Netanyahu Draws Criticism For Tweet That Includes James Foley Picture

[Galraedia]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced widespread criticism on Thursday for using an image from the video of the killing of a U.S. reporter in a tweet that aimed to criticize Palestinian militants.

The message, posted on the official Twitter account of the prime minister's office, compared the Palestinian militant group Hamas to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq and included a still from the video showing the beheading of American reporter James Foley. The tweet later appeared to be deleted.

Several Twitter users perceived the tweet as insensitive and accused the prime minister's office of trying to exploit Foley's tragic death for propaganda purposes.

Would it be too much to ask for some respect for the Foley family? @IsraeliPM

— Yüksel Günal (@yuksel_gunal) August 21, 2014

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[JI7]

1. wasn't romney doing it with the victims of the benghazi attacks ?

even after family and friends of those guys told him to stop i remember he still tried to exploit it for his own agenda.

[BeyondGeography]

2. User behavior

Despicable.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Israel would use a bug in a rug for propaganda purposes, slaughtering thousands can only be defended

by a gross amount of propaganda.

[LloydS of New London]

4. Wonderful. Just wonderful.

[JaydenD]

5. What a callous pig.

[99Forever]

6. Great!

What a wonderful person that guy is. No wonder we send our tax dollars over there to help him in his "struggle."