Last season Joey Barton and Yossi Benayoun worked side by side as they helped QPR gain promotion to the Premier League.
But this morning on Twitter the former team-mates were involved in a Twitter spat over the Israeli-Palestine conflict.
It started off when
If this was anybody else but Israel the West would intervene. It cannot continue. Innocent children being slaughtered. This must stop.
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) July 25, 2014
However, Israel international Benayoun, who joined Maccabi Haifa - a team attacked by protesters in Austria this week - responded to that Tweet by calling Barton "stupid"...
@Joey7Barton mate things can never changed you have been stupid and you will stay stupid all your life..embarrassing .
— Yossi Benayoun (@YossiBenayoun15) July 25, 2014
Barton's response was diplomatic, given that he had just been branded as "stupid" and "embarrassing"...
@YossiBenayoun15 Firstly, you cannot call somebody stupid with such bad grammar. Secondly, you cannot and should not kill innocent children.
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) July 25, 2014
@YossiBenayoun15 Thirdly, you cannot remove people from their land because a fictional book from thousands of years ago tells you can.
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) July 25, 2014
@YossiBenayoun15 Last but not least, I hope you and your family are safe and well and remain so through this terrible time. xx
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) July 25, 2014
