DUBAI: Former Miss Iraq beauty queen, Sarah Idan, stirred controversy over her friendship with former Miss Israel Adar Gandelsman after posting a video with her in Jerusalem.
Idan had been widely criticized in 2017 for posting a picture with her Israeli counterpart on the sidelines of their Miss Universe contest in the United States and even received death threats.
Miss Iraq refused at the time to delete the photo of Gandelsman, but published a statement explaining that she does not support the Israeli government or their policies in the Middle East, and apologized to anyone who believed it “to be an attack on the Palestinian cause.”
Earlier this week, Idan published more than one picture with Miss Israel, in addition to a video with her, commenting: “Shalom/ Peace from Jerusalem.”
