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Hebrew text should be RTL but displayed LTR

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Description

### Describe the bug

Copilot CLI doesn't display RTL languages correctly. The problem is present for Hebrew and Arabic.
PrompT: how do you say hello in hebrew? write it in text

Response word appears flipped LTR.

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In contrast Claude Code text mode writes it correctly.

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### Affected version

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.60.

### Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Set /model to Claude Opus 4.8
2. Type "how do you say hello in hebrew? write it in text"
3. The output displays the Hebrew characters in text in flipped order

### Expected behavior

The word Shalom should appear like this

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### Additional context

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