President Obama Divides Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a divided city during this official Presidential visit.
There are the winners:
Those drivers who are the last to go through an intersection before it is closed.
And the losers:
Those people in the first car to be stopped who have to wait for an unknown amount of time.
This was the first public bus stopped for President Obama’s motorcade.
Those passengers were losers if they had to get somewhere on time.
Real losers, as they should never have taken a bus in Jerusalem during Obama’s arrival.
And this student bus driver was a real winner.
He was having a driving lesson on Ramban Street which is normally overcrowded with traffic and clogged with buses, trucks and cars.
In honor of President Barak Obama’ s visit to Jerusalem, no cars were allowed to drive or even to be parked on Ramban Street.
A new set of winners: anyone wanting to shop at Rami Levi
Obama took a helicopter to Ramallah, but road #60 is still supposed to be closed while he is there.
Oh well, at least no one should get injured by rocks on the road today.
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Big deal. I lived across from the US Mission to the UN in Manhattan. Everytime a President came to town I was locked in my apartment building for hours on end, never mind that the street was closed off. In fact I was 9 months pregnant and about to give birth one time when this occurred. Hubby had to go to the police to ask what to do if I went into labor.Luckily it never happened but the police were on alert if I did. (The police officer told us to find a NY City officer because the feds were asshats)
Listen, I am not a fan of Obama. But he is the President of the United States. Whether anyone likes it or not,the US President is still the most powerful politician on Earth and someone Israel needs on her side. Stop whining.
Still not more powerful than a sniper rifle shot.
Really? If you are serious, that’s pretty sick.
Certainly closings near the UN for dignitaries are more frequent then US presidential visits to Jerusalem.
Actually, Jerusalem residents are used to street closings. All to often, everyone and everything comes to a sudden stop. BOOM.
Wait a few seconds. No second explosion? Good, then exhale and continue on. It was someone’s forgotten lunch or extra drawers that were blown up in that package, it was not a bomb.
Sorry if this sounded whiny.
Bur those sitting in the traffic tonight after Oabama’s speech were not smiling.
I live near the Clintons. They moved to my neighborhood while he was still President and she was a sitting Senator. I am quite familiar with road closings and sitting in traffic. Even in my little hamlet
Plus I lived in Washington Dc for years too. Traffic sitting is a way of life. 
Many years ago, when Carter came to Israel, my folks were on the way and their plane was turned back to Greece.
I didn’t want Obama to come, and wish he’d stayed home.
And America owes us thanks for freeing them of him for a few days.
So he same here and made us knuckle under to Turkey? This is “on your side”? We should have told the jerk to stay home.
…and then there’s the Passover-Obama divide: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-obama-divided-jerusalem-in-2013/
Jerusalem? Oh you are talking about Al Quds i imagine.
No, Jerusalem, stupid. Al Quds is used by land thieves like you.
Ahahahah. Land thieves? Are you aure? Phsycologists call it projection. I’m italian and we didn’t steal amy land. France stole our Corsica many years ago. Israel stole lands (no lands but all the land) to people that lived in palestine from centuries. You can say what you want but Israel will never be seen as a normal country as france or uk. It is not my fault.
No, Israel will be seen as exceptional, unlike gutter Jew hating scum like you.
The land here was purchased, not stolen. On the other hand, Italy was conquered in battle. We are the only country in the world NOT based on stolen land.
I predict Islam will take you over before us.
Blablabla
Countries that recognize Palestine are more than countries that recognize Israel. I’m unhappy for pals but for Israeli too. Because of the madness of a group of fanatics after the IIww now milions of people live in a big ghetto surrounded by walls with the hatred of the great part of the world. I can be against Israel but i can’t hate a jew cause hebraism is a religion and i can’t hate a religion. I can hate a fanatic jew but it would be the same for a islamic or buddhist. Speaking with people of Israel I have the feeling they live in an alternative reality. And these are the same words said by a chief of israeli cia in the movie “gatekeepers”. Is he a jewish haters? I don’t discuss the situation of today but in the past Israel grow up with palestinian suffering. You could admit it and apologize for that. It would be a good step for peace isn’t it? Or you believe Israel could survive without peace? Time works with arabs, don’t forget it.
I’m not interested in mo facts. I’m unhappy when a pal is killed, but you should be unhappy too because every boy killed by a soldier are two terrorists that will dedicate all their life to fight israel. How can’t you understand this? Israel is the strongest and have to do first step, for justice but for advantage too. This is my opinion and i believe i’m a third watcher. Excuse me for the long comment and for bad english, it’s not my first language
Go back to suck obama’s dick. The Italian were so stupid just like you when a herd of Italian wanted to migrate to the USA during the Ellis Island, they did not pass the IQ test, ha..ha..and not allow to enter. Jerusalem is belonging to Israel for over million years. You must be one of the Muslim sicko or the left over of Mussolini.
We Israelis do live in alternative reality, where facts matter. You live in the “Real world”, where lies matter more.
You stated you aren’t interested in facts.
By the way, do you know that Israel was founded because Palestinians were murdering Jews here?
Oh, we’ve made plenty of “first steps”, and every time it just emboldens our enemies.
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