Judy Mozes’ Twitter account is certainly gaining lots of attention on Sunday because of a racist joke aimed at President Barack Obama . Judy is the wife of Silvan Shalom, at the helm of the Ministry of the Interior. Mozes’ husband is also the Israel Interior Vice Prime Minister, according to Yahoo News .
“Do u know what Obama Coffee is? Black and weak.”
The Twitter account of Mozes found @JudyMozes shows the journalist looking pensive in her profile photo. Also a radio and television host, Judy now finds herself issuing plenty of mea culpas in English and other languages due to her joke about President Obama, likening him to black and weak coffee.
I apologize, that was a stupid joke somebody told me.
— Judy Mozes (@JudyMozes) June 21, 2015
President Obama I shouldnt have written the inappropriate joke I heard. I like people no matter about their race and religion.
— Judy Mozes (@JudyMozes) June 21, 2015
Sorry if I caused any offence to anyone. I hope I will stay married when my husband will land and hear what I did.
— Judy Mozes (@JudyMozes) June 21, 2015
The wife of the Likud party senior figure noted that she hoped her right-wing husband would still want to remain married to her after his flight touched down and he learned of what Judy tweeted before she deleted the tweet. After the controversy erupted over Judy’s tweet on Sunday, photos of Silvan and President Obama shaking hands during their various meetings could be seen online. One such photo displays the duo shaking hands whilst a Reuters interview was conducted in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, on March 1, 2009.
Do u know what Obama coffee is?Hold on, there’s a drone outside my window,
— Eliot Hochberg (@eliothochberg) June 21, 2015
The large number of Mozes followers on Twitter quickly reacted to the shocking tweet.
Wife of Interior Minister Shalom sparks uproar with ‘racist’ Obama tweet http://t.co/XYEysChYEq
— Israel News (@IsraelNewsNow) June 21, 2015
As reported by the Inquisitr , other Twitter news on Sunday included the fact that Katie Hopkins’ Twitter account was hacked. Comedian Roseanne Barr chimed in on Twitter with her thoughts about the “black and weak” Obama racist joke.
is it really racist2 say that Obama coffee, like him, is black & weak? But, it’s not anti semitic 2 say Jerusalem is not part of Israel? ok-
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 21, 2015
Do u know what Obama coffee is?[redacted by order of the NSA]
— Eliot Hochberg (@eliothochberg) June 21, 2015
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