Israeli Rightists launch anti-Obama campaign; Hang posters throughout country
Esther Pollard followed, telling the crowd that her message to the US president was that "your problem isn't with Prime Minister Netanyahu, nor is it with the People of Israel. Your problem, Mr. President, is with the almighty God of Israel!"
The protest continued for more than two hours, as the demonstrators ebbed and flowed and consular staff across the street came out to watch the goings-on.
The protest was only a part of a wider campaign launched by activists on Wednesday, in which they will try to counter the American stance by portraying Obama as an anti-Semite whose policies would harm the Jewish state.
Over the coming days, activists plan to hang posters throughout the country of Obama wearing a keffiyeh, flanked by the words, "Anti-Semite," and "Jew-hater," written in red in both English and Hebrew. Another poster published by the campaign shows Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against a background of a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion.
The Jewish National Front, which is backing the protests, said in a statement: "We decided to launch a campaign against the president of the United States and to say that Barack Hussein Obama is bad for the Jews."
"From the moment that he entered the White House, we have been feeling anti-Semitism and hatred toward Israel," the statement continued. "We have a number of plans, among which are demonstrations in the US and protests in front of the consulate and homes of the ambassadors."
Later Wednesday evening, Peace Now issued a statement harshly criticizing the campaign, saying the anti-Obama posters and demonstrations would cause considerable damage to the friendship between the US and Israel.
"The radical Right is damaging our strategic alliance with the US, and is embarrassing Israel in front of the world," the organization said. "[Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu] must renounce this campaign of the settlers at once, and act decisively against the hilltop youth and those who are breaking the law in the settlements."
Jerusalem Post staff contributed to this report.
Derecha israelí lanza campaña contra Obama; Cuelga carteles en todo el país Esther Pollard seguido, la multitud diciendo que su mensaje al presidente de los EE.UU. es que "el problema no es con el Primer Ministro Netanyahu, ni es con el pueblo de Israel. Su problema Sr. Presidente, es con el Todopoderoso Dios de Israel! " La protesta continuó durante más de dos horas, según los manifestantes ebbed y el personal consular y fluía a través de la calle salieron a ver la vuelta de la misma. La protesta fue sólo una parte de una campaña lanzada por los activistas, el miércoles, en el que tratará de contrarrestar la posición de América por retratar a Obama como un antisemita cuyas políticas perjudicaría el estado judío. En los próximos días, los activistas planean colgar carteles en todo el país de Obama usando una keffiyeh, flanqueada por las palabras, "anti-semita" y "Judio-hater", escrita en rojo en Inglés y hebreo. Otro póster publicado por la campaña anti Obama lo muestra agitando las manos con el Presidente iraní Mahmoud Ahmadinejad en un contexto de un hongo de nubes de una explosión nuclear. El Frente Nacional Judío, que respalda las protestas, dijo en una declaración: "Hemos decidido lanzar una campaña contra el presidente de los Estados Unidos y decir que Barack Hussein Obama es malo para los Judios". "Desde el momento en que entró en la Casa Blanca, se ha estado sintiendo el antisemitismo y el odio hacia Israel", continuó la declaración. "Tenemos una serie de planes, entre los que se encuentran en los EE.UU. manifestaciones y protestas frente al consulado y las casas de los embajadores". Más tarde, la noche del miércoles, (Peace una organizacion) "Paz" Ahora publicó una declaración criticando duramente la campaña, diciendo que la lucha con carteles y demostraciones contra Obama podría causar daños considerables a la amistad entre los EE.UU. e Israel. "La derecha radical está dañando nuestra alianza estratégica con los EE.UU., y es vergonzoso delante de Israel en el mundo", dijo la organización. "[Primer Ministro Binyamin Netanyahu] debe renunciar a esta campaña de los colonos a la vez, y actuar con decisión contra la cima de la colina y los jóvenes los que están infringiendo la ley en los asentamientos." personal de Jerusalem Post contribuyeron a este informe.
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Yahweh deceived Israel!!
delamalasie 3 weeks ago
Screw all of them!Hell,I'll even say screw America even as an American!We should be better than both the Israelis and Palestinians.Why should I give a damn about either one?It makes no real sense to just take one side,especially if either side is a waste of time.Screw Christianity,Islam and Judaism.Only cavemen worship gods.I have out evolved such obsolete and useless thought as religion,for it is beneath me as a person.Religion is only another form of slavery and division.
erebus38 2 months ago
God bless Israel!!!!! Peace on Jerusalem and God bess her people!
axf48529 6 months ago
LOL, sick people . Israel is bad for everyone ..Even for decant Jews.
TheTruthBureau 6 months ago
@attorneysruinedusa wow, oye vay I never even knew. I guess i'm going to eat locks and bagels from now on and ladkas on passover. Thanks for informing me of my new found religion and or ethnicity. You do know that unless you are a racist degenerate inbred fuck like yourself, calling me a Jew is not an insult. You Swede, you are swedish and a nasty swede from sweden. you eat pancakes and have blonde hair you swede cause your swedish.
madmiguelh2o 7 months ago
@Jeansschwimmer fuck that!! I want the jew kids of jew satan off this planet in 6 months.
attorneysruinedusa 7 months ago
I wish that jew had of been shot in its rat faced head while watching.
attorneysruinedusa 7 months ago
@madmiguelh2o fuck you jew kid of jew satan. I will be your new NON jew hitler and remove all you nasty vile rat faced kids of jew satan from this planet for all people, not just the Palestinians. You go back to hell jew. Your father hitler stole that land. That was the reason for W@ jew. And you know that. Your uncle hitler shipped all jews to Palestine to steal the land with the foreign corp USA. The lie is exposed jew. Get ready to go back to your father jew satan in hell jew rat
attorneysruinedusa 7 months ago
@Jeansschwimmer WRONG! Odin gave that land to the Teutons! You are preaching anti Anti-Teutonism by questioning the Teutonist agenda to have checkpoints all across the Czech republic and Austria and control of all water, trade and borders. Teutony has no choice, the Germanics hate us and are terrorists so naturally we deny them all rights, kill them frequently and settle giant fenced in complexes on their villages. All we want is peace.
madmiguelh2o 8 months ago
Click your heels, raise your right arm- Heil Netanjahu!!!
I have no idea why Israel was so foolish as to make peace with Jordania and Egypt. It makes it so dificult now to repeat that it is an island in a sea of enemies.
Jeansschwimmer 8 months ago