An Israeli government official in charge of promoting the country’s online image has been suspended following offensive posts on his Facebook page.
Daniel Seaman, who was appointed the Prime Minister’s director for interactive media in July, said in a phone call that he currently has “instructions from the Prime Minister’s office not to speak to the press”.
Mr Seaman was reprimanded after reacting to Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat’s call for a halt to settlement expansion by asking: “Is there a diplomatic way of saying ‘Go F*** yourself’?”
He later stated that he was “sick” of Japan “holding their annual self-righteous commemorations for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims”.
