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(JTA) \u2014 Posters promoting the final \u201cHunger Games\u201d movie in Jerusalem and the coastal Israeli city of Bnei Brak have scrubbed star Jennifer Lawrence from the main image.<\/p>\n
The posters for \u201cThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 2\u201d in these cities contain only the fiery crow from the original advertisement and exclude the foreground image of Lawrence posing as protagonist Katniss Everdeen with a bow and arrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe discovered that public posters with the image of a female are often torn down in Jerusalem, while Bnei Brak does not allow posters with female images,\u201d a representative of the film\u2019s Israeli PR firm told Ynet.<\/p>\n
Bnei Brak, a densely populated city with a high haredi Orthodox population, has a municipal regulation that prevents the hanging of posters of women that \u201cmight incite the feelings of the city\u2019s residents,\u201d according to Haaretz.<\/p>\n
The issue is hotly contested in Jerusalem, which does not have any municipal rules against posters of women.<\/p>\n
Liron Suissa, a marketing executive for the company hanging the film\u2019s posters in Israel, said it was far from the first time his firm has felt this \u201cunofficial coercion\u201d from the haredi community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had endless vandalization, and clients prefer not to take the chance,\u201d Suissa said.<\/p>\n
The three previous \u201cHunger Games\u201d films, which all star Lawrence, have grossed over $2 billion.<\/p>\n