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Now you see them, now you don’t: Orthodox Israeli newspapers Photo-shop out female Cabinet ministers

by Open-Publishing - Saturday 4 April 2009

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Now you see them, now you don’t: Orthodox Israeli newspapers Photo-shop out female Cabinet ministers

By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE
3rd April 2009

Two women serve in Israel’s new Cabinet - but some Israelis would rather not see them.

Newspapers aimed at ultra-Orthodox Jewish readers tampered with the inaugural photograph of the Cabinet, erasing female ministers Limor Livnat and Sofa Landver.

Ultra-Orthodox newspapers consider it immodest to print images of women.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1167063/Now-you-dont-Orthodox-Israeli-newspapers-Photo-shop-female-Cabinet-ministers.html