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Is there a plumber in the house?
Israel has an unlikely new sex symbol – and it’s a virtual promised land for plumbers.
After the hijacked flydubai flight by a sicko suspected terrorist pilot miraculously averted disaster, details emerged about the group of brave Israelis who saved the day, including Yaniv Hayoun.
Hayoun, a plumber, put the Omani co-pilot accused of trying to butcher the pilot, in a headlock, pulled him from the captain’s chair, and then grabbed the controls, managing to stabilize the nosediving plane using techniques he learned from the TV show “Air Disasters.”
The stunning act of heroism has left a rattled country in awe – and for some singles, intrigued.
Israeli women are looking at plumbers in a whole new light, hoping one can prevent them from flushing their love lives down the toilet.
“I want a plumber, baby,” Pasadena native Chaya Lev, who’s been living in Israel for the past decade, told The Post. “They’re not afraid of anything — I’m obsessed – that’s the man I want.”
Who needs the dating app Grindr when all women really want is “Plungr”?
“It’s about being a man who knows how to step up,” said the 52-year-old social media personality.
“Who doesn’t want a man who can break into the cockpit and save the plane, after watching a TV show?” she cried. “It’s sexy.”
But for the Pasadena native who now calls Israel home, it’s “more than being a plumber – you have to be an alpha male who knows when to hold him and fold him.
“Israelis are just built differently.”
And Israeli men are taking note – hoping to plumb a besotted woman’s heart.
Popular culinary personality Rami Tal, who moved to Tel Aviv from Australia, has been enjoying fame with his show “Cooking with Rami.”
But the transplant – a local heartthrob who’s single – insisted he may be changing tactics to prevent his love life from going down the drain.
“I’m considering changing my page to ‘Plumbing with Rami’ out of admiration and respect for the hero who saved everyone,” the Aussie chef told The Post.
No Israeli plumber calendar is available yet, but women say that’s just a matter of time.
Even President Trump appeared to have a bromance with hero plumber Hayoun. “You like me and I like you,” the president gushed on a video posted to TikTok.
“He is a Trump fan. I am a fan of his, a big fan,” Trump said.
“Plumbers are hot, Israeli men are hot,” American-Israeli Sivan Hadari told The Post.
Here’s the latest on the Israel-bound plane suspected terror attack:
- Hero flydubai passenger still covered in blood meets Netanyahu as passengers arrive in Israel after hijacking attempt
- Pilot arrested for attempting to crash passenger plane in ‘jihadist terrorist attack’: Israeli officials
- Israel-bound plane pilot stabbed by co-pilot, causing jet to plunge 18K feet: They ‘tried to do 9/11’
- Graphic video shows blood-drenched pilot clinging to life after ‘attempted terror attack’
“Most Israeli men – a plumber, the pizza guy – will spring into action,” added the founder of Her Tel Aviv, a networking community for female transplants to Israel.
It all comes down to Israeli culture, which includes compulsory military service in the Israel Defense Forces.
“The plumber went to the army and fought terrorists,” said the entrepreneur. “Every man who goes through the army here has this alertness, thinking, ‘I might have to tackle a terrorist at any moment.’”
But before every single guy walks around Tel Aviv with a plunger slung over his bare chest, it’s wise to remember one cardinal rule, intoned Hadari.
“Israeli men in general are so hot right now – and all women in the world should feel so protected.”
