Leonardo DiCaprio takes on-again girlfriend Bar Refaeli to the basketball as Israeli army calls for boycott against model

Posted by mija on Jan 19, 2010 in News | 0 comments

She has found herself in the firing line of her native Israel’s army but Bar Refaeli took her mind off matters with on-again boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio.
The model joined the Departed star in the front row to watch the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team beat the Orlando Magic 98-92.
The pair seem to have rekindled their turbulent romance which cooled in June after Leo, 34, decided he wasn’t ready to move in with her.

It follows reports the Israeli army has launched a campaign against swimsuit model and called for a boycott of products the 24-year-old promotes.
The model, who has applied for non-resident status in her native Israel for tax purposes, is said to have avoided military service.
Armed forces human resources director Avi Zamir called for a boycott as he addressed students near Tel Aviv.
‘I can’t take on Bar Refaeli, but you can,’ the Yediot Aharonot newspaper quoted him as saying as he urged Israelis not to buy lingerie and other products she promotes.
‘At the end of the day, she is the one who has to look at herself in the mirror… We are a society that has an army, and Bar Refaeli doesn’t have to participate in ads for [Israeli clothing company] Fox and, if she advertises Fox, then you shouldn’t buy their products.’
Bar first stirred army anger when she got an exemption from military service by getting married in 2007. She divorced soon after.
At the time, her mother shot back, saying: “The general is a disgrace. Before they attack Bar they should check the government and see who in government did not join the army.
‘Bar will continue succeeding. We are the sort of people who do and succeed, and they will continue talking.’
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