free Palestine. The US spends your tax money on a genocide in Gaza,” one professional-looking poster spotted on the F train this week reads. “Read up. Get Organized. Fight back.”

One troubled X user called the phony ads “deeply disturbing.”

“These posters not only misrepresent facts but also inside violence against the Jewish community,” she wrote. “The content is designed to manipulate public opinion with misleading information, fostering an environment of hate, antisemitism, and tension between communities.”

This anti-Israeli ad was spotted on an F train this week, one of several ‘vandalized’ MTA ads in the city transit system. Matthew Feinberg/X

In an email Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the transit agency was aware of the unauthorized ads and would address the issue.

“It appears to be a vandalized advertising window in which someone has placed an unauthorized item over the actual paid ad,” the spokesman said.

“The subways department is vigilant for this type of situation, and when spotted it’s removed promptly.”

It’s not the first time city transit officials have come under fire for unauthorized Israel-bashing ads in the system — earlier this year, the MTA took heat for not doing enough to replace antisemitic artwork and posters plastered in the subways over legit ads.

Anti-Israeli vandals have been doctoring and defacing subway ads this year to denounce the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

A frustrated MTA boss Janno Lieber later accused the pro-Israeli group #EndJewHatred of launching “a cyber attack” against the agency for not moving fast enough on the offensive faux ads.

The controversy comes as the Big Apple continues to see an uptick in antisemitic protests and incidents over the Israeli-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

Pro-Palestinian supporters have disrupted life in the Big Apple since an attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. John Lamparski/Shutterstock

Thousands of students have occupied college campuses in New York City and beyond to protest Israel’s handling of the war, while acts of bigoted vandalism continue to plague the five boroughs.

Anti-Israeli protesters have taken to vandalism to spread their message in the five boroughs in recent months. Getty Images

Earlier this week, rowdy pro-Palestinian protesters vandalized a World War I monument in Central Park and burned a US flag at the scene after beign blocked by cops from storming the Met Gala.



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