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BAKOON @BAKKOOONN . Sep 10 BOY DIED BECAUSE BOY'S PEOPLE AND YOURS BOTH WANT TO OWN LAND BOY DIEP BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T SHARE! NOW BOY IS DEAD--BUT BOY DIDN'T EVEN READ BOOKS! DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm Sep 10 BOY DIED BECAUSE OF TWO OLD BOOKS THAT SAY HIS PEOPLE AND YOURS MUST FIGHT AND KILL FOR LAND! TANT AD #D23Expo W WORLD ORE --BUT THERE 16. NO PEACE HERE! HULK CAME LOOKING FOR PEACE- Shira Haas has been cast as Israeli superheroine Sabra in 'CAPTAIN AMERICA NEW WORLD ORDER'.

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Sabra is an Israeli Marvel Comics Superhero who first made her appearance in The Incredible Hulk issue #250 in 1980. She is a mutant superhero created by comic book writers Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema, and named after a slang term for an Israel-born Jewish person, as well as the name for a cactus plant. In mid-September 2022, the character, played by Israeli actress Shira Haas, was announced to be making an appearance in the 2024 MCU movie Captain America: New World Order.

Origin

Marvel Comics

Born Ruth Bat-Seraph, Sabra made her debut in the form of a cameo in the August 1980 edition of the Incredible Hulk (issue #250).^[1] She is the first superhuman agent to serve with Mossad, the Israeli secret service. Her first appearance was in a panel featuring the Silver Surfer (seen below, left). Sabra then made her debut in the Incredible Hulk #256, where she mistakenly attacked the Incredible Hulk, believing him to be working with terrorists and being responsible for the death of an Arab child (seen below, right).^[2]

CHAPTER M QUEST! MANY ARE THE EARTHLY SUPER HUMANS WHO MARVEL AT HIS POSSING AS HE CIRCUWAVIGATES THE GLOBE! SOME HE KNOWS SOME HE HAS NEVER SEEN! IF SO, THEN HOW MUCH EASIER TO LOCATE A SINGLE HUMAN AMIDST THE MANY RACES OF THE EARTH? B ESPECIALLY WHEN THE ONE HE SEEKS MAY BE IDENTIFIED BY A FAINT BUT EVER-PRÉSENT GANMA PAY RESIDUE! Teen IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE SPACE-SCANNING SIGHT OF THE SILVER SURFER IS CAPABLE OF DISCERNING A GRAIN OF SAND UNTOLD BALAXIES AWAY? 18 TM & © 2007 MARVEL THE SILVER SURFER IGNORES THEM ALL! BUT FEAR NOT, TRUE BELIEVER! YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET THE COLLECTIVE MAN, THE SOVIET SURER SOLDIERS, SABRA, THE ARABIAN KNIGHT AND CAPTAIN BRITAIN IN FUTURE ISSUES OF THIS AND OTHER MARVEL MASSI-AL

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Marvel Cinematic Universe / Captain America: New World Order

On September 10th, 2022, during the D23 Expo for Disney, Marvel announced the casting of Israeli actress Shira Haas for the role of Sabra in the 2024 Marvel movie, Captain America: New World Order.^[3] That same day, the official Captain America Twitter^[7] account tweeted the announcement post, receiving over 8,400 likes and 1,100 retweets in 48 hours (seen below).

#D23Expo got to hear from the cast of Marvel Studios’ Captain America: New World Order: https://t.co/EKLqh0GAb9 pic.twitter.com/6j26T8F1gW

— Captain America (@CaptainAmerica) September 11, 2022

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Following the D23 MCU reveal of Sabra on September 10th, 2022, the character began trending among discussions and other posts on social media as users reacted to the news. For example, that same day, the Twitter^[4] account @DiscussingFilm posted a tweet about Shira Haas being cast for the role of Sabra in the 2024 Captain America film. The post gathered 12,000 likes and over 9,000 quote tweets in nearly 48 hours (seen below).

4 Shira Haas has been cast as Israeli superheroine Sabra in 'CAPTAIN AMERICA NEW WORLD ORDER'. #D23Expo @DiscussingFilm 3:57 PM. Sep 10, 2022. Twitter for iPad MARVEL STUDIOS CAPTAIN AMERICA NEW WORLD ORDER:

Controversy

The character Sabra, as well as Marvel's decision to introduce her to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was met with mixed reception, particularly from people who denounced the character's association with Mossad (the national intelligence agency of Israel), as well as fans who disliked the association of a Jewish superhero with a movie named "New World Order," also the name of a long-standing conspiracy theory.

On September 10th, 2022, Twitter^[5] user @BAKKOOONN posted a panel from The Incredible Hulk #256, where Hulk delivers a speech regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict using Hulk syntax (seen below). The tweet gathered 3,400 likes in nearly three days.

Also on September 10th, Twitter^[6] user @belet_seri commented on how it might be in bad taste to debut a Jewish superhero in a film with the tagline "New World Order," a term that has also been associated with antisemitism (seen below).

