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Yaël Abecassis
Yael Abecassis (; born 19 July 1967) is an Israeli actress and Model (person), model. Biography Yael Abecassis was born in Ashkelon, Israel, to parents of Moroccan Jewish descent. Abecassis married Israeli actor Lior Miller in 1996 and has one child. They divorced in 2003. She is currently married to entrepreneur and philanthropist Ronny Douek. Abecassis is the daughter of Raymonde Abecassis, a Moroccan-Israeli singer and actress. Modeling and acting career Yael Abecassis began modeling at the age of 14. She later branched into television and film, appearing in commercials and starring as Rivka in ''Kadosh,'' a 1999 retelling of ''The Dybbuk'' directed by Amos Gitai. In the 1990s, she starred as a host on Israeli television programs for children, and produced music videos for babies and young children. Towards the end of the 1990s, she left television to pursue a career as a dramatic actress. She starred in several Amos Gitai movies and has won favorable reviews, especially i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkelon
Ashkelon ( ; , ; ) or Ashqelon, is a coastal city in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The modern city is eponym, named after the ancient seaport of Ascalon, which was destroyed in 1270 and whose remains are on the southwestern edge of the modern metropolis. The Israeli city, first known as Migdal (), was founded in 1949 approximately 4 km inland from ancient Ascalon at the Palestinian town of al-Majdal (). Its inhabitants had been exclusively Muslims and Christians, and the area had been allocated to the Palestine in the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine; on the eve of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War the inhabitants numbered 10,000 and in October 1948, the city accommodated thousands more Palestinian refugees from nearby villages. The town was conquered by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time 1948 Palestinian expulsion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
