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April 16, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/15/AR2010041501784.html

British Ban of Israeli Ad Irks Jerusalem Mayor

(Reuters-Washington Post) Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat Thursday branded as shameful a British decision to ban an Israeli advertisement that listed holy sites in east Jerusalem as part of a tourism itinerary in Israel. The advertisement, which the Israel Government Tourist Office placed in British newspapers, included a photo of Judaism's Western Wall with Islam's Dome of the Rock. Calling the Western Wall "the heart and soul of the Jewish people and the State of Israel," Barkat said Britain's Advertising Standards Authority had made a "shameful accusation showing a complete ignorance of history."

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