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Refaeli was also quoted as saying, "What does it does matter, Uganda or Israel?" and, "I am not sorry for not serving in the army, because I profited in a big way." She also reportedly vowed that she would "never bring a celebrity to Israel because they have chutzpah here like nowhere else in the world."

Refaeli and DiCaprio's visit to Israel earlier this year resulted in the arrest of two of the Hollywood A-lister's bodyguards, after they scuffled with paparazzi in Jerusalem.

A few days after its initial report, Yedioth published an article claiming "Now Bar is slandering Israel abroad" - a reference to an interview Refaeli gave to fashion magazine Tatler.

Refaeli's lawyer Dror Arad Alon sent a letter to Yedioth claiming that the newspaper published "false, tendentious and malicious quotes which lack connection to Refaeli's comments."

Arad-Alon went on to say in the letter that Refaeli's comments were disseminated throughout the media "representing Refaeli in a ludicrous and poisonous way, essentially abandoning her to public fury for no reason."

He added that the Yedioth article "initiated and encouraged a media and public lynching of Bar Refaeli after she was wickedly manipulated by the newspaper's reporter and editors.