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A Likud member speaking at an event in Ra'anana on Saturday.
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Likudniks blast 'enemy of the Jews' Obama over settlement freeze
By Chaim Levinson, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Moshe Ya'alon 
Member of Netanyahu's Likud party: Obama administration is 'worst regime there ever was' for Israel.

Rank-and-file Likudniks and lawmakers in the ruling Likud party lambasted the Obama administration at a gathering on Saturday, in response to Israel's decision to temporarily freeze construction in West Bank settlements.

MK Dani Danon organized the meeting after Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat (Likud) launched a verbal attack over the matter on U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, which she branded "terrible."

While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately distanced himself from her comments, the activists at Saturday's conference leveled further criticism at Obama over the moratorium, which Israel undertook to carry out in the wake of tremendous U.S. pressure.
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"The Obama administration is an enemy of the Jews and the worst regime there ever was for the State of Israel," said Yossi Naim, the head of the Beit Aryeh regional council, at the Ra'ana meeting. "I announce to Obama: You won't be able to stop us."

The mayor of the West Bank settlement of Ariel, Ron Nahman, called Netanyahu's announcement of the settlement freeze a disgrace.

Directing his comments to Livnat, he said: "I am proud and happy that you said what you said, because you had the public courage to say what most of the public feels ever since Obama came to power."

Nahman repeatedly referred to the U.S. leader as "Hussein Obama," omitting his first name.

Ya'alon cancels lecture in Kiryat Arba in face of rightist protest

Meanwhile, Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) cancelled a appearance at the settlement of Kiryat Arba on Saturday, due to a plan by right-wing activists to stage a protest the settlement freeze.

Ya'alon, who also strategic affairs minister, was meant to speak about "taking responsibility" to hundreds of teenagers at a gathering organized the local council.

But a group of right-wingers, including prominent activists Itamar Ben-Gvir, Noam Federman and Baruch Marzel, went to the hall where Ya'alon was meant to speak, with the intention of protesting against the minister's support for the settlement freeze.

Ya'alon's security representative saw the rightists, who were holding placards, and announced that the minister could not enter the building while they were still there. Following a 40-minute discussion, Ya'alon decided to leave the site without speaking.

