President Barack Obama's administration found a creative way to tweak Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.

In a tweet from its official account, the White House posted a reference to Netanyahu's widely mocked 2012 United Nations speech. In his address, the Israeli leader literally drew a red line on a cartoonish drawing of a bomb to warn against the possibility of Iran getting a nuclear weapon.


Netanyahu has been sharply critical of the deal, which he has repeatedly said would pave the way for Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon and use it against Israel.

The White House copied Netanyahu's bomb drawing and repurposed it to advocate for the US' initial agreement with Iran . The US and other powers are offering to roll back economic sanctions against Tehran in exchange for Iran curbing its ability to produce a nuclear bomb.

Here's the White House tweet:

Worth sharing: Here's how the #IranDeal would shut down Iran's pathway to a nuclear weapon ? http://t.co/BWuabs0TNz pic.twitter.com/8aYQi2KEgq - The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 8, 2015

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