Ynet is reporting a story that you probably will not find on Al-Jazeera.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict apparently does not disturb and even encourages Arab internet users from consuming kosher Hebrew porn. Operators of a number of porn sites report that between two and 10% of their users arrive from Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Jordan, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority. Some websites even go as far as offering services in Arabic.Nir Shahar, who manages the Israeli porn website, ‘Ratuv’ (wet), said that his company produced porn movies that have typical Israeli themes featuring female soldiers, female Mossad agents and policewomen.
It turns out there is a high demand for such content even in countries that are defined as “enemy states.” The most popular video clip among Arabs, “Code name: Deep investigation,” is described as “a parody dealing with the Vanunu affair with agents investigating the affair using erotic means.”
In the past several months we see an increase in traffic from countries that have no diplomatic ties with Iran , Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Egypt,” Shahar said.
Due to the demand, Shahar added an Arabic version of the site. “We received many thank you messages from Arab surfers. Many of whom asked if the female soldiers really serve in the IDF,” he said.
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(Kosher porn? Is there really such a thing? Now I feel like I’m missing out!)
Unless you know the secret handshake I cannot answer that.
Just another sign that underneath our political allegiances, we’re all human beings. Sex has universal appeal.
(Kosher porn? Is there really such a thing? Now I feel like I’m missing out!)
Not all that surprising, is it.
If you check out Google Trends (google.com/trends), you’ll find that porn related keyword searches are always heavily represented by Arab or Muslim countries, much more so than by Western countries.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan are particularly prevalent in this. It probably has something to do with Islamic repression of any normal sexual expression.