Palestinian Activists Frustrated By Lack Of US Action As Obama Ends Visit
By Atia Abawi, Correspondent, NBC News
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Hundreds of Palestinians used President Barack Obama's visits to the West Bank during his trip to Israel to protest what they say is unfair treatment not just by the Israelis but by the American government.
"Obama came to reaffirm his absolute support to Israeli repression and occupation of Palestinians," said Abir Kopty, an activist and spokeswoman for the group Palestinian Popular Resistance Committee.
Despite Obama's appeals for ordinary Israelis to put pressure on their leaders to make a peace deal with the Palestinians, and urging them to put themselves in Palestinians' shoes, Kopty said Obama was part of the problem, not the solution.
"He is the most pro-Israel president in U.S. history, and I see him complicit in our repression," Kopty said.
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