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THE MILITARY ARE IN NO SHAPE TO GO AFTER THE HULK! THAT LEAVES ME TO STOP THE MONSTER BEFORE HE MENACES THE REST OF TEL AVIV NOT AS POLICEWOMAN RUTH BEN-SERA, OF COURSE... BUT AS SABRA SUPER HEROINE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL!) QUILLED CAPE STREAMING BEHIND HER THE FEMALE FURY SOARS INTO THE SKIES OF TEL AVIV POT 7-733 שלא SHE IS DETERMINED TO PRESERVE HER HOMELAND FROM THE RAVAGES OF THE HULK! Br F EDITOR'S NOTE: THE WORD SABRA DENOTES A NATIVE-BORN ISRAELI, THE NAME DERIVED FROM AN INDIGENOUS FORM OF FRUIT--A PRICKLY PEAR POSSESSED OF A SWEET INTERIOR AND A SPINY OUTER SURFACE TO PROTECT IT FROM ITS ENEMIES

SABRA-- UL I www. I DON'T NEED TO KNOW. I'LL SAY GOODBYE NOW. YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE, SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. MD

Rainglow the Fallout Girl @Rainglovv - Sep 10 SOLOD BY CAPTAIN PALESTINE DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm - Sep 10 Shira Haas has been cast as Israeli superheroine Sabra in 'CAPTAIN AMERICA NEW WORLD ORDER'. #D23Expo 179 : 1,759

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External References

^[1] Fandom – Incredible Hulk #250

^[2] Fandom – Incredible Hulk #256

^[3] Variety – Shira Haas Cast As Sabra

^[4] Twitter – DiscussingFilm

^[5] Twitter – BAKKOOONN

^[6] Twitter – belet_seri

^[7] Twitter – CaptainAmerica

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BOY DIED BECAUSE BOY'S PEOPLE AND YOURS BOTH WANT TO OWN LAND BOY DIED BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T SHARE! NOW BOY IS DEAD BUT BOY DIDN'T EVEN READ BOOKS! MARCH FOR AN INSTANT, SABRA PREPARES TO GIVE CHASE. SHE IS, AFTER ALL AN ISRAELI SUPER-AGENT... A SOLDIER... A WEAPON OF WAR. NEXT BUT SHE IS ALSO A WOMAN CAPABLE OF FEELING, CAPABLE OF CARING. IT HAS TAKEN THE HULK TO MAKE HER SEE THIS DEAD ARAB BOY AS A HUMAN BEING. 30 BOY DIED BECAUSE OF TWO OLD BOOKS THAT SAY HIS PEOPLE AND YOURS MUST FIGHT AND KILL FOR LAND! --BUT THERE IS NO PEACE HERE! TM & © 2007 MARVEL HULK CAME LOOKING FOR PEACE- TERROR CHAOS! THE HULK TRAVELS TO EGYPT TO ENCOUNTER- IN THE CRYPT OF IT HAS TAKEN A MONSTER TO AWAKEN HER OWN SENSE OF HUMANITY.

