Rightists prepare banner denouncing Obama as 'PLO agent'
Poster hangs in office of MK Michael Ben Ari, whose assistant says Obama is anti-Semitic.
By Chaim Levinson Tags: Barack Obama Israel news anti-SemitismA group of far-right activists on Tuesday announced their plan to hang hundreds of posters across the country depicting U.S. President Barack Obama under the headline "agent of the PLO." The banner is already on display in the office of National Union MK Michael Ben Ari.
"The poster is within the limits of the country's freedom of speech act," said Ben Ari's aide, Itamar Ben Gvir.
"I pity those who clapped during [U.S. Vice President] Joe Biden's speech," said Ben Gvir, referring to Biden's address to the Israeli people at Tel Aviv University last week.
"By the end of Ben Arie's term we will teach those Leftists what democracy is," he added. "Obama is anti-Semitic, pro-Arab, an agent of the PLO and we stand behind what the poster says."
Shortly after taking office last year, Obama made a key address to the Muslim world during a visit to Cairo, Egypt. The much anticipated 55-minute address touched on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S.-Arab ties and confronting terrorism.
The "Cairo speech" stirred tension in Israel and the U.S. regarding the president's new policy towards the Middle East, and created the impression that he was biased towards Arab countries, as he began with the Arab saying "salaam alaykum."
Following the speech, Obama made a personal phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, guaranteeing that the U.S. would always support Israel.
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Canadians and their opinions on US politics... That's like one poor person giving another poor person financial advice. Keep your socialism and life of mediocrity. I'll keep my fat bank account, big ranch style home, SUV and fire arms.
Chosen alright, by god, to be the biggest fools the world has seen. There is a sunami coming and it will sweep all right wing fear mongers, all right wing haters, all right wing devotees into oblivion. What a plague on mankind. There are sickos like this in the USA and oblivion waits them as well.
I don't want my American tax dollars supporting this!
would be transfered to PA, and cut from the Netanyahu Administration.
"We will teach these leftists what Democracy is" Yeah Do it. Just show us your capability.
I beleive that for each POSTER, our Government should cut a $ MILLION DOLLARS of Aid., and our tax money using for our Poor americans at home, who will in fact appreciate THE BILLIONS throwing away.
If we are wrong, then we need to accept it. The fact is, we are wrong to occupy the West bank, Gaza, The Golan and the Shebah farms, these territories are conqured Territories, we should Sincerely/Honestly negociating OUR )Peace and Security with THIS MODERATE PA Government, before Hamas taking Over or WE BECOME A B I N A T I O N A L STATE, and thus loosing OUR JEWISH STATE. The PM would be wise to accept the reality, he cannot be right and the world communities are wrong , when in matter of fact, the reverse is the REALITY. The Pm should try to get the Kadima Party and form a NATIONAL GOVERNMENT for the benefit of OUR DEAR ISRAEL.
I saw a t-shirt today and it was Obamas face but he was wearing an Arafat style keffia. What better evidence can there be to show where Obamas loyalties lye?
"When George W Bush was president the the dems supporters portrayed him as a monkey.. among other things.. It was alright then, but now the tables are turned and you all cry foul. What hypocracy.." Perhaps it's because Bush WAS a monkey. He managed to **** up even the most basic of things, such as pronouncing nuclear as NUCULAR, or some such idiotic word. But there's also an integral difference which you fail to grasp: All of the adjectives hurled at Bush were generally true. He was definitely a war criminal, as he condoned torture. He was an idiot. Check previous interviews/speeches for considerable proof. He did give himself and his Administration considerable powers, thus making him appear to be a dictator. This piece of **** poster is making Obama appear to be a terrorist, and why? Because he's not an Israel apologist? We've had that tired policy for decades, not just in the White House, but in the UN. Guess what? That policy has brought us only death, pain, hatred, and despair.
When George W Bush was president the the dems supporters portrayed him as a monkey.. among other things.. It was alright then, but now the tables are turned and you all cry foul. What hypocracy..
