CAMERA’s Israel office today prompted corrections of numerous Agence France Presse photo captions from earlier this month which erroneously identified the Western Wall as Judaism’s holiest site. In fact, the Temple Mount, where the First and Second Jewish Temples once stood, is Judaism’s holiest site.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend a special prayer for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic while keeping a distance of two meters from one another at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, in Jerusalem on March 25, 2020, following light restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Menahem Kahana/AFP

Worshippers wearing the traditional Jewish prayer shawls known as Tallit pray as they keep distance of two meters between each other at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, in Jerusalem on March 23, 2020 following tight restrictions to contain the COVID-19 coronavirus disease MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP

Women wearing protective masks pay a visit to the nearly deserted Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, after Israel has imposed some of the world’s tightest restrictions to contain COVID-19 coronavirus disease, in Jerusalem on March 20, 2020. Israel imposed a two-week quarantine on all travellers entering the country, almost stopping tourism and limiting public gatherings as officials confirmed its 100th case of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP