And just because she was Greek doesn't mean she looked like a white girl from Israel. They could have chosen someone who looks a bit more Arab. The Israel-Palestine territorial conflict and the history of Israel vs Egypt doesn't help either.
Is the outrage against Gal Gadot fair?
This is not the first time that Gadot, who became a beauty queen at age 18 in 2004 and then went on to join the Israeli Army, has caused controversy. Gadot joined the Israeli Defence Forces to finish her two years of mandatory military training. In 2014, right before the release of her new DC movie Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, she had stirred controversy as being "pro-IDF" after she shared a post in support of the forces on her Facebook page. She also put up a photograph pf herself and her little daughter praying for the Israeli troops, weeks after Israel launched Operation Protective Edge.