Ben-Gvir said in response: "Whoever voted in favor of strangling the settlements will not be surprised that people want to protest against him."
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  1.   What "freeze"...? What a charade...! 23:50  |  Esther 28/11/09
  2.   Thank you Mr, Obama 23:54  |  The Last Zionist 28/11/09
  3.   Most American Jews Agree With Obama Re Settlements 00:08  |  dyinglikeflies 29/11/09
  4.   What Settlement Freeze?? 00:09  |  Henry Thompson 29/11/09
  5.   inflammatory rhetoric weakens Israel`s influence 00:13  |  Publius 29/11/09
  6.   Obama 00:25  |  Gary 29/11/09
  7.   75% of American Jews voted for Obama 00:36  |  AB 29/11/09
  8.   Bush senior said the same thing 00:43  |  Basil 29/11/09
  9.   In that case... the next time you get into a bind 00:53  |  Erastus CoupeDeVille 29/11/09
  10.   Make this government go. 01:01  |  Bibi sold out 29/11/09
  11.   The Likudniks should also reject all financial aid and weapons 01:11  |  Utterly Disgusted 29/11/09
  12.   The Biggest Whiners in The World Are 01:21  |  Darwish 29/11/09
  13.   Comments of Likudniks are Ludicrous 01:22  |  Geoff 29/11/09
  14.   Go`al Nefesh 01:25  |  ussishkin 29/11/09
  15.   I am proud of 01:41  |  EGB 29/11/09
  16.   If you don`t like our president 02:01  |  Jill 29/11/09
  17.   The hell with them! 02:02  |  David 29/11/09
  18.   the banana republic 02:10  |  michael 29/11/09
  19.   reminds me of an old saying... 02:15  |  Francois 29/11/09
  20.   What are they upset about? There is no freeze. 02:29  |  peacelover 29/11/09
  21.   Jill #14 02:31  |  Brod 29/11/09
  22.   How dare she? US should drop Israel at this rate 02:33  |  Samuel 29/11/09
  23.   Darwish #10 02:38  |  Brod 29/11/09
  24.   Utterly Disgusted #9 02:42  |  Brod 29/11/09
  25.   Basil #6 02:47  |  Brod 29/11/09
  26.   14 - jill- i am fully with you!! 02:50  |  David 29/11/09
  27.   dyinglikeflies #1 02:51  |  Brod 29/11/09
  28.   music to my ears 02:51  |  VIPER 29/11/09
  29.   Settlers are the true Enemies of Israel and USA 02:52  |  Joe W 29/11/09
  30.   Some corrections for AB (# 5) 03:00  |  flyingdoc57 29/11/09
  31.   If really care of USA relationship 03:09  |  Simon HG 29/11/09
  32.   Obama 03:19  |  Wizardman 29/11/09
  33.   Ms. Livnat... 03:36  |  american jew 29/11/09
  34.   pull out of west bank 03:56  |  Michael a Jew 29/11/09
  35.   American Jew #31 04:16  |  Brod 29/11/09
  36.   The Arabs Don`t Like Obama Either 04:16  |  MichaelF 29/11/09
  37.   Why the is US congress more pro-israel than Obama. 04:17  |  Voice of Reason 29/11/09
  38.   #2 - dyinglikeflies 04:18  |  MichaelF 29/11/09
  39.   #3 - Henry Thompson 04:23  |  MichaelF 29/11/09
  40.   Samuel in Palo Alto claims that Israel has nerve! 04:23  |  SDHD 29/11/09
  41.   #15 - Jill 04:31  |  MichaelF 29/11/09
  42.   American Jew from Philly 04:34  |  SDHD 29/11/09
  43.   Some ofObama`s best friends are Jews 04:50  |  howiej 29/11/09
  44.   Obama hasn`t been well recived neither by Jews nor by Arabs. 05:09  |  Fortuna Benmayor 29/11/09
  45.   I don`t like the Likud 05:38  |  Eric Pillischer 29/11/09
  46.   settlements 05:45  |  yitz 29/11/09
  47.   Obama so naive. 05:45  |  oy vay 29/11/09
  48.   howiej feel free to make ailyah anytime, we wont mind 06:06  |  100% USA 29/11/09
  49.   "Some ofObama`s best friends are Jews" - howiej 06:12  |  Mark Lincoln 29/11/09
  50.   Likudniks better take a good look at themselves 06:21  |  Shlomo 29/11/09
  51.   Brod 06:35  |  Hugh 29/11/09
  52.   Brod, again 06:44  |  Hugh 29/11/09
  53.   No friend of the Jews remains with the Jewish people to the end. 06:55  |  Akram Zekaria 29/11/09
  54.   SDHD 06:55  |  Hugh 29/11/09
  55.   this is not acceptable talk 07:01  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/11/09
  56.   Hugh 07:09  |  Brod 29/11/09
  57.   And We Call This Ilk Our Ally??!! 07:20  |  Yaakov Sullivan 29/11/09
