“I’ve done a Google image search to see if the picture’s been lifted off of the internet but can’t find anything, which suggests that some idiot in the BBC has done this himself.”
But a BBC spokesperson said the image has been sourced from the website of the EPA photo agency.
The spokesman said the photo was captioned: “Behind the dome is a very large Israeli flag flying from the roof of an apartment building in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City.
“It is nonsense to suggest that the BBC has superimposed an Israeli flag on a picture of the Dome of the Rock.
"This was an agency photo which showed a flag flying from a building behind the Dome.
"We realised quickly that the picture could be misunderstood and misrepresented, and given the sensitive nature of the story, we updated it with a different picture.”
At least 14 people were injured - three of them seriously - when a car was driven into pedestrians in Jerusalem. Hamas reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack.
