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Rightist MK blasts 'racist' Obama demands on East Jerusalem
By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press
Tags: Israel news, East Jerusalem 

MK Danny Danon lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday, as the lawmaker participated in groundbreaking ceremony for a new housing complex for Jews in east Jerusalem.

"President Obama should not interfere with the rights of the Jewish people to live in Jerusalem," said Danon. "This ... is a racist demand, saying that Jews cannot live in Jerusalem, only Arabs."

The ceremony kicked off construction of 124 new apartments in a Jewish housing complex called Nof Zion, or View of Zion, near the Arab neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber.
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Danon added: "Our duty is to the nation that chose to deepen the settlement across Judea and Samaria, and of course Jerusalem. We will fulfill that duty, even at the cost of ignoring Obama and his advisors."

The groundbreaking came a day after Israel defied American, European and Palestinian demands to stop settlement activity by announcing it will press forward with construction of 900 apartments in another Jewish area in east Jerusalem.

The entire complex, expected to be complete in 2015, will contain a synagogue, a community center, a luxury hotel and 400 apartments, priced at between $371,000 to $690,000, said Rinat Sylvester, head of marketing for the complex.

At the ceremony, New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind said Obama's call to stop Jewish settlement amounted to segregation
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  1.   Buzzwords and bombast 19:54  |  Shelley 18/11/09
  2.   Obamas Demands 20:08  |  Steve Gure 18/11/09
  3.   Israel can`t afford to alienate the US, EU 20:16  |  vernonmarriott 18/11/09
  4.   Racist Obama 22:07  |  x-ray 18/11/09
  5.   Shame on all new settlers 22:14  |  Maya 18/11/09
  6.   LOOKS INTERESTING!!! 22:40  |  Ian 18/11/09
  7.   Obama is for calling on 22:50  |  Joe 18/11/09
  8.   Claimin its to discriminate against Jews deflects the real reason 23:27  |  Avi 18/11/09
  9.   Obama Yes. Hivkind No. 01:41  |  bronxite10 19/11/09
  10.   Oh yeah Obama is racist 05:13  |  John 19/11/09
  11.   end racism 05:16  |  Chuckles 19/11/09
  12.   It`s Not a Racial Issue 05:55  |  Jane 19/11/09
  13.   steve gure in coconut creek 06:25  |  jim the mechanic 19/11/09
  14.   MK Danon: "Ethnic cleansing is racist" 06:52  |  Basil 19/11/09
  15.   #5 Joe - Obama is like a magician 07:48  |  *BEN JABO 19/11/09
  16.   Obama said that 07:58  |  Daniela 19/11/09
  17.   to x-ray #3 09:56  |  zeev 19/11/09
  18.   Danon`s outburst against Obama 02:07  |  Raskolnikov 20/11/09
  19.   "In awe of the Nobel Prize Weiner"...NOT! 03:16  |  Ray Comfort 20/11/09
  20.   obama demands 04:33  |  pedrolopez 20/11/09
  21.   #6 Ian, you are soooo cool! 18:36  |  dude 20/11/09
  22.   Cut the bull directed at Obama 05:05  |  Nathaniel 22/11/09
  23.   OyvayBama, Osama, Nobama, Nobomber, 19:46  |  chimp in chief 25/11/09
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