RTL language (Hebrew) is presented from left to right

ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
OSX Sierra, 1.8.0_171

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Right after upgrading to latest version my entire Swing app has become unreadable as it is using Hebrew text...

All letters are reversely presented, i.e. LTR although it is an RTL language with the correct orientation set. the behavior is such that a text like: מושגי יסוד appears as דוסי יגשומ

REGRESSION : Last worked in version 8u162

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Simply use a swing app and display Hebrew text

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Text should correctly be displayed - RTL
ACTUAL -
Text will appear in a reversed manner

FREQUENCY : always