(JNS.org) The American Freedom Defense Initiative, a pro-Israel organization run by blogger Pamela Geller, has sued New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) for refusing to place a bus advertisement that used the phrase “Hamas Killing Jews.” The lawsuit, filed Oct. 1, states that the advertisement is particularly timely because of “ongoing terrorism conducted by Hamas operatives against Israeli civilians in the name of Islamic jihad.” While the transit authority said last month that it refused to run the ad because it “would imminently incite or provoke violence,” the lawsuit explains that the ad’s purpose was to express a message on current events, including on “issues such as Islam’s hatred of Jews.”