Settlers launch 'Obama hilltop project'

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"Right-wing activists vowed on Friday to reconstruct an evacuated settlement in the norther West Bank, in response to U.S. President Barack Obama's insistence that Israel freeze all settlement construction.

The settlers said they would begin rebuilding Homesh, which was one of four West Bank settlements uprooted by in 2005 by then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as part his unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

In a letter to Obama, the settlers lambasted the U.S. president for his pressure against Israel on the issue of settlement construction.

"Mr. President, your policy that aims to destroy the Jewish communities of Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem will no longer go unchallenged," said the message.

It called Obama's objection to Israeli construction in these areas "an affront" to history and the Jewish religion.

The message even compared Obama to the Biblical Pharaoh of the book of Exodus who kept the Jewish people in bondage.

"Your objection to Jewish childbearing (natural growth) in these areas is reminiscent of Pharaoh's order to drown all the first-born children of Israel during the slavery in Egypt," said the message, sent to reporters late Thursday.

"Mr. President, we hereby launch the 'Homesh - Obama Hilltop Project,'" announced the message, adding this meant that the signatories would "rally the worldwide pro-Israel community to support the rebirth" of the evacuated settlement."

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[anonymous171]

1. Why do we send aid to these fuckers again? nt