The protestors brandished banners that read:
“Obama: the country of the Bible belongs to the people of the Bible.”
An Israeli boy stands in front of a banner during a right-wing protest in Jerusalem July 27, 2009 against U.S. President Barack Obama’s demand to freeze Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Arab East Jerusalem. (Reuters)
Israelis today held an Anti-Obama rally in Jerusalem.
Israel National News reported:
For the first time in years, the nationalist camp will hold a large scale rally against United States policies vis-à-vis Israel.
The protest will be held in downtown Jerusalem, on Agron St. on Monday evening, and is being organized by the Residents Committees of Binyamin and Samaria, as well as the nationalist umbrella organization Mateh Maamatz, the Yesha Council of Jewish Communities, and Komemiyut.
Knesset Members and others representing various parties, including the Likud, will speak.
“Not since the days of [U.S. Secretary of State Henry] Kissinger has there been such a protest against American policies,” said MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh), chairman of the National Union party. “The pressure that Barack Hussein Obama is exerting against us to simply stop growing and stop living will not work.”
The Obama administration has made it clear that Israel must stop building of all types throughout Judea and Samaria (Yesha), as well as in parts of Israel’s capital city that were liberated during the Six Day War of 1967.
In addition, hints have been dropped that American action against Iran depends on a cessation of Israeli construction in Yesha.
