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Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:16 PM Jan 2017

Mexico 'Astonished' at Israeli Leader Netanyahu's Wall Tweet

Source: Telesur

Mexico 'Astonished' at Israeli Leader Netanyahu's Wall Tweet
Published 28 January 2017


Mexico's government on Saturday rebuked Israel for a tweet by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that applauded U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to build a border wall with Mexico to keep out undocumented migrants.

Earlier on Saturday, Netanyahu tweeted: "President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel's southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea."

The comment was swiftly rejected by leaders of the Jewish community in Mexico, and prompted an unusually blunt statement from Mexico's foreign ministry.

"The Foreign Ministry expressed to the government of Israel, via its ambassador in Mexico, its profound astonishment, rejection and disappointment over Prime Minister Netanyahu's message on Twitter about the construction of a border wall.

Read more: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Mexico-Astonished-at-Israeli-Leader-Netanyahus-Wall-Tweet-20170128-0020.html

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Mexico 'Astonished' at Israeli Leader Netanyahu's Wall Tweet (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2017 OP
Oh, your wall worked? geomon666 Jan 2017 #1
LOL SunSeeker Jan 2017 #3
F'ing Netanyahu is another one who needs his Twitter priviledges recinded. wildeyed Jan 2017 #2

wildeyed

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2. F'ing Netanyahu is another one who needs his Twitter priviledges recinded.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:48 PM
Jan 2017

Moron. Trump loves Putin loves Assad loves Iran does not love Isreal. And Bannon and his white nationalist cabal does not heart Jews either.

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