The Prime Minster's Office has asked for an investigation after an editor at Yedioth Ahronoth's online English portal, Ynetnews.com, uploaded a picture of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Nazi uniform to his personal Facebook page. The post, which has since been taken down, was apparently aimed at mocking Netanyahu's comments from Tuesday in which he suggested that World War II-era grand mufti of Jerusalem, Nazi sympathizer Haj Amin al-Husseini, convinced Adolf Hitler to kill, rather than just expel, the Jews of Europe (Netanyahu later said his comments were misunderstood). Next to the picture, the editor wrote: "I wonder when Netanyahu will upload this picture to his Facebook profile and write: 'Yedioth and Ynet, rest assured, I have some experience with final solutions.'" The language of the post was a reference to a recent Facebook spat between Netanyahu and Ynet over a controversial photo showing Netanyahu observing the Gaza Strip with covered binoculars (the photo was shot before he could take off the lens caps). On Tuesday, Netanyahu attacked Yedioth Ahronoth for publishing the binoculars photo and wrote sarcastically on Facebook, "I want to reassure Ynet and Yedioth: I have some experience with binoculars." The swipe was accompanied by a black-and-white photo of Netanyahu from his time as an officer in the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit. In the photo, a pair of binoculars is strapped to the young Netanyahu's chest. The editor's employers have summoned him for a disciplinary hearing upon which they will decide on his future. In response to the post, the Prime Minister's Office's legal adviser asked the State Attorney's Office to launch an incitement probe on the matter and the PMO's new media team has filed a complaint with Facebook and the Israel Police. Ynet declined to comment on the controversial post.
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Yedioth editor posts picture of Netanyahu as Nazi, sparks outrage
Following controversial remarks on World War II-era Arab leader's role in Holocaust, Yedioth editor doctors image of Netanyahu as a Nazi who says: "Rest assured, I have some experience with final solutions" • Prime Minister's Office asks for probe.