Israeli Opposition politician Yair Lapid criticized the prime minister. “A serious mistake by Netanyahu,” Lapid tweeted, Reuters reported.
He added: “It is a needless declaration of war on Mexico and Hispanics and a rupture with the Democrats (including the majority of U.S. Jews). It doesn’t matter what we think of the wall, don’t we have enough troubles of our own?”
Mexico’s government signaled that it was outraged over Netanyahu’s tweet.
“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,” the foreign ministry wrote in a statement. “Mexico is a friend of Israel and should be treated as such by its Prime Minister.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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