90 Miles From Tyranny : Miss Iraq posts ‘scandalous’ photo with Miss Israel - is forced to flee Iraq

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Sunday, December 17, 2017

Miss Iraq posts ‘scandalous’ photo with Miss Israel - is forced to flee Iraq

The Horror!

Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, and her family had to flee their homeland after receiving death threats over a photo she posted online last month.

Why? Because Idan posed with Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman, at a Miss Universe International Beauty Pageant, the Times of Israel reported.

Idan came under fire for posting the photo to Instagram, captioned, “Peace and Love from Miss Iraq and Miss Israel,” in addition to modeling a bikini.

“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,” Gandelsman told Israeli TV, the paper reported.

In another Instagram post, Idan apologized to those who thought the photo was “harmful to the Palestinian cause,” clarifying that it was not a political statement, but instead meant to “express hope and desire for ...Read More HERE

1 comment:

Woodsterman (Odie) said...

There will never be peace.