DISAPPOINTED: MEXICO REBUKES ISRAEL OVER TRUMP WALL PRAISE: Mexico on 28 Jan. 2017, chided PM Netanyahu for endorsing USA President Trump’s plan to build a wall along its border with the United States. Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said in a communique that it had expressed its “profound surprise, rejection and disappointment in the prime minister’s message on Twitter. Mexico is Israel’s friend and should be treated as such,” it said. Netanyahu had welcomed praise from Trump for Israel’s security barrier in Judea & Samaria. Referring to the recently built fence along Israel’s border with Egypt, the prime minister said the measure had been a “great success” in keeping out illegal immigration, mainly came from African nations.Backtracking after Mexican officials demanded a clarification, a spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry stressed that Netanyahu was not commenting on USA-Mexican relations. “Netanyahu referred to our specific security experience which we are willing to share. We do not express a position on USA-Mexico relations,” he said. (Times of Israel)