Germany�s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it has opened an investigation after learning that the official Twitter account of the country�s mission to the Palestinian territories had �liked� anti-Israel tweets.

The comments came after top-selling Bild newspaper reported that the �likes� came from the verified Twitter account of German diplomat Christian Clages, @GerRepRamallah.

The multiple �likes� included one for a video praising an attack on Israeli soldiers, and another for an exchange between American white supremacist David Duke and another user about an alleged massacre of Jews.

�The Foreign Ministry disassociates itself emphatically from the tweets mentioned,� the ministry said in a written statement to The Associated Press. �The content is unacceptable and contradicts the views of the German government.�

It said it has initiated an in-house investigation to determine �how these �likes� came about and will then determine consequences.�

The ministry said �Clages has explicitly distanced himself from the statements in the tweets.�

(AP)