Posters advertising the film Sex and the City have been banned from two cities in Israel over claims that they are offensive to Orthodox Jews.
Officials in Jerusalem have slapped a ban on the ads along with those in Petah Tikva, which has a large Orthodox Jewish community. They claimed it was offensive to promote a film with the word "sex" in its title.
Earlier, a poster featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, one of the film's stars, in a skimpy dress had to be replaced by another in which she was covered up.
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