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| Obama's Jerusalem speech interrupted by heckler: 'it makes me feel at home' | Obama's Jerusalem speech interrupted by heckler: 'it makes me feel at home' |
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| American presidents abroad have faced worse. No shoes were thrown and no one barfed on a prime minister. | American presidents abroad have faced worse. No shoes were thrown and no one barfed on a prime minister. |
| President Barack Obama was interrupted Thursday by a heckler during a speech before hundreds of students at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem. Obama is on day two of his first trip to Israel as president. | President Barack Obama was interrupted Thursday by a heckler during a speech before hundreds of students at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem. Obama is on day two of his first trip to Israel as president. |
| The president was halfway through weaving an Obama-esque gauze of talk about peace and human dignity when a student in the crowd began shouting in Hebrew. | The president was halfway through weaving an Obama-esque gauze of talk about peace and human dignity when a student in the crowd began shouting in Hebrew. |
| It's not clear exactly what the student said, and his words are barely audible in video of the incident. | It's not clear exactly what the student said, and his words are barely audible in video of the incident. |
| The White House pool report said the heckler was calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard, though earlier reports suggested the shout was "Free Palestine". Pollard is the American caught spying for Israel and imprisoned in 1987. There is a campaign to free him. | The White House pool report said the heckler was calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard, though earlier reports suggested the shout was "Free Palestine". Pollard is the American caught spying for Israel and imprisoned in 1987. There is a campaign to free him. |
| Pool: The Obama heckler was heckling about Jonathan Pollard. | Pool: The Obama heckler was heckling about Jonathan Pollard. |
| — Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) March 21, 2013 | — Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) March 21, 2013 |
| The president deftly used the caesura to win his audience, who had begun to boo down the protester. | The president deftly used the caesura to win his audience, who had begun to boo down the protester. |
| "No, no," Obama said. "This is part of the lively debate that we talked about. This is good." | "No, no," Obama said. "This is part of the lively debate that we talked about. This is good." |
| Some in the crowd clapped. | Some in the crowd clapped. |
| "You know, I have to say we actually arranged for that because it made me feel at home," Obama said, laughing. | "You know, I have to say we actually arranged for that because it made me feel at home," Obama said, laughing. |
| The crowd clapped and cheered. | The crowd clapped and cheered. |
| "I wouldn't feel comfortable if I didn't have at least one heckler," Obama said. "Heh heh heh." | "I wouldn't feel comfortable if I didn't have at least one heckler," Obama said. "Heh heh heh." |
| The crowd rose to its feet. It was another standing O for O. | The crowd rose to its feet. It was another standing O for O. |
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