...to spoil the image of Israel. Is it already bad enough? The millions of people think that Israeli people are even more paranoidic, lunatic and arrogant...than they thought. It is rather hard for many to understand, that it is only those extreme ones. What a pity.
some people in israel and also among the international jewry crush the practicing of gratitude under their feet. but the insults are always on the tip of their tongue.
Obama is doing the same thing Bush did. He is keeping the Saudis happy while making sure Israel and the Jews have the status quo. Obama is the status quo.
This is nothing new. Right-wing zealots plastered posters of Rabin in a keffiyah all over Jerusalem in the months before one of their ranks killed him. This extremism will be the death of Israel if rank and file Israelis don't get it together and tell the far right where they can shove it.
a man who has no past and no future !
What genius! What class! How subtle! How degrading to the Jewish people worldwide are the childish, mean spirited, name-calling antics of these idiots?
Yeah, we're really gonna lose sleep over that. Not.
"Anyone who makes Obama look bad is on his short list. He is the product of a spoiled upbringing where he was taught by his families examples that the world revolves around him" He was raised by a single parent in a poor household, you ignorant bastard!
Until the rest of the world starts eating those funny Israeli mushrooms they will never understand the rules of this little game.
Please...please let this happen and have it lead every news program in the US.....let it headline every newspaper and magazine...let the American's know what you think of their President....
semite only cheapens the true meaning of anti-semitism.
"Friend of Israel" is fast becoming poisonous in the West among the real people. Its that victim thing...its really worn thin.
After all you've HATED this president from the get-go. You've already put up posters of him in PLO headdress. This campaign is hardly more insulting to him than what you've already done. Frustrating huh? No wonder you're making veiled threats etc. What's next? A Mossad hit squad with stolen passports? I like sending links to stuff like this article to my pro-Israeli friends. It is educational for us to realize how much you hate our president; hate our culture and even hate our American Jews.
Sir, You may be right. However, he awaken all consealed and latent antisemitism. It is up to you, the an expert, to decide whether it was intentional.
Free speech does not extend to shouting "Fire" in a crowded theater. The uninformed biases of small minds with loud mouths undermine all serious Israeli efforts at diplomacy with strength. Obama, despite right wing media, is no bigot, certainly no anti-semite; and such proclamations undermine his serious efforts to decrease danger for Israel. Posters help your vanity, but you should be more concerned whether they don't also actually weaken Israel's negotiating position! (By the way, remember that it was Bush's rash and thoughtless invasion of Iraq that freed Iran to become the danger it now is!) As a passionate Zionist since well before 1948 and certainly ever since, I have been pained by the extent to which it is the Israeli Taliban that has caused the most danger to the State. (p.s. Obama's speeches were not on the i-pod he gave the Queen; rather, they contained her favored music.)
How do I get some to hang around here? Does this organization take donations? I mean, I can't give money to Hamas -- but this looks even better.
Reminds me of the poster of Rabin as an SS Officer.
..as we Americans have been before, we are again inthe middle trying to be honest broker for peace.. that simple..the world is waiting...
This will NOT happen.
It would appear that the US President, Barack Hussein Obama is definitely a Muslim and not a Christian as he claims. If you look into the sketchy background of this man you see Muslims influences everywhere. And being born to a Muslim father certainly makes him one in my estimation. The United States is teetering on collapse and once they abandon the Jewish people what blessings we have had from God will cease. God's Word is very clear about blessing and cursing His chosen people - and yes the Jews are the chosen - see Deuteronomy Chapter 7 for one passage among many where God explains why He chose this group. They were chosen to bring the Savior into this world and Jesus Christ is Jewish according to the flesh and also the Son of the Living God. America has been blessed because we have for the most part supported the Jewish State but once we turn back from doing this our days are numbered.
Even arafat agreed with it obama is lost.
