(top) Bingo magnate Irving Moskowitz(bottom) U.S. Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee prays at Western Wall, sacred site in Judaism.
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Hundreds of right-wing Israeli settlers demonstrated outside the Shepherd Hotel in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem on Monday evening,
Former US presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was due to speak at the hotel, which is slated to be razed to make way for a settlement housing complex. Hundreds of right-wing Israeli and American activists were expected to attend the dinner.
Peace activists held a separate demonstration protesting the event, which some called “a provocation.” ...
Jewish-American millionaire Irving Moskowitz purchased the hotel in 1985 and recently announced plans to level the building, which predates the 1948 creation of Israel...
While visiting Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem on Monday, Huckabee criticized Obama’s calls for a freeze on settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.
Huckabee said the US should not "be telling Jewish people in Israel where they should and should not live," according to the AP. [The US gives Israel $7 million per day; the cost to Americans is approximately $15 million per day.]
.... Huckabee is often mentioned as a possible presidential contender in the 2012 election. The Republican is on a three-day visit to the region focusing on settlements in the occupied West Bank and meetings with settler leaders.
The US maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv in recognition of the fact that Israel’s control of East Jerusalem is illegitimate under international law. Full story
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