The American writer, Max Blumenthal, is in Israel working with Philip Weiss’ blog, Mondoweiss, reporting on events down at the street level in Israel and the Palestinian territories. He filed this report and video (above) on the eve of Obama’s speech from Cairo, largely about the sentiments of visiting Jewish American youth.
Max Blumenthal: Feeling the Hate In Jerusalem on Eve of Obama’s Cairo Address
On the eve of President Barack Obama’s address to the Muslim world from Cairo, Egypt, I stepped out onto the streets of Jerusalem with my friend Joseph Dana to interview young Israelis and American Jews about their reaction to the speech. We encountered rowdy groups of beer sodden twenty-somethings, many from the United States, and all eager to vent their visceral, even violent hatred of Barack Obama and his policies towards Israel. Usually I offer a brief commentary on my video reports, but this one requires no comment at all. Quite simply, it contains some of the most shocking footage I have ever filmed. Watch it and see if you agree. (Warning: this video contains profanity and material offensive to just about anyone.)
Now that the speech is over, one can only imagine the divide that exists between peace and the status quo in Israel since Obama came on the scene.