Netanyahu Accidentally Gives German Chancellor Merkel a Hitler ‘Stache

I think this is one Hitler reference that can be chalked up to circumstance.

During a joint press conference in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accidentally gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel a Hitler mustache, thanks to a confluence of light and shadow. Another unfortunate juxtaposition of the photo: the Israeli flag sandwiched between the two.

JPost photographer snaps what must be the most inadvertantly hilarious political picture of the decade pic.twitter.com/f8dNzx8v0b

— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) February 25, 2014

The Jerusalem Post is not running the photo, though they confirmed it’s real, not Photoshopped:

Just want to clarify that none of the higher-ups at JPost are pushing that picture. It's not on our site and won't be in the newspaper.

— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) February 25, 2014

@cymruisrael It's a real picture, not photoshopped. Obviously this wasn't Netanyahu's intention.

— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) February 25, 2014

Oy.

[h/t Jeremy Taylor]

[Image via Jerusalem Post]

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