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Originally Posted by ChristinaRizkallah
Orit is Israeli from Israel.
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To reply to all about her presumed ethnicity:
Israel is a very young country. The Jews that came and settled in the modern state of Israel are from a variety of places, some of European origin, others of Middle Eastern origin etc. There are many Israeli Jews who are of Middle Eastern origin or "Mizrahi" in Hebrew. Asi Haskal is an Israeli of Iraqi orgin. I have heard that Orit is also a Mizrahi Jew. The famous transgender singer, Dana International is a Israeli Jew of Yemini origin.
To be frank, doesn't seem like a conflict of interest when an Israeli is teaching oriental dance and at the same time their government was bombing Lebanon? I've always wondered how an Israeli can reconcil performing Egyptian Oriental and at the same time, the majority of Egyptians have a very negative opinion of Israel? Talk about complicated!!!