functions as an auto-pilot. Energy Quills: Each of Sabra's wrist bracelets contains a neuronic-frequency stunner. These devices can fire quill- shaped bundles of low-density plasma which travel below the speed of sound (about 738 mph at sea level) and can paralyze the nervous system of any or- ganic being almost instantaneously. These quills effectively ignore Body Ar- mor and targets struck by them must make an Endurance FEAT versus Re- markable Intensity Stun. Failure indi- cates the target is unconscious for 1 to 2 hours. Individuals with an Endurance rank of Monstrous or higher can localize or resist the effects of the quills, and their saving versus the quills' effect can be considered automatic. Called shots to sensitive areas may still affect these individuals. A shot in the ear would force an Endurance FEAT, the failure of which would indicate the target's equilibrium has been affected and all Fighting, Agili- ty, and Movement FEATS are at -2CS for 10 to 100 rounds. Each bracelet pro- jector can fire up to 10 quills before needing to be recharged. Talents: Bat-Seraph has Law Enforce- ment Training and as such fires guns at +1CS to Agility and +1CS is added to Reason FEATS involving the law or cor- rect legal procedures. As a police officer, she may legally carry a gun and make arrests. Sabra is a Weapons Specialist and Marksman with her energy quills, fir- ing them at +2CS to Agility. She also gains a +1 to Initiative rolls and does not suffer the range penalty when using them. Her fighting skills include Martial Arts B and Aerial Combat. Contacts: As Bat-Seraph, Sabra has contacts within the police. As Sabra, an Israeli super-agent, she would have at least one government contact at a na- tional level. Though she battled the Hulk on at least two occasions, she could probably now count on him for help. ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Sabra is a staunch defender of Israel and though she may look sweet, those who dare to invade her homeland will feel her thorns. In her own words, she 100 will give as good as she gets. In many ways the embodiment of modern Israel, Sabra is a hero of honor, who is a stran- ger to fear, and who will never again sub- mit to murderous tyranny. She has a dry, analytical sense of humor in combat but if her back is against the wall, she has a tendency to restate Zionist party line.. HISTORY: Little is known of Ruth Bat-Seraph's background before she became Sabra.. The source of her super-human powers is not yet known, though they are known to have surfaced in pre-adolescence, which might suggest a mutant origin. Af- ter her powers surfaced, she and her parents were taken to a special kibbutz (living community) by the Israeli govern- ment where her powers were be studied and nurtured. She was the first graduate of the government backed, Israeli "super-agent" program and is officially appointed to protect the state of Israel. As a cover for her activities, she works as a police officer. After thwarting an attack on the family of the Draburg ambassador to Israel, Sa- bra, Israel's "top agent," was assigned the task of protecting them. This first at- tack had been carried out by Achilles and his intent had been to kill Ambassa- dor Meer's thirteen-year old son, Max. Delphi had seen a vision that Max Meers would become the next Hitler, marshal- ling his homeland of Draburg into one of the most devastating war machines on Earth. He would do this through a mu- tant power of mind control. Pantheon planned to avert this disaster in the mak- ing by killing Meers before he could rise to power. After this failed attempt, Bruce Ban- ner, the Incredible Hulk, was sent to Isra- el to bring both Achilles and the boy back to Pantheon headquarters. Banner was accompanied on this mission by his long time side-kick, Rick Jones. They were told that Achilles's original mission had been a similar one: to convince the boy's parents that the best place for their son was with Pantheon and that in at- tempting to kill the boy he had turned rogue. Banner found Achilles in pursuit of the Meers boy and his friend Gretta Rabin and started to follow them through the street of old Jerusalem. The four were spotted by Sabra who was flying over- head looking for Meers. She did not rec- ognize the Hulk because he was wearing a long hooded robe, but en- gaged him in combat because he was the largest and closest target to her. When she realized she was battling the Hulk, she stepped-up her attack, in part because SHIELD had circulated word that Hulk was now more dangerous than ever. (Banner's friend and psychologist, Leonard Sampson, had informed Nick Fury of the Hulk's capture by Pantheon. Fury, aware of Pantheon's activities and realizing their intent was probably to re- cruit the Hulk as an operative, alerted. law enforcement agencies world-wide of the danger.) Sabra fired three energy quills at Ban- ner, one of which entered his open mouth and struck his larynx. This para- lyzed it, rendering him speechless. Un- able to communicate, Banner engaged in a protracted battle with Sabra, which took them through the streets and walls of old Jerusalem, culminating at the Wailing Wall. Stripped of her cape, out of quills, and facing a physically superior foe, Sabra was prepared to make her fi- nal stand before the Wall. As she waited for the Hulk's final attack, she delivered a speech which affirmed her nation's and her personal courage and determi- nation. At this time, the effects of the quill which had paralyzed his larynx wore off. Banner, realizing further vio- lence would be pointless, and wanting to shut Sabra up so he could get a word in, surrendered. Banner and Sabra reached an under- standing and joined forces tracking down Achilles. They saved Max Meers from falling to his death. While Hulk and Sabra were distracted by Achilles's ex- planation of why he tried to kill the boy, which included a recounting of his expe- rience at the German concentration camp Dachau, Meers was trampled by an angry mob. This mob, which was chasing Rick Jones, was being mind control and had been sent by Meers to kill Achilles. After the accident, the boy was taken to Jerusalem Hospital, but the prognosis was that he would remain a vegetable for the rest of his life. Aga- memnon lied to Banner on this point, telling him the boy was fine. He had also lied about Achilles's instructions, which had been to kill the boy from the start. No one yet realized that Meers never ac- tually had mind control powers, but rath- er was the vehicle through which Gretta Rabin siphoned her own will-dominating abilities. It would be Gretta, working be- hind the scenes, who would cause Max Meers's rise to power foreseen by Delphi. Any further investigation by the Israeli authorities into this series of inci- dents, or how they have chosen to deal with Sabra's failure to protect the Meers boy, have not been revealed.

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#D23Expo got to hear from the cast of Marvel Studios’ Captain America: New World Order: https://t.co/EKLqh0GAb9 pic.twitter.com/6j26T8F1gW

— Captain America (@CaptainAmerica) September 11, 2022

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^[1] Fandom – Incredible Hulk #250

^[2] Fandom – Incredible Hulk #256

^[3] Variety – Shira Haas Cast As Sabra

^[4] Twitter – DiscussingFilm

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Arkman

Sep 12, 2022 at 01:17PM EDT

>Israeli Superhero appears in a movie titled "New World Order"

+75

noot4

Sep 12, 2022 at 02:06PM EDT

Israeli superhero = controversy for the leftists
Debuting in a movie called NWO = controversy for the right

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