On the Big Screen, Where All the Arabs Are Israeli

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True Arabs and Israelis Look Exactly the same, the one with pale skin are not Jews at all they are the one's who are ASHKANAZI Jews, what they have done is adopt the religion, they came from Europe. They have no connection with the Arab world what so ever they are Evil, ordinary Jewsih people are fine, the ones who is killing the Palestinians are the NAZIS, they control American politics, they use the American people. People call them Zionist but in truth they are NAZIS. Hence the name ASHKA-NAZI Jews look them up on Wikipidia.

Thanks for this great article. It's very interesting to see the Arabs cleansed from Arab roles, but then we are living through a time in which the Palestinians who remain on what was historical Palestine are being cleansed from the West Bank and Gaza is a camp, so the fact that Israelis are playing Arabs in many ways mirrors the political imbalance between the state of Israel and its Arab neighbors.

To cj9996 -- Considering Jews to be a race is incorrect. You cannot convert into a race; you can convert into a religion -- and people convert to Judaism every day. There are Ashkenazic Jews with their roots in eastern Europe, and there are Sephardic Jews with their roots in Spain, Israel, or elsewhere.
Historically speaking, because men were away studying the Torah, they were not around to defend their women and children when the villages were unexpectedly plundered by neighboring anti-Semitic forces. The women and children were raped, and consequently bore children of rape, thus bringing into the gene pool "blond hair" or "blue eyes" or "red hair." An interesting read is "Jewish Women and Jewish Men" by Aviva Cantor, where she discusses the very issue you less-than-gracefully touch upon.

Geneology is strange and unpredictable; do not assume that you will never find a person of Middle Eastern descent with blond hair or blue eyes -- if any ancestor had a fair complexion, there is always a chance it will manifest itself several generations later.

True Arabs and Jews look the same. They are both Semites ie. Middle Eastern. They are not White/Caucasian/European. They have dark eyes, olive skin very curly hair. The Jews that are in America that came from Europe are so intermingled with the European Whites that they do not look like Jews because they are not. Many have blond, straight or red hair, Blue eyes and fascial features of the Poles, Russians or Germans that they mixed with. They are not really Jews anymore. They may say they are Jews, act like Jews and go to Synagogue, but they are just another mixed race people. No matter what they say, You are not going to find a Jew or Arab that is from the middle east with Blue Eyes, or blond hair.

i was stationed in Sinai and i couldn't tell the isrealis apart from the arabs , they talk alike , look alike , eat the same food...the difference is that the isrealis treat them like dogs , the isrealis think because the germans did it to them , that its ok to do it to the arabs, who do you thinnk taught the arabs how terrorism works? the isrealis killing brits

the world doesn't differentiate between Arabs semites and Jews.............Oh,,I'm sorry, I should say Arabs and Jews semites.
Since the majority of the Americans and all American politicians doesn't want the Arabs to share the Semite thing that the Jews have and also the Jews all over the world do not want this to happen to share this Semite thing with the Arabs either. The American politicians made this Semite thing as a unique thing just solely belong to the Jews, they forgot( the American politicians) all about the Arabs that they also belong to the Semite thing. The American politicians made the whole world invoke this anti-Semites thing just solely when something happens to a Jew all over the world.
as C.Maclean posted in his comments that both the Arabs and Jews descend directly from the same father, and also what history and the 3 books that belong to the 3 major world religions tells us that they come (Arabs & Jews) from the same father,,,,,Then both are Semites,
I hope the day will come and the whole world will understand this.

What neither the Israelis or the Arabs wish you to know is that they have much more in common than they have differences.

Hebrew and Arabic sound very similar (although the written alphabets are very different), both are passionate and emotional cultures that are patriarchal in nature, and both have very similar bone structures and facial features. (as do many ethnic groups from around the Mediterranean Sea).

And then there's that pesky little biblical detail - both are directly descended from the same father, Abraham.

Issac and Ishmael have been sharing the same land, same customs and the same language for a long time - it's only in the last 100 years, courtesy of the British, that they have become such bitter enemies. Well, ok, there were the Crusades, but had the Christians not stirred up such a mess, Issac and Ishmael might not have fought each other.

Why shouldn't they play each other?

Amazing to read all of the anti-semitism on this talkback. Notice the article said "Israelis" playing Arabs and not Jews? None of you would be able to identify an sitting right in front of your faces.
Being Israeli, I have been mistaken as being Hispanic, Persian, Brazilian, Puerto Rican and Italian. And none of you would be able to guess my religion. So if I was a good actor, why wouldn't I go for those acting jobs? Does it really matter?

It is unfortunate that in Hollywood most Arabs are portrayed as terrorist but Hollywood wouldn't be making those films if they weren't a)in the headlines or b) people stopped paying to see them. So until one of these two happen Hollywood will keep casting Arabs as terrorists, blondes as bimbos, brunettes as dominatrix's, Homosexuals as over-flamboyant and Italians as Mafioso's.

Most of you think you know everything there is to know about Jews just because you "had" a Jewish friend or went to school with someone Jewish but in the real world (outside of the US) a majority of Jews are not white and that being true for Israelis

EASY ANSWER-Jews need to play Arabs because they can spin history as they see it. What self respecting Arab would represent themselves as only murderers like Israel wants the world to see them? And Hollywood is run by Jews.

Wow, Jews in entertainment?!? Who knew? A good follow up story would be about why so many Native American characters look soooo semetic.

Wow, Jews in entertainment?!? The number one group to go for when one is looking for a non-white part. Perhaps a follow-up to this story could be why do so many Native Americans in movies look Soooo semetic?

So what. Isn't all israeli are arabs too, and arabs are israeli. I guess they can play each other.

Dunno. Ephron forgets that Arabs do indeed play Jews,most notably and notoriously,in the HEZBOLLAH-financed ten-part minseries shown on Arab televisions throughout the Middle East in 2005,''The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion'',in which Jews were stereotype charactures of the ''hooked-nosed,blood-of-children-drinking'',running the world'' variety. Then too,Jews on Palestinian childrens television are played by Arabs,usually trying to murder kids to what else? Drink their blood, before being thwarted by a Palestinian hero,usually in costume. Germany,in its portion as a main EU-to-Gaza contributor,has before threatened to cut off funding to the PA if this racist propaganda does not cease. Besides there should be no problems anyway if Issur Danielovich can play a Roman Sparticus,or a French officer,or a Western gunfighter alongside of John Wayne. Issur,of course,being the actor Kirk Douglas,born to Russian Jews.[or the Hispanic Anthony Quinn playing one Arab in Lawrence of Arabia while the Englishman Sir.Alec Guiness plays King Feisel. Omar Sharif is of Middle Eastern extract and played an Arab,but then played a Russian in Doctor Zhivago]. The plays the thing,rather than the race of the person on stage.

I have been to Egypt and because of the vast tourism in their country I was supprised to see that so many arabs
speak so many languages. This is especially true for the well educated Egyptians. I think that because the directors
or producers are Jewish they tend to be biased and will hire Israelis first. Arabs tend to be dramatic and passionate
which tends to be an asset to a good actor. Whoever wrtoe this story is not familiar with the arabic culture.

So should Ms Saigon be played by best available Vietnam female singer/actress or by best available female Asian singer/actress or by best available female singer/actress? There has to be some give and take in the world, tolerance to be accepted if we are to move toward civility.

Correct me is I am wrong, isn't Jewish encopmpass more than a single color or nationality? I know several Jews who we would normally consider Muslims, Christians and even Buddists due to their color, features and orgin.

Its worth noting that Yigal Naor, who plays Saddam is mentioned, is an Israeli whose parents came from Iraq.