Netanyahu Blames 'Leftist Media' for Fabricating 'Crisis' with Mexico Herb Keinon - The Jerusalem Post
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Netanyahu Tweet Draws Apology Demands from Mexico (Wochit News)

Update: Israel 'Regrets Misunderstanding' with Mexico Over Wall Tweet (Reuters)

With a mini-diplomatic crisis with Mexico brewing as a result of his Saturday night tweet about the US wall with Mexico, Prime Minister Benjamin hunkered down on Monday by blaming the 'leftist media' for distorting the intent of his tweet.

Netanyahu, speaking at the Likud faction meeting in the Knesset, said that US President Donald Trump had during an interview praised the wall Israel built along the border with Egypt.

“He said that it stopped almost completely illegal infiltration into Israel, and I said in response that he was correct,” Netanyahu said. “And in response, he retweeted what I said.” And from that, he continued, pundits “made mountains out of that molehill in the media."

“President Trump is right,” Netanyahu tweeted Saturday night. “I built a wall along Israel’s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea.” At the end of the tweet were icons of an Israeli and an American flag.



It did not take the Mexican Foreign Ministry or the local Jewish community long to react to that tweet. Even before pundits began writing about the tweet and its impact on Israeli-Mexican relations, the Mexican foreign ministry released a statement conveying its “deepest dismay, rejection and disappointment” over the twitter message.

On Monday, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray called on the Israeli government to clarify Netanyahu's remarks.

Representatives of the Mexican Jewish community, which rarely takes public issue with Israel, also slammed the tweet.

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