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showcasing a sunrise panorama of Jerusalem’s Western Wall and the Temple Mount area above it. The group said it had not known the photo was altered to exclude the mosques on the Temple Mount. The mount is holy to both Jews and Muslims, and sensitivities over the site have led to bloody clashes in recent years. By Tuesday morning, the photo had been replaced on the CUFI site by one that shows the familiar golden Dome of the Rock. The photographer and the Israeli agency that sold the photo said the photo had been manipulated for artistic reasons.
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