A Christian Arab has won Israel's first transgender beauty pageant.
Talleen Abu Hanna - the winner of Israel's first transgender beauty pageant - is a Christian Arab.
Clashes between different faiths in the country have often made headlines.
"Our country allowed me, a Christian Arab from Nazareth, to end the war between my soul and my body. So if it made peace for me, our country is only a country of peace," Hanna said.
She will represent Israel at the Miss Trans Star International pageant in Barcelona this September.