obama and israel

there seems to be a lot of hate for obama coming from israelis/zionists: ha'aretz op-ed

i don't know whether to take this as a joke or not.

edit: my taxi driver today (14/06) called obama an arab and kept emphasizing his middle of 'hussein.' he also drove by some posters near the city centre that show obama with the traditional muslim head gear, calling him an anti-semite. interesting, israel, interesting.