Some 280,000 Jews and 11,000 Roma were deported and killed under Romania's pro-Nazi regime during World War II. During the communist era, hundreds of thousands of Romanian Jews emigrated to Israel. The current Jewish population is around 6,000, down from 800,000 before the war.
Social media outrage over cultural appropriation misses the fact that Cleopatra was not, in fact, an Arab.
Israeli actress, who is also co-producing the film, says the story of the ancient Egyptian queen is one she has "wanted to tell for a very long time."
Haas, who was nominated for an Emmy for her role in "Unorthodox", is to take part in Chanel video clip aimed at boosting the number of women in the film industry.
Israeli superstar visits UAE on the invitation of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Nahyan and celebrates the Simchat Torah holiday with the local Jewish community.
Magazine Forbes ranks Gadot the third-highest paid actress in Hollywood. Gadot start in an adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile," which was supposed to have been released at the end of this year.
"Amazon should not be used to distribute anti-Semitic lies, rather it should promote knowledge and tolerance," says Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevitch.
"Hello, friend" features Israel's Elkana Martziano and UAE's Walid Aljassim and was written in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
"The core of the show is dealing with the question of identity, nationality, immigration and family roots," says Moshe Zonder, the show's co-creator and co-writer.
Abu Dhabi Film Commission, an Emirati government agency, said it reached an understanding with the Israeli Film Fund and a Jerusalem film school seeking to strengthen commercial ties through training programs for film and television co-production and joint film festivals.