  58.   Fortuna #40...what we forget is that Obama is first and foremost 07:23  |  Esther 29/11/09
  59.   What do we want from Obama? We ourselves are `defukim` 07:27  |  Esther 29/11/09
  60.   Over and over again, ad nauseum 07:29  |  Yaakov Sullivan 29/11/09
  61.   Well said, Joe #27... they are the enemy from within... 07:31  |  Esther 29/11/09
  62.   American Jews have surrendered their birthright. 07:35  |  Dan 29/11/09
  63.   #9 Bibi sold out 07:41  |  Jim 29/11/09
  64.   Likudniks are the `enemy of the Jews` 07:54  |  Yerida 29/11/09
  65.   #10 Utterly disdusted 08:01  |  Jim 29/11/09
  66.   #16 David: I agree with you 100%, enough is enough !! 08:10  |  american observer 29/11/09
  67.   Hegel`s anticipatory insight 08:12  |  ALEX 29/11/09
  68.   Ungrateful Zionists 08:14  |  American 29/11/09
  69.   majority of american jews voted for obama because they want peace 08:15  |  palestinian 29/11/09
  70.   Obama Is Good For Israel 08:19  |  MB 29/11/09
  71.   This is not representative of Israel 08:32  |  Josh 29/11/09
  72.   #56 American: We need millions more just like you. You are right! 08:38  |  palestinian 29/11/09
  73.   Obama disaster for West 08:52  |  Leah 29/11/09
  74.   Obama disaster for West 08:52  |  Leah 29/11/09
  75.   Huseyin Obama 09:00  |  Solomon 29/11/09
  76.   You`re mistaken, Jim #56, fanatics will hold onto their seats 09:22  |  Esther 29/11/09
  77.   Likudniks blast `enemy of the Jews` Obama 09:22  |  Eshkol Hakofer 29/11/09
  78.   #16 and #61, am ashamed to say, but you guys are right-on 09:33  |  Esther 29/11/09
  79.   American Jew for Obama 09:37  |  Phillip Cohen 29/11/09
  80.   #22 Brod 09:41  |  Jim 29/11/09
  81.   #26 VIPER 09:45  |  Jim 29/11/09
  82.   Ben-Gvir is right 10:00  |  zeev 29/11/09
  83.   to flyingdoc57 #28 10:14  |  zeev 29/11/09
  84.   #75, Esther 10:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/11/09
  85.   Be careful what you ask for ----work harder at 10:34  |  Labhras 29/11/09
  86.   Don`t you understand that this is only Likud "showtime"..... 10:36  |  Swiss (Dino) 29/11/09
  87.   #48, Hugh 10:36  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/11/09
  88.   The freeze is barely that but could stop foreign Jews from coming 10:41  |  Bloodyscot 29/11/09
  89.   Hugh, hates to break it to himself 10:41  |  SDHD 29/11/09
  90.   Stating Garbage 10:42  |  ATLAS 29/11/09
  91.   #73 Esther 10:48  |  Jim 29/11/09
  92.   What problem is bigger than the settlements? 10:52  |  S 29/11/09
  93.   Brod #19 - don`t buy oil 11:16  |  two states solution 29/11/09
  94.   Brod - The US buys M Eastern oil. You wanna pay more for gas? 11:16  |  CJ 29/11/09
  95.   I only liked Bibi for one reason 11:17  |  Israeliguy 29/11/09
  96.   Residual political support for Israel is increasingly reflexive. 11:19  |  Hanna 29/11/09
  97.   And Bibi`s gvt. is also shaping up to be worst 11:24  |  Josiah J. Ben David 29/11/09
  98.   On the contrary.... 12:00  |  Choni Davidowitz 29/11/09
  99.   #76 philip moves to disneyland for political solutions 12:19  |  vhardman 29/11/09
  100.   #83 Josiah J. Ben David 13:08  |  Jim 29/11/09
  101.   Thank you Ehud Barak for demolishing the leftist myth 13:30  |  Moshe 29/11/09
  102.   WILLFUL BLINDNESS 14:15  |  Stephen Connor 29/11/09
  103.   MB #67 14:38  |  Brod 29/11/09
  104.   American? #65 14:41  |  Brod 29/11/09
  105.   #83 Josiah J. Ben David 14:43  |  Jim 29/11/09
  106.   CJ #81 14:47  |  Brod 29/11/09
  107.   Cipora and Obama 14:51  |  Stephen Connor 29/11/09
  108.   Brod....You Know Nothing 14:52  |  Darwish 29/11/09
  109.   Leah #70 You are absolutely right 14:59  |  Brod 29/11/09
  110.   Likudniks and the danger of giving power to "brown shirts" 15:05  |  jim the mechanic 29/11/09
  111.   Jim #77 15:17  |  Brod 29/11/09
  112.   Unfortunate Leah 15:21  |  Stephen Connor 29/11/09
