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MCU To Get First Israeli Superhero ‘Sabra’
Israeli Marvel superhero 'Sabra' (Wikimedia Commons)

MCU To Get First Israeli Superhero ‘Sabra’

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting its first Israeli superhero, with Shira Haas set to star as Ruth Bat-Seraph aka “Sabra” in the next Captain America movie.

Haas won worldwide fame with her role in the internationally acclaimed Netflix series Shtisel. For Marvel, she will play a former Mossad spy whose special powers include super strength, speed, and the ability to fly at great velocity.

In the comics, Sabra grew up on a government-run kibbutz where she was placed after she began to show her powers and later became Mossad’s first superhero agent. She is also portrayed as losing a son to a terrorist attack and breaking ranks to bring his killers to justice.

Sabra is the colloquial term for Israeli-born Jews, which draws from the name for a spiky desert cactus that is prickly on the outside but soft on the inside.

The MCU already has a Jewish superhero in the form of Marc Spector aka Moon Knight, a former US Marine and mercenary turned avatar of fictional Egyptian god Khonshu, who made his television debut in March played by Oscar Isaac.

Captain America: New World Order is expected to hit cinemas in 2024 with Anthony Mackie making his first movie outing as the eponymous hero.

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