Israeli politician's wife apologises for 'racist' President Obama joke

A senior Israeli politician's wife has sparked criticism after tweeting a racist joke about US President Barack Obama.

Judy Mozes, the wife of Israel's vice prime minister and minister of the interior, Silvan Shalom, took to Twitter and allegedly said: "What do you call Obama coffee? Black and weak."

Mozes, a journalist and TV host, later deleted her tweet and repeatedly issued an apology.

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

Social media users, however, always take a little longer to forgive and forget.

@schaingarte @JudyMozes should have thought about that before posting. You're now rightly tagged as a racist.
— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) June 21, 2015

Welcome to the internet..you can delete your tweet..but that doesn't mean it goes away @JudyMozes pic.twitter.com/qbRJGufstH
— Polly Purebred (@Polly_Purebred_) June 21, 2015

Mozes was earlier at the centre of another controversy when she took to Facebook in support of Israeli government's action against Gaza.

"There is nothing I value more than human life," said Mozes, reported The Jerusalem Post.

"How is it possible to make peace with people whose children are fed hatred towards Israel from the moment they are born? How is it possible to make peace with people who have it in their DNA to hate us?

"I very much hope that Bibi [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] will not surrender to the pressures of our enemies and continue the operation until the last terrorist is murdered in Gaza."

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