In the photo taken while Kim and Kanye were having dinner with Jerusalem's Mayor Nir Barkat, the reality TV star's face was being covered with a dinner receipt.
- Apr 16, 2015
AceShowbiz - News media magnet Kim Kardashian experienced a major photo cut out when an Orthodox Israeli website decided to cover her famous face with a dinner receipt. Kikar HaShabbat website cut the reality TV star from the original photo that showed her, husband Kanye West, and Jerusalem's Mayor Nir Barkat having a dinner at an undisclosed restaurant during their recent visit to the country. Besides blurring her face, the website wouldn't even refer to her by name in the article and instead mentioning her simply as Kanye's wife.
Kim Kardashian erased from sight by ultra-Orthodox Israeli newspaper https://t.co/6W0aELomeD pic.twitter.com/h1E853aXmB
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) April 15, 2015According to Nissim Ben Haim, an editor at the Kikar HaShabbat website, they removed Kim because they considered her as a "pornographic symbol" who contradicted ultra-Orthodox values. Furthermore, it was explained that "within the insular Ultra-Orthodox community, pictures of women often aren't shown out of modesty."
The Kikar HaShabbat website, additionally, took aim at the mayor for taking Kim and Kanye dining at a non-kosher restaurant. "Insensitive: Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and his wife last night hosted Kanye West and his wife, who are visiting Israel at a [non-kosher] restaurant in the capital without considering the majority of city residents who keep kosher," so read the article in English.
Kim and Kanye were in the country to have their daughter North being baptized at the Cathedral of Sts. James in the historic Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. During the visit, the celebrity couple took time to have dinner with Mayor Nir Barkat.
In other Kim news, she has just had the first few images from her upcoming book of selfies, dubbed "Selfish", being released. Among the photos were her bikini-clad shots taken while she was on vacation in Thailand and Mexico as well as a selfie she took while fitting on her wedding dress.
