{"id":70762,"date":"2019-05-29T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=70762"},"modified":"2019-05-29T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T12:46:31","slug":"09-00-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=70762","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Aladdin\u2019 Star Says He Visited Israel, Wants to Go Back and See Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>\u2018Aladdin\u2019 Star Says He Visited Israel, Wants to Go Back and See Jerusalem<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mena Massoud in an interview with Ynet. Photo: YouTube screenshot.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Egyptian-born actor Mena Massoud, who plays the titular character in the new \u201cAladdin\u201d remake, revealed in an interview on Sunday that he would love to return to Israel someday and go to Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI visited Israel when I was in Jordan, I crossed the border just for a few hours,\u201d Massoud, 27, told Ynet<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a> <\/em>\u201cIt was lovely. We only spend a couple of hours there I definitely want to go back and visit Jerusalem. and walk the path of Christ and kind of do all the big stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Massoud \u2014 who was attacked<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on social media over the weekend for promoting an Israeli vegan restaurant \u2014 was born in Cairo, but was raised in Canada. He said on Twitter that he \u201cgrew up in Toronto going to Isreali (sic) restaurants that served Middle Eastern food.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAladdin\u201d is currently in theaters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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