The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has criticized the Israeli Tourism Ministry for an advertisement featuring a photo of the Qumran Caves.
The ASA is an independent organization founded by advertisers "in order to keep advertising truthful."
The authority approached the Tourism Ministry bureau in the UK asking to remove an advertisement featuring a photo of Qumran Caves under the heading: "It takes six hours to cross Israel. Imagine what you can experience in seven days."
The reason, as stated by the ASA: The advertisement misleads the reader into thinking that Qumran Caves are located within the Green Line, while they are actually located in the Palestinian territories.
A senior tourism official said Sunday that the ASA continues to demonstrate its anti-Israeli approach displayed in Britain over the past few months.
According to him, "Representatives of the Palestinian Tourism Ministry feature a map of Palestine which shows all of Israel's regions, including Ben-Gurion Airport, as Palestine's major airport, but the British never complained about that."
The Tourism Ministry said in response that following the request, the photo of the Qumran Caves has been replaced with a photo of Masada until further clarification.