Dome of the Rock removed from Western Wall photo in Israeli ministry office

Dome of the Rock removed from Western Wall photo in Israeli ministry office
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AMMAN — A picture of the Western Wall that was displayed in the Israel office of the Interior Ministry’s appeals' committee was edited to remove the Al-Aqsa’s Dome of the Rock in the background, Haaretz reported.اضافة اعلان

In the photograph that was hanging in the committee’s reception room, all that can be seen is the base of the mosque, without the golden dome. Behind it is a lawn and path that were edited into the picture in its place.

Following a query by the Israeli media outlet about the image to the Israeli National Planning Headquarters, which is part of the Interior Ministry, the picture was taken down.
“If it used to be limited to marginal and extremist groups, today those who dream of erasing the Dome of the Rock are at the heart of the Israeli establishment."
The National Planning Headquarters said "the picture was hung by the outside (property) management company when the headquarters moved to its current offices. It is not certain that the person who hung the picture noticed the missing element. When our attention was drawn to it, the picture was removed so as not to offend religious sentiments."

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Yosi Havilio said in response that "the obscene attempt to erase from the Jerusalem area any non-Jewish signs has now found its way onto the walls of our planning institutions."

Aviv Tatarsky, a researcher at the Ir Amim NGO, said that "if it used to be limited to marginal and extremist groups, today those who dream of erasing the Dome of the Rock are at the heart of the Israeli establishment."


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