Posted on 12/15/2017 4:50:04 AM PST by SJackson
JERUSALEM — The family of Iraq’s contestant in the Miss Universe Pageant have left the country due to threats to their lives over her modeling in a bikini and posting on social media photos taken with Miss Israel.
Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, lives in the United States and the rest of her family has now fled the country, Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman, told Hadashot news. Gandelsman said she has been in touch with Idan since the pageant and that the two women have a special relationship.
During the competition in Tokyo in November, Miss Israel, Gandelsman and Idan posed for photos on their respective Instagram accounts. Idan’s caption read: “Peace and Love from Miss Iraq and Miss Israel.”
Gandelsman told Hadashot news that Idan said she does not regret posting the photos.
“She did it to so that people can understand that it’s possible to live together,” Gandelsman said. “In order for people to see that we can connect, in the end we are both human beings.”
Idan has not removed the photo from her Instagram account. Last month she defended the photo in a post in Arabic on Instagram, the Times of Israel reported.
“I want to stress that the purpose of the picture was only to express hope and desire for peace between the two countries,” she wrote in the post. She said the photo does not signal support for the Israeli government and apologized if the photo was harmful to the Palestinian cause.
I need more evidence on whether I should be outraged or not!
They wouldn’t have even minded if Trump hadn’t moved the embassy /sarc
Im sure the media will point out how racist that culture is... /crickets
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No “human shields” rushing to form a ring around this poor family?
Yes, I am a bit disappointed...
I was a member of People to People at a ladies fashion show at Fort Leavenworth. The wife of the Israeli officer was modeling an outfit and everyone clapped but I saw one of the Islamic ladies grab another ladies hands to stop her applauding. So fricking childish.
Considering that Iraq and Israel have never had any diplomatic relations and do not share a border, and Iraq has nothing material to gain even if the collective Arab world triumphed over Israel, the continuous hard-on that Iraq has maintained is kind of bizarre. Imagine if Mexico was holding a multi-decade grudge against Canada.
Great eyes.
That’s a boy body .... not saying she is, just saying she has a boy body.
I am completely outraged at Miss Israel! Not much hostility towards Miss Iraq, though I wouldn’t kick her out of a rope bed for eating crumbly Kleichas in it...
Visualize whirled peas
I liked their faces better.
Miss Iraq’s bikini is rather modest as far as bikinis go.
We have/had Chain-Immigration, Iran has Chain-Emigration.
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