Monday
May312010
Anti-Israel Protests At The White House
Monday, May 31, 2010 at 5:53PM
After making an appearance at the Israeli Embassy this afternoon a crowd of about one hundred people moved the protest to the White House. They are protesting the incident today with the Gaza flotilla and the protesters are asking that the United States ask the Israeli Ambassador to leave Washington.
Amid shouts of "no more nickles, no more dimes, no more funding Israel's crimes" protesters also called for the end of Israeli occupation and blockade of Gaza. The protesters are mainly older white middle class Americans with a few women and men in headscarves and Palestinian neck scarves. One man walking to the demonstration told his children they could play in the park while he was demonstrating. The protesters are promising a large White House demonstration tomorrow, June 1 at noon. There was one counter protester with a bull horn from conservative World Net Daily attempting to give the other side of the story.
Amid shouts of "no more nickles, no more dimes, no more funding Israel's crimes" protesters also called for the end of Israeli occupation and blockade of Gaza. The protesters are mainly older white middle class Americans with a few women and men in headscarves and Palestinian neck scarves. One man walking to the demonstration told his children they could play in the park while he was demonstrating. The protesters are promising a large White House demonstration tomorrow, June 1 at noon. There was one counter protester with a bull horn from conservative World Net Daily attempting to give the other side of the story.
Israeli Ambassador To US Says Obama Scores Lowest Ever In Israeli Polls
Amb. Oren addressed a common concern that American and Israelis share about Iranian nuclear ambitions, and said that his administration will continue to support President Barack Obama and his negotiations with the Iranians. He added that the U.S and Israel have cooperated very well on several issues, such as the Goldstone Mission Report, which was a U.N. led fact finding mission on human rights violations during the 2008 Gaza War between Israel and Hamas.
Oren said that in Israeli polls, Obama is scoring the lowest ever in terms of Israeli belief that he will support Israel.
The Ambassador said he hopes that "Israelis will make immense risks...to trust the administration. We have to get this number up to move forward...in the peace process."
He concluded by saying that he is confident that the US-Israel alliance will continue to stay strong.