Lapid Botches 4th Of July Message, Posts Wrong Flag

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) was mocked by social media users Sunday after he botched a Fourth of July blessing on Twitter.

Wishing the US a happy 245th Fourth of July, Lapid tweeted a holiday message Sunday afternoon, followed by two flags, meant to represent the US-Israel alliance.

“245 years of progress, liberty, and freedom,” Lapid wrote. “Congratulations to our best friend, America. Israel has no closer ally than the US, and the US has no better friend than Israel.”

Unfortunately for the foreign minister, however, the flag he selected to accompany the Israeli flag was not the American flag but the Liberian flag, which has red and white stripes similar to the US flag, but only one star, rather than fifty.

The post quickly became the target of mockery by Twitter users.

Lapid updated the post, dropping the flag symbols altogether. Read more at Arutz-7