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April 6, 2009

Israeli Newspapers Remove Female Cabinet Ministers from Photo
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In Israel, two ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspapers have digitally
manipulated a photograph of Israel’s new cabinet, removing two female
ministers. One newspaper changed the photo by replacing the two female
cabinet members with men. Another newspaper blacked the women out. The
ultra-Orthodox newspapers consider it immodest to print images of women.
Limor Livnat is Israel’s new Minister of Culture & Sport. Sofa Landver
is the country’s Minister of Immigrant Absorption.



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