Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley hit out against primary opponent Vivek Ramaswamy over his foreign policy stance on Israel, decrying the business entrepreneur's previous suggestions that the United States should halt funding to the Middle Eastern country as a “dangerous” proposal.

“Ramaswamy’s attacks & desperate attempts at damage control don’t change how he treats our friend Israel & how his dangerous policies make America less safe,” Haley said in a social media post. “Israel faces genocidal threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, & Syria. Our next president must understand that. Vivek said we should abandon Israel after 2028. Those are HIS words.”

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The comments come in response to past statements from Ramaswamy suggesting additional U.S. aid to Israel would no longer be necessary by 2028, prompting criticism from Haley, who has focused much of her foreign policy platform around the decadeslong alliance.

"Come 2028, that additional aid won't be necessary in order to still have the kind of stability that we would actually have in the Middle East by having Israel more integrated in with its partners," Ramaswamy said in an interview earlier this month with Russell Brand. "Then it puts us in a position, everybody's position, to say we don't have to meddle."

Haley seized on that proposal during the first GOP primary debate last week, accusing Ramaswamy of advocating the end to “America’s special bond with Israel.” The former United Nations ambassador then attacked Ramaswamy for his lack of foreign policy experience on a number of other issues.

"He wants to hand Ukraine to Russia, he wants to let China eat Taiwan, he wants to go and stop funding Israel,” Haley said during the debate. “You don’t do that to friends. What you do instead is you have the backs of your friends.”

"Our relationship with Israel would never be stronger than by the end of my first term,” Ramaswamy shot back. “But it’s not a client relationship, it’s a friendship. And you know what friends do? Friends help each other stand on their own two feet."

Ramaswamy later adjusted his position on the issue on his campaign website, vowing not to halt aid to Israel unless the country specifically says it is no longer needed.

“That’s what Vivek actually said, so don’t believe the opponents’ lies that he wants to cut aid to Israel — which makes zero sense as a foreign policy priority any time in the foreseeable future,” the website states.

The updated position also included a call from Ramaswamy to “stop lying,” referring to Haley by her birth name Nimrata Randhawa. However, the statement elicited initial criticism after Ramaswamy misspelled her name as Namrata.

“Not sure why using Nikki Haley’s maiden name (spelled wrong) is a rebuttal but makes clear her debate attacks got under his skin,” said Matt Whitlock, a former spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

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Ramaswamy’s campaign denied that the usage of her Indian birth name was intended as an attack, citing his own Indian heritage. (Ramaswamy and Haley are both Indian American.)

"How is he making fun of her name? His name is Vivek Ramaswamy,” his campaign told Fox News.