Left-wing Israelis demonstrate outside the Shepherd's Hotel in East Jerusalem during the visit of Republican Mike Huckabee to the controversial settlement site

Left-wing Israelis protest against settlements outside the Shepherd's Hotel in East Jerusalem during a visit by former Republican Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, August 17, 2009. Huckabee is the honored guest of the right-wing settler group Ateret Cohanim who plan to build twenty apartments for Jews in the Shepherd's Hotel in East Jerusalem. U.S. President Barack Obama is opposed to settlement expansion in East Jerusalem. UPI Photo/Debbie Hill