What Obama tried to do in his historic speech to the Muslim world was begin to undo the damage done to the Muslim/USA relationship caused in large part by the many years of blind, biased and unconditional support of Israel by the US and the resulting illegal /immoral settlement enterprise that has outraged the entire Muslim world (not to mention the Europeans, Russians, Chinese,...the list goes on) The US is slowly but surely beginning to realize that Israel is a liability in more ways than one. With fanatic and unrealistic morons like these right wingers in Israel, Israel's enemies can sit back and watch the show, they will do more harm to Israel than any enemy of Israel can ever do.
Its about time the stupid rightists stopped playing a 'race card' anytime anyone disagrees with them.Obama is attempting to be even handed in order to obtain peace.It is the naughty children that he is trying to tame that want everything their own way. Make Jerusalem a shared city between the Jews Arabs and Christians,in excvhange for FULL RECOGNITION of Israel.There must be a way of doing this.There is no other equitable solution. No-one can then say'If I cant have it neither can you.
Please control the minority extremist religous selfish settler nutters before they ruin the prospect of peace,our relations with the US our greatest ally, and turn the rest of the world against us.They dont fuss about other mishaps and wrongs such as Africa because they dont see anything there as a threat to them and world peace as a whole(rightly or wrongly) Do we want peace or to destroy each other? I am worried about the extremist few leading us into more conflict.God will NOT help them or us.(like he didn't help 6 million in the 40's.) If the present government will not control them please let someone come forward who is prepared to.before we are the cause of more conflict ,not only in Isreael,but for the lives of all Jews in the world.
Far-right activists that resort to such tactics are not creditable. These are not people of rational thought. They are on the fringe and are more interested in discord. Every country has them. They resemble the far-rightists in the USA that have accused Obama of every conceivable evil. Zealots cannot be trusted and should not be allowed to influence a nation's policies.
# 12 x American. Can't understand how this post got through the Moderator !? Is he insinuating to murder the President,just like, John Wilkes Booth shot dead Abraham Lincoln ?
Seriously, The honeymoon is over, How long do you think you can treat palestinians like caged animals? I mean the people are awake, The worst thing Isreal did ws support the war in Iraq, There has to be balance , Our troops are in Danger because of our favortism. Isreal is on the verge of calapse democraphly and politically. and Its in my lifetime!!!!!!! Thank you jesus
Hope you don't ever plan to make a visit back to the land of your birth because you sure as heck should be on the no-fly list as a possible terrorist. Why don't you just join those nutcases in your adopted country. Crawl back under the rock from which you unfortunately emerged. I am thankful you are an X American. We already have far too many nutcases here. As for those who don't know. John Willkes Booth was the assassin who murdered President Abraham Lincoln.
will prove the insane ANTISEMETIC race card is nothing but a sham! Obama's admin is loaded with Jews and he was vetted by AIPAC before his election win! The rhettoric coming out of these rightists has been seen before in 30's Germany. Funny thing leftists were its enemy too! They were the first guests in the concentration camps, just what will Israels rightwing DEMOCRACY do to left in the future?........PEACE NEVER?
It was leaked he said in the roosevelt room of the white house u.s needs distance from israel so arabs can change the way they see us.
It seems like the rightist are crying just to get President Obama's Attention ;))
Anti-semitism means. For them an anti-semitic person is someone who doesn't agree with their policy. So anti-semitism doesn't mean anything any longer.
Huge double standard
As an American Jew and a long time supporter of Israel both monetarily and through political activism, I am insulted by the comments about Obama from other Jews and Israelis. Hasn't history taught us that racism is evil? That is what is really at work here. If this insanity continues, that nut case in Iran will be right. The Jews will self-destruct, and a great deal of American Jewish support for Israel will disappear, including mine. Is this what Israelis want, political suicide?
Barack Hussein Obama is President of the United States of America and Commander in Chief of its armed forces. Trust me, Israel. If Obama were a PLO agent you'd know in a jiffy.
I don't think there are many people in Israel anymore who are fooled by Obama and his speeches. Through his actions he has shown he is an enemy of Israel and a terrorist stooge.
