Defending criticism of Donald Trump's plan to ban Muslim travel to the United States, Rush Limbaugh ended up putting Hamas on the same side as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

On his December 9 program, Limbaugh discussed Trump's widely slammed proposal "for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.

Limbaugh noted that Hamas had condemned it and said, “Hamas is a terror group, do you know Hamas came out in opposition to Trump's statement? That puts the Republican Party, the Democrat Party and everybody else in the establishment and Obama on the same side Hamas is on.”

Limbaugh's broad brush would now seem to implicate Prime Minister Netanyahu, who in advance of a planned meeting with Trump issued a statement rebuking his remarks on Muslims.

In a press release, the Prime Minister's Office said, “Prime Minister Netanyahu rejects Donald Trump's recent remarks about Muslims. The State of Israel respects all religions and strictly guarantees the rights of all its citizens. At the same time, Israel is fighting against militant Islam that targets Muslims, Christians and Jews alike and threatens the entire world.”

Netanyahu has previously described Hamas as similar to ISIS and the Nazis and that he considered them “branches of the same poisonous tree.”