Saturday, June 28 in Rome, Italy, activists for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel corrected misleading advertising at 10 metro stations, earning the approval of passengers.

The advertising by Eden Travel Agency, which included the logo of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism, invited vacationers to go to Israel where everything is "under Controller". Among the images featured on the ads was also one of East Jerusalem in the occupied Palestinian territories. The slogans were corrected to highlight instead that Palestine is "under occupation", and calls for a boycott of Israel were added.

The Israeli Ministry of Tourism promotes tourism in settlements built illegally on Palestinian lands and official ministry maps show no trace of the occupied Palestinian territories. [1]

The action took place as Israel carries out an act of collective punishment in all of Palestine, under the pretense of a manhunt for three missing settlers, which now counts 9 dead and 120 injured, over 500 arrests, thousands of raids in homes, schools, hospitals and offices of organizations and the media and the bombing of Gaza.

On Friday, the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry issued guidance on the legal and economic risks associated with activity in or benefiting Israeli settlements. The guidance specifies that it applies, among other activities, to tourist services. [2]

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[1] http://www.goisrael.gov.il/tourism_heb2/Tourist%20Information/Cities/Pages/Hebron.aspx http://www.goisrael.com/Tourism_Eng/Tourist%20Information/Planning%20your%20trip/Online%20tools/Pages/Maps%20of%20Israel.aspx
http://beta.govmap.gov.il/

[2] http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Sala_Stampa/ArchivioNotizie/Approfondimenti/2014/06/20140627_insediamenticittadiniimpreseUe.htm?LANG=EN