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A federal judge has ruled that the MTA’s new policy of refusing all political and religious ads in the transit system means the agency can legally reject controversial posters by pro-Israel activist Pamela Geller.

“No law requires public transit agencies to accept political advertisements as a matter of course,” judge John Koeltl wrote in his Manhattan federal court decision.

The case began last year when Geller’s American Freedom Defense Initiative sued the MTA for blocking them from buying anti-Muslim bus ads.

Koeltl ruled on April 21 that the MTA had to run the group’s ads, but a week later the MTA banned all political and religious ads.

The judge said in his recent decision that since the MTA now bans all political ads, his decision ordering the MTA to put up the group’s ads is “moot.”

Geller’s lawyer filed an appeal Monday.

“We are pleased by the judge’s decision,” said a MTA spokesman.

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