Obama “Unfriends” Netanyahu on Facebook, Wishes to Add Zarif

Monday, 2 February 2015

Obama “Unfriends” Netanyahu on Facebook, Wishes to Add Zarif

Local Editor

The icy relationship between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit a new low this week, as the American leader unfriended his Zionist counterpart on Facebook, and wished to add Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Though it’s unclear exactly when Obama made the move to delete Netanyahu as a Facebook friend Netanyahu only learned of the snub yesterday, The Israeli daily quoted a source close to the prime minister as saying.

“Bibi was looking at [Attorney General] Eric Holder’s page, and he happened to check what friends they had in common,” the source explained.

“And he sees [Secretary of State John] Kerry, Bill [Clinton], Hill [ary Clinton], Fabio, but no Obama. So he goes to Obama’s page, and sure enough it says ‘Add Friend.’ We were in complete disbelief.”

While the White House had no official comment, a source close to the President said Obama had reached his maximum allowed Friends and wished to add Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after a pleasant meeting on Iran’s nuclear program.

The source said the defriending wasn’t personal, but conceded Obama had gotten sick of seeing Sara Netanyahu on his newsfeed and the Prime Minister’s daily invitations to play Candy Crush.

“The bond between the United States and Israel remains strong,” the White House source said. “But if the President had to read one more post somehow tying whatever bullshit Jewish holiday it happened to be with the Iranian nuclear threat, he would have snapped.”

As of press time, Obama and Netanyahu were still following each other on Twitter.