  113.   We can see where this is going 15:26  |  W 29/11/09
  114.   SO WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU WANT ? 15:39  |  noha 29/11/09
  115.   AB in CA 15:44  |  rich 29/11/09
  116.   Brod re USA owing money to Israel??? 15:44  |  Labhras 29/11/09
  117.   Samuel in Palo Alto 15:50  |  rich 29/11/09
  118.   It`s all irrelevant because Pals don`t want Jewish state anyways 15:50  |  Sam 29/11/09
  119.   Brod your only a friend if things go your way 15:55  |  BR 29/11/09
  120.   What problem is bigger than the settlements? 16:03  |  S 29/11/09
  121.   Another View 16:18  |  Devil in Details 29/11/09
  122.   Ugly People 16:19  |  Dysfunctional Brains 29/11/09
  123.   BR #101 16:25  |  Brod 29/11/09
  124.   Labhras #98 16:28  |  Brod 29/11/09
  125.   Darwish #90 16:35  |  Brod 29/11/09
  126.   O`sullivan @54 16:54  |  Fair Minded Person 29/11/09
  127.   Labhras 16:59  |  rich 29/11/09
  128.   #119 Brod is that all you got 17:51  |  Labhras 29/11/09
  129.   To Those Critics.... 18:08  |  albert paul ortiz 29/11/09
  130.   You still accept the checks 18:08  |  Firebird 29/11/09
  131.   #123 No Brod they are Occupied Territory--- 19:19  |  Labhras 29/11/09
  132.   beyond shame. now I remember why i hate the lichluchud 19:39  |  Tony 29/11/09
  133.   Infantile Mayor 20:35  |  David 29/11/09
  134.   to Brod #123 21:00  |  zeev 29/11/09
  135.   Thats right 21:11  |  Guy from NYC 29/11/09
  136.   America needs Israel just as much 21:54  |  Lochem Yehudi 29/11/09
  137.   #96 Hanna 23:02  |  Der Zweifler 29/11/09
  138.   Israel is GREAT 23:45  |  Suisse 29/11/09
  139.   to Lochem Yehudi #131 00:23  |  zeev 30/11/09
  140.   u.s firmly supports settlement 00:37  |  roy 30/11/09
  141.   American Jews must chose 00:42  |  azbob 30/11/09
  142.   The US is neither an ally nor friend 01:27  |  T. Traub 30/11/09
  143.   Obama 01:34  |  Bill 30/11/09
  144.   "Don`t bite the hand that feeds you" 01:35  |  T. Traub 30/11/09
  145.   Cut all Aid to Israel 01:37  |  Bill 30/11/09
  146.   Obama is Bad 01:39  |  Richard of LongBeach 30/11/09
  147.   YOU ARE CORRECT STEPHEN CONNOR.I TOO WAS SURPRISED AT MS COHEN`S 01:55  |  Benny 30/11/09
  148.   Please Keep Talking! 02:12  |  censored 30/11/09
  149.   Yerida in Portland 03:52  |  Get your facts 30/11/09
  150.   THE LAST "PRESIDENT OVER ISRAEL" AND OUR RETURN TO JUDEA 04:23  |  Steve of Mevaserret 30/11/09
  151.   Re #31 04:57  |  shlomog 30/11/09
  152.   Publius, It`s Refreshing to Hear Their True Opinions. 05:55  |  Reader 30/11/09
  153.   Stop blaming others 10:09  |  Zev 30/11/09
  154.   T. Traub @132 Worry not,it is not going to happen.Why 16:46  |  Fervent Zionist 30/11/09
  155.   To T. Traub@134 "Don`t bite the hand that feeds you"?? 16:54  |  James 30/11/09
  156.   Hugh and his bad memory@ 51 I should read a bit more. 17:05  |  James 30/11/09
  157.   settlements,settlements.THEY ARE ??? 17:09  |  James 30/11/09
  158.   Zev@146 ...In a word you are right.because. 17:21  |  James 30/11/09
  159.   in a word, Zev #152 is wrong. because. 10:50  |  zeev 01/12/09
  160.   These are the facts as Israel asserts them 01:30  |  Yerida 02/12/09
  161.   #157 James. The US enemy 05:53  |  Ron 02/12/09
  162.   #158 James. Stuck with a burden. See #159,Zeev 20:28  |  Ron 02/12/09
  163.   #24 Brod. A poor propagandist 06:09  |  Ron 03/12/09
  164.   Ron #163 16:47  |  Brod 03/12/09
  165.   To Ron @ 161 & @ 162 (A Reply) 16:31  |  James 05/12/09
  166.   #165 James A Jew hostile to the US 22:14  |  Ron 06/12/09
  167.   #164 Brod A poor Likudnik propagandist 18:48  |  Ron 07/12/09
  168.   Ron #167 01:42  |  Brod 08/12/09
  169.   First of all Basil..so what! 05:55  |  Lin Fei 10/12/09
  170.   #168 Brod. The propagandist with no scruples 20:01  |  Ron 10/12/09
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