All of these articles and attacks on the American President Obama, proves how racist these people. If someone did 'A' and recognize that 'A" was wrong, everything said after "but" is crazy. Netanyahu was wrong. He is still wrong. Everyone says what he did was wrong. Admitting that and then write he did wrong, but... still means Netanyahu is wrong. Don't blame our president for violations committed by people in Israel. I love Israel. I want to see it thrive. Unfortunately Israel at times is bad to Jews and many of its Arab citizens. Phillip
to demonstrate with the Left at Sheikh Jarrah ?
A PLO agent? "agent"? OMG, they have lost their mind!!! Do you think this will help their cause?? It will only tick-off more Americans!!!
before they take you all over the cliff. Rule #1 in Int'l affairs - never meddle in another countries politics. Rule #2. always refer to rule 1. Scenario 1 - Obama loses next election. Hard feelings of his die hards (about 100 million)will never be forgotten. Scenario 2 - Obama wins re-election. Hard feelings will not be forgotten. Whoever is tolerating the fanning of these anti Obama flames nneds a good talking to. STAT! I would like HAARETZ to personally deliver this message to Mr. Netanyahu.
I voted for McCain by absentee ballot, and I am really disgusted with this administration's behavior toward Israel in recent days. But suggesting that Obama be assassinated crosses the line. What you wrote could be interpreted as a form of incitement.
Let me say first. I am Jewish.. This is absolutely ludicrous. Disagreeing with Israel is not being antisemitic. I disagree strongly with Israel's actions at the moment. Come and call me antisemitic to my face if you dare.
"created the impression that he was biased towards Arab countries," So, if Biden comes to Israel and begins a speech with shalom, he would be perceived as biased towar Israel? No one but spoiled Israelis, who have taken US support to Israel for granted would be so stupid to thnk using a Muslim greeting when addressing Muslims was evidence of bias. Good grief.
seems some folk here don't know who their friends are, USA helped build this country, $3trillion dollars in aid so far! more aid every year than all of sub-saharan Africa. How's your Mandarin Bibi?
Here is your response: You have all the right to say whatever you want about the United States President. You have the free speech right to say whatever you want. Now don't whine and cry like a little baby and call out anti-semetism when you get the exact response you elicit: Go Fvck Yourself, right back at you. Thanks, The US Majority that Elected Obama. . . . Too bad the censors won't allow Free Speech HERE, so that you can get the response to your OWN free speech. Sorry your country doesn't actually have free speech, while you openly insult a country that does.
Obama has done nothing for Israel but berate and bully her. He is wedded to the idea that moslems are wronged around the world and esp. in Israel. He promises a missile umbrella to protect Israelis from Iranian missiles but is such an umbrella 100%? With a nuclear missile all you have to do is score once! And, the US missile system is in US military hands, not the IDF. The stance of "conservative" Israelis is not so far-fetched. All you have to do is examine Obama's actions and those of his henchmen (women). The picture that is painted is pretty clear with regard to Israel vs. arabs.
Obama has done nothing for Israel but berate and bully her. He is wedded to the idea that moslems are wronged around the world and esp. in Israel. He promises a missile umbrella to protect Israelis from Iranian missiles but is such an umbrella 100%? With a nuclear missile all you have to do is score once! And, the US missile system is in US military hands, not the IDF. The stance of "conservative" Israelis is not so far-fetched. All you have to do is examine Obama's actions and those of his henchmen (women). The picture that is painted is pretty clear with regard to Israel vs. arabs.
Anyone who makes Obama look bad is on his short list. He is the product of a spoiled upbringing where he was taught by his families examples that the world revolves around him. After all he gave the Queen of England an I- Pod filled with his speeches. Bibi is his own man and isn't bending over for Obama, and he shouldn't. In 2012 there will be a new US Pres. and then what? Israel must stand pat, not give in or budge. Obama would never pressure the Palestinians, they wouldn't just push back, they would kick the ---- out of Obama.
Philadelphia, USA at 4:20 EST; News for all my friends in Israel; Called my senator and the aid said the phones are ringing of the desks; Americans are mad that the Obama Administration is using such harsh threats toward Israel over the 1600 housing units announcements while Biden was kissing Abbas on the WB; I think that where he kissed him? Callers are demanding that the president layoff Israel and start using harsher language toward Iran. Don't count the American people out on these issues facing Israel; Americans have no love for the Arab/Palestinians who danced in the streets on 911!
