“No You Can’t!” Anti-Obama Rally in Jerusalem

An anti-Obama rally in Israel’s capital planned to coincide with US envoy George Mitchell’s visit to the Jewish State brought over 1,000 people out to the streets to protest the Administration’s hostility towards Israeli interests.

In June, 6% of Israeli’s considered the Obama administration pro-Israel, down from 31% only a month before.  What’s surprising about the extremely low esteem for Obama is that Israel is essentially a European-style nanny state. Most Israeli’s fall further to the left than most Americans. While many Israeli’s may agree with Obama’s political ideology, the President’s strong-arm tactics and mischaracterizations of the Israeli-Arab conflict leave him as one of the most disliked American presidents ever in Israel.

Candidate Obama promised to show a more friendly American face to the world, and to enhance working relationships with friends as well as enemies. Six months down the road however, it looks like the Administration’s strategy is to offend, insult, and bully our allies while building weak, subservient relationships with the worlds most dangerous actors.