Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Newspaper Edits Female World Leaders Out of Charlie Hebdo Photo

[progressoid]

Cross-posted in GD

Yesterday’s historic march across Paris included over 40 world leaders expressing solidarity for France after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, but if you read this Haredi newspaper, you’d believe that none of them were women.

The image that ran on the front page of the Israeli newspaper The Announcer edited two female world leaders out of the image, originally provided by wire service GPO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. A third woman in a blue scarf who we can’t identify was also photoshopped out.

The original photo is below:

And here’s the paper’s version of it, screencapped by Walla.com. Merkel and Mystery Woman are gone completely, while Mogherini was simply cropped out of the photo:

More details at http://www.mediaite.com/online/ultra-orthodox-jewish-newspaper-edits-female-world-leaders-out-of-charlie-hebdo-march/

[trotsky]

1. Everyone join the chorus:

"It's not about religion!"

[LiberalAndProud]

4. Is that the chorus?

I thought it was, "But my religion luvs women!"

(Unless you actually read the damn book.)

[truebrit71]

5. Religion has nothing to do with it!

Religion does so much good....argle bargle wargle!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I don't know what world they inhabit, but it's not the real world. n/t

[Arugula Latte]

3. Well, as Moses himself said:

"Gurlz haz cooteez!"

[Warren Stupidity]

7. There is no problem with religion so stop saying that.

[PeaceNikki]

8. Totes not "real" Jews

[Curmudgeoness]

9. That is a really shitty job of photoshopping.

Their readers must be easy to deceive.

[JDDavis]

10. SMH....(Shaking my head)

I just do not understand people in 2015 who think that censoring out photos of women at major world events is perfectly honorable and honest.

Do women even get to read these newspapers? Do only men read them?

Of course that might be one of the greatest things Orthodox Jews and some Muslims have in common: how they mistreat and disrespect women.

[LiberalAndProud]

11. Untruthful?!? I find that hard to believe.

/sarcasm

[Cartoonist]

12. I am reminded of Netanyahu's comments the other day

He said the problem is radical Islam. What about this BS by radical ultra orthodox jews? What about an Israeli ultranationalist terrorist named Yigal Amir? What's up with saying only THEIR religion is doing bad stuff?

[onager]

13. Hey, quit infringing on our Stalin monopoly!

We atheists are supposed to be the Stalinists, aren't me? I'm confuzzled...

Disappearing people out of photos was a common tactic of Uncle Joe & Co. See the fascinating book "The Commissar Vanishes" by David King for a couple hundred examples.

In the photo below, Comrade Marchenko ends up in the dustbin...or airbrush...of history:

[AlbertCat]

14. On the bright side....

The time it took them to photoshop this was time NOT spent doing something even more stupid.

[mr blur]

15. Don't I remember them doing the same to Hillary Clinton?

Yep, same Orthodox morons:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/09/hillary-clinton-der-tzitung-removed-situation-room_n_859254.html

[amuse bouche]

16. Religion is so dishonest and flat out vile

[olddots]

17. hey its a business

It is a business and has allways been a business that is unchallenged by critical thinking .

Humans may "believe " themselves out of existence someday .

[Gelliebeans]

18. If you don't see women

They just don't exist? (shrug....idiots)