How many times do we have to hear this rubbish? So let me see, the only way to not be anti-semitic is to encourage settlement expansion, and ignore the rights of Palestinians, while arming Israel to the teeth and funnelling them billions of dollars. If anybody disagrees, then it's the old anti-semtic line again!
Not quite sure how Obama is anti-semeitc ... he has not made a comment on the issue. Hilary was the one who "Chewed out" benjamin on the phone. Maybe she should also be considered anti-semetic. Putting up posters of Obama in such a manner would cause the NAACP to consider that a Racist move, NAACP cannot be lobbied even by aipac. Israel should understand that the world has gotten over the Holocaust like Rwanda and elsewhere.
Pathetic.Grow up....
Rightest, you forgot the N-word. You normally call him "that black Arab Hussein.
-ted One ,Bambi the Mahdi .It's against Islam.
I understand that democracy pains your leftist soul,but in retrospect, your points can be very nicely applied to the insane idea of the left, the "Land for Peace". You will just have to live with the fact that your leftist ideas are a goner now that the people in Israel have seen the fallacy of them...Tough luck,is it not!Look what happened to beilin and the others who killed many jews with their stupidity!Gone and discredited, as are you ideas. Go home and learn!
Israel completely baffles me. She who doesn't need an existential threat from the outside since she has plenty within. Go ahead mock President Obama. Don't be surprised when a backlash occurs because the majority of Americans still support the man. Go ahead and mock him while most of our boys and girls in harms way still support him and call him commander in chief. Believe me, our stick is much bigger than yours, and when we swing it, you better hope to g-d you're in Russia or elsewhere. I pity you fools. Maybe the Palestinian state we setup will be kinder to our people and politicians...maybe worthy of our support or 3 billion dollars, ey?
:):):) good luck fanatics , lucky we are here sensible people .......
netanyahu is the great sinner, but certain dark forces are trying ever so hard to push american president obama off the cliff as if he were a most wanted terrorist.
This is another reason why the American people have had their eyes opened lately as to the real Israeli agenda. The right cannot hide behind a poster of lies, for the truth is already in the peoples heart. There will be no peace as long as people such as this have influence. I'm tired of my American tax dollars going to support right-wing idiots.
It's time for the American people to re-access a dysfunctional relationship with a racist state that oppresses an indigenous population.
and what if he really is antisemitic? so what? what differance would it make? All that matters is that Israel, as a nation state, ensures that it acts responsably and reasoably towards itself and its population.
It's the behaviour of a spoiled, immature, delinquent throwing a tantrum. The tawkbored denialistas wherever they may be, Foxman in the US, Lieberman, Netinyahu, are resorting to using the tactics one expects only of pathological serial abusers. The US is asking Israel to abide by the laws it obliged itself to by becoming a UN Member State, under which Israel has every right to protect it's actual sovereign territory and it's citizens, under the UN Charter and every rule in the UN book. The US vote in the UNSC has been in the veto cupboard for far, far too long.
Obama is not antisemitic and I am an expert. Complete rubbish from a group of fanatics.
New in town! The Israel-Roadshow with fresh right-wing nuthouses making you laugh about how they see Israel should engage with it's neighbors and the rest of the world. Spread the word! Spread the poster!They are going to teach us, the normal mortals, a lesson!
too much private money supported Obama, therefore he is the most bonded president.... pretty corrupted....
Why dont you do what your best at killing people that dont agree with you after all God told you to do so?The mental hosiptal are full of people like you .Nutters
What kind of threat is that? Or does he mean the protesters at Sheikh Jarrah will stop being harassed? Somehow I don't think so.
The devils little helpers at work again !. Reminds me of the posters of Rabin in Nazi outfit dislayed by the same assinine gansters. David
And even if it is in your right doesn't mean you have to excercise it you were born with brain use that instead what good will your poster bring to your cause?