Miss Iraq + her family forced to flee Iraq after she takes selfie with Miss Israel promoting peace - Sensationalist Headlines

[URL="https://www.timesofisrael.com/miss-israel-iraqi-contestants-family-forced-to-flee-country-over-joint-selfie/"]https://www.timesofisrael.com/miss-israel-iraqi-contestants-family-forced-to-flee-country-over-joint-selfie/[/URL] [QUOTE]Relatives of the Iraqi contestant in the Miss Universe Pageant were forced to flee the Middle Eastern country over photos with her Israeli counterpart and Miss Iraq’s modeling in a bikini, Miss Israel told Hadashot news Wednesday. “The two of those things together caused a mess for her back home where people made threats against her and her family that if she didn’t return home and take down the photos, they would remove her (Miss Iraq) title, that they would kill her,” Adar Gandelsman told Israeli TV. “Out of fear, they left Iraq at least until the situation calms down,” the Miss Universe Israel contestant added, referring to the family of Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, who now lives in the US. Last month, Idan defended her decision to pose with Gandelsman following criticism she received back home, saying it was an expression of a desire for peace and not a show of support for the government of Israel. She added that the photo of the two Miss Universe contestants, which she did not remove from her Instagram account, “does not signal support for the government of Israel and does not mean I agree or accept its policies in the Arab homeland.” Idan went on to apologize “to all those who consider [the picture] harmful to the Palestinian cause.”[/QUOTE]

Imagine being so entrenched in anti semitism that simply a photo of an Iraqi and Israeli is enough to make you want to kill someone unrelated to it.

It must be infuriating for her to need to argue that she's not "in support of Israel". Ffs it's like people out there don't even understand the concept of wanting to make peace.

[QUOTE=Dirty_Ape;52989490]It must be infuriating for her to need to argue that she's not "in support of Israel". Ffs it's like people out there don't even understand the concept of wanting to make peace.[/QUOTE] Well, the problem here is (when looking at it from their perspective) that "making peace" also means to acknowledge Israël as a sovereign state, and they are passionately against that.

[QUOTE=glennman94;52989822]Well, the problem here is (when looking at it from their perspective) that "making peace" also means to acknowledge Israël as a sovereign state, and they are passionately against that.[/QUOTE] I am rapidly losing respect for their perspective

She is from a culture that stones women to death for being raped etc what did she expect? one for modelling at all and two for posing with a Israeli. I feel for her I really do but the truth is of course this was going to happen, how could it of been any other way?

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;52990224]I am rapidly losing respect for their perspective[/QUOTE] perhaps people in the arab world have also lost respect for the israeli perspective on palestine I'm not defending outrage/violence towards israelis but it's easy for you to say "i dont like their view on it" when you're not someone that has suffered due to decisions the israeli government makes

[QUOTE=LZTYBRN;52990982]perhaps people in the arab world have also lost respect for the israeli perspective on palestine I'm not defending outrage/violence towards israelis but it's easy for you to say "i dont like their view on it" when you're not someone that has suffered due to decisions the israeli government makes[/QUOTE] people in the arab world dont give two shits about palestinians, they're denied citizenship in a lot of arab states and they are treated really badly

[QUOTE=LZTYBRN;52990982]perhaps people in the arab world have also lost respect for the israeli perspective on palestine I'm not defending outrage/violence towards israelis but it's easy for you to say "i dont like their view on it" when you're not someone that has suffered due to decisions the israeli government makes[/QUOTE] The "arab world" was against the acknowledgement of Israel from day one. So don't pretend like it's caused by Israeli action since then.