TEL AVIV – In a rare move of solidarity, the Miss Universe contestants from Israel and Iraq posed together for selfies they posted to their respective Instagram accounts. “Get to know, this is Miss Iraq and she’s amazing,” gushed Miss Israel Adar Gandelsman on Instagram. She arrived in Las Vegas for the pageant set to begin on November 26. On Facebook she employed classic beauty pageant tropes, posting, “Practicing bringing world peace.” “Peace and Love from Miss Iraq and Miss Israel,” Miss Iraq Sarah Idan posted on her Instagram post. The post had garnered a few thousand likes as of Tuesday. In 2015, then-Miss Israel Doron Matalon posted a photo alongside Miss Lebanon, Sally Greige, and two other beauty queens during the Miss Universe pageant to her Instagram account, sparking outrage in Lebanon that almost forced Greige to forfeit her title. Greige defended herself by saying Matalon constantly harassed her into taking a picture with her. “From the first day I arrived at the Miss Universe pageant I was very careful not to take any pictures with Miss Israel, who tried repeatedly to take pictures with me,” Greige wrote. “While I was preparing with Miss Slovenia and Miss Japan to get our photograph taken, Miss Israel jumped in and
Author: Deborah Danan
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