Ronlop 6,783 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 *When does a selfie featuring two beauty queens become an international incident? When the countries involved are Israel and Lebanon, of course. *The trouble started last week, when this year's Miss Israel Doron Matalon posted a photo on Instagram featuring herself alongside Saly Griege, this year's Miss Lebanon, and her fellow contestants from Japan and Slovenia.  *http://instagram.com/p/xt0F8yD5YJ/  *The picture caused an uproar in Lebanon, which has a law forbidding its citizens from fraternizing with Israelis. In 1993, the government disqualified its Miss Universe representative after Agence France-Presse moved a photo of her smiling arm-in-arm with her Israeli competitor. For her part, Griege claimed that she had been the victim of a sinister photobomb, writing on Facebook and Instagram, "I was very cautious to avoid being in any photo or communication with Miss Israel (that tried several times to have a photo with me) ... I was having a photo with Miss Japan, Miss Slovenia and myself; suddenly Miss Israel jumped in, took a selfie, and put it on her social media." *Matalon responded with a Facebook post of her own, saying that Griege's reaction "doesn’t surprise me, but it still makes me sad." Addressing her rival, she added, "Too bad you can not put the hostility out of the game, only for three weeks of an experience of a lifetime that we can meet girls from around the world and also from the neighbouring [sic] country." *The New York Post reports that the Lebanese government has launched an investigation into the photo. The Miss Universe pageant is scheduled to take place Sunday in Miami.    *Very mature Lebanon   Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bye 3,947 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What kind of messy law is that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 90,488 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 inb4 people will say that Israel is even occupying selfies :toofloppy: Je ne parle pas français but I can padam if you like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 So people can get arrested for spreading love and tolerance instead of racism? Wow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGetHigh 52,683 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015  Very mature Lebanon    Dddd the lies, I live in Lebanon and I have yet to see any news anchor pick this or follow an update. Don't believe everything you read sis, and also you might wanna add a source link xoxo  Sick of my country always being attacked by stupid ****s from the news, this propaganda needs to ****ing stop right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yves 1,891 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjang 2,262 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 *Smh what a crime Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolev 850 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 How are we suppose to live in peace with people that refuse to take selfies with us? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Faux news. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchwineLove 1,366 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 source? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop 14,968 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 source? https://www.google.ba/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=miss+israel+miss+lebanon&tbm=nws Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolev 850 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 To every little person out there who's denying this nonsense http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/miss-lebanon-responds-to-photo-row-by-saying-she-was-ambushed-by-miss-israel-9986671.html http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/18/world/feat-miss-lebanon-miss-israel-picture/ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/miss-universe-competition-miss-lebanon-5002291 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/lebanon-photo-bombed-israel-universe-article-1.2083132 http://time.com/3673083/miss-lebanon-miss-israel-selfie/ http://www.eonline.com/news/616061/miss-lebanon-slammed-over-selfie-with-miss-israel-fellow-miss-universe-2014-contestant-find-out-what-they-said http://nypost.com/2015/01/18/israeli-miss-universe-contestants-selfie-causes-international-uproar/ http://www.people.com/article/miss-universe-lebanon-israel-controversy  I guess "faux news" has bought all these outlets now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,869 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 inb4 people will say that Israel is even occupying selfies :toofloppy: :air: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebe 16,562 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Dddd the lies, I live in Lebanon and I have yet to see any news anchor pick this or follow an update. Don't believe everything you read sis, and also you might wanna add a source link xoxo  Sick of my country always being attacked by stupid ****s from the news, this propaganda needs to ****ing stop right now.  Faux news.  https://www.facebook.com/misslebanonsalygreige  But when you look at her profile you can see her apologising and claiming she was photobombed...  I mean I hardly expect it to be headline news, but that doesn't mean it's untrue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 https://www.facebook.com/misslebanonsalygreige  But when you look at her profile you can see her apologising and claiming she was photobombed...  I mean I hardly expect it to be headline news, but that doesn't mean it's untrue. Maybe she was asked about it and gave an explanation. Maybe she was photobombed. I don't see an apology. I don't believe there was an "uproar". Who cares? I'm sure there are on other side people who are not happy about the photo and being too friendly with a "Gentile". FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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