Benjamin Netanyahu heckled during address to Congress

By Kase Wickman

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s

address to the special joint meeting of Congress Tuesday afternoon was

interrupted early on by a heckler, what sounded like a woman shouting

from the gallery. It is unknown whether she is from any organized group,

and what she shouted was not understandable over TV broadcast.

UPDATED 1:45 P.M.: Women’s activism group CODEPINK
has claimed credit for the heckler.According to Haaretz,
the woman is Rae Abileah, a 28-year-old Jewish activist of
Israeli descent. They report she yelled, “stop Israeli war crimes.”

Earlier this week, CODEPINK protesters also picketed outside
the building where President Barack Obama delivered a speech
about the Middle East to AIPAC.

The protester was removed, and the crowd in the chamber first booed her,
then gave Netanyahu a standing ovation.

Netanyahu recovered quickly, going off his prepared text to say
that “in our free societies, you can have protests,” pointing out that in
the “you can’t have real protests in the farcical parliaments of Tehran
and Tripoli. This is real democracy!”

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