Miss Israel accused her Palestinian rival of hiding “terror ties” after reports link her to Marwan Barghouti’s family.

Miss Israel has demanded that Miss Palestine be stripped of her Top 30 ranking at the Miss Universe pageant after reports claimed the contestant was married to the son of Marwan Barghouti, often described by supporters as “the Palestinian Mandela" but designated a terrorist by the Israeli government.

Melanie Shiraz, 27, said her rival Nadeen Ayoub’s marriage to Barghouti’s son made her “skin crawl" because of what she called the family’s alleged “terror links". Ayoub is the first-ever “Miss Palestine" contestant in the pageant.

Marwan Barghouti is a prominent Palestinian political figure from Kobar near Ramallah. A former rising leader in Fatah, he became known during t

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