Posted on 10/12/2010 9:59:51 AM PDT by TaraP
Demonstration against US "brutality" held near US Embassy; ‘You are not the 12th imam,’ signs read.
Protesters threw eggs and shoes at a poster of US President Barack Obama in Tel Aviv on Monday, at protest against what organizers call the “brutal” treatment of Israel by the Obama administration.
The demonstration, which was held on the Tel Aviv promenade across the street from the US Embassy, was attended by a few dozen people, including far-right activist Baruch Marzel and organizer Ori Bar-Am.
Bar-Am told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that the rally was meant to show that Obama’s agenda “is harming the rights of Jews in the Land of Israel, is anti-democratic, anti-America,” and asked “if Obama can be against the burning of the Koran, how can he kick around the Bible?” At the beachfront promenade on Monday, protesters held an assortment of signs, including one reading “Obama, Israel is not ketchup, so don’t squeeze” and “Obama, you are not the 12th imam.”
Some in attendance shouted insults directed at the US president, including, “Go to hell, Obama,” “Go back to Kenya” and “You are not a Christian, Obama.”
Marzel said he came because “Obama and the US are betraying their friends, betraying the Jews and betraying their voters, many of whom are Jews.”
Marzel expressed amazement that “of all times, when the US has a black president, they are the most racist toward the Jews that they have ever been.”
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Reuters Pictures 22 hours ago A poster of U.S. President Barack Obama is seen after eggs were thrown at it during an Israeli right wing protest, which was attended by a few dozen people, against his policy towards Israel opposite the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv October 11, 2010.
Thank you!!!!!
That picture was so rude.
Yes, I can understand your being puzzled by that remark, but remember that the speaker is an Israeli, probably not well versed on American social issues and tensions. So chalk it up to ignorance on the subject.
The fact is that blacks in the US as a group are statistically almost four times as likely to harbor antisemitic views as whites, according to a study done by the B'nai B'rith Ant-Defamation League back in the 1990s. I haven't seen any later studies on this matter.
Also, what's up with this throwing of shoes at the Obama photo? I thought that throwing shoes was an Arab thing only, but maybe I'm mistaken.
Obama says yep you're right.
The battle against liberal fascism has begun,let this be the shot heard round the world.
Jesse Jackson did refer to NY as “Hymie Town” at one point in time.
It's news to me, too! (cough)
Jesse Jackson is one of the most prominent black antisemites in the United States, although he’s somewhat less blatant about it than some of the others.
“I thought that throwing shoes was an Arab thing only, but maybe I’m mistaken.”
A lot of them think he is a Muslim thus this would be a huge insult.
Freddie's Fashion Mart. Al Sharpton leads protest against Jewish shop. Shop is burned and people die.
And then there is this oldy, Leo Frank's lynching.
more like an illegal alien mulatto muslim president.
re: “you are not the 12th Imam”
I wouldn’t be too sure of that....
Thanks TaraP. Apropos of nothing...
TYBALT: Follow me close, for I will speak to them. Gentlemen, good den: a word with one of you.
MERCUTIO: And but one word with one of us? couple it with something; make it a word and a blow.
Amen. BTTT.
So much misunderstanding. So much misinformation. I wonder if we’ll ever sort it out.
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