Settler protest: Strike and anti-PM clip
(Video) West Bank Jews to strike against renewing settlement construction freeze; animated clip released showing weak PM 'eaten' by US President 'Hussein' Obama
VIDEO - The decision to renew the settlement construction freeze in the West Bank has still not been taken officially, but in a last-minute attempt to prevent the worst, settlers announced a one-day warning strike, scheduled for Sunday. Meanwhile, the My Israel movement, linked to the Yesha Council, launched a new personal campaign against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu using an animated clip.
The clip shows US President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas preparing a hamburger in the White House. Obama "squeezes" ketchup from a bottle in the form of Netanyahu, saying to the Palestinian president, "That's how I like Netanyahu."
Later, Abbas asks the US president – referred to throughout by his second name, Hussein – whether he intends to add salt. Obama replies, "I eat Netanyahu without salt," a reference to a Hebrew expression meaning Netanyahu is unable to pose any problem to Obama.
The strike will include the Samaria and Binyamin regional councils and the regional councils of Kedumim, Karnei Shomron, Efrat, Kiryat Arba and Beit El. All educational institutions will strike and services to residents will be halted.
Strike just 'opening volley'
The strike was initiated by the joint headquarters of the Judea and Samaria settler committees and the rightwing organization Komemiyut, which promised this was just the first small step of much stronger measures.
"We aim to warn against the harsh significance and the dangers of renewing the (settlement) freeze," the organizers said. "This strike is just the opening volley of an uncompromising struggle of the settlers against the prime minister, if he moves, god forbid, in the direction of deportation and evacuation."
As part of the protests, hundreds of settlers and students from the educational institutions that are participating in the strike will demonstrate in front of the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem during the ministers' weekly meeting there.
Rightwing activist and chairman of the Our Land of Israel movement called on the Yesha Council to wage an uncompromising public struggle against a further freeze on settlement construction.
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