Obama Visiting Israel

    Barack Obama, Benjamin Netayahu

    President Obama beginning his visit to Israel on Wednesday, and solidarity seems to be the focus.

    FOX News Radio’s Mike Majchrowitz reports from Jerusalem:

    A recent opinion poll here shows that just over 60% of the Israeli public think the President is somewhat hostile towards them. And that same number does not believe he’ll reignite the peace process with the Palestinians.

    Here in Jerusalem, residents are viewing the visit as bit of a headache ahead of Passover with many roads closed:

    (Jerusalem Resident) “The blocking of the streets. Not a very easy thing and not convenient for me.”

    In the West Bank I saw nearly all the posters of President Obama on the way to Ramallah had been defaced. Palestinians have been protesting his visit holding signs that read “No Hope”.

    In Jerusalem, Emily Wither, FOX News Radio.

    CLICK HERE for more on reaction to President Obama’s visit to the Middle East in Emily Wither’s Foreign Dispatch: ‘No Hope’.