An Israeli flag hangs outside the Old Sheperd Hotel in East Jerusalem. The Sheperd hotel is a building located in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. It is now the center of a dispute as the Jerusalem municipality issued building permits for 30 units. This step is objectioned by the US and UK who are against Jewish expantion in East Jerusalem. August 17, 2009. Photo by Abir Sultan/Flash90

Left-wing Israelis protest in front of the old Shepherd's Hotel in East Jerusalem on August 17, 2009. The Sheperd hotel is a building located in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. It is now the center of a dispute as the Jerusalem municipality issued building permits for 30 units. This step is objectioned by the US and UK who are against Jewish expantion in East Jerusalem. Mike Huckabee, a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2008 US elections, was hosting a reception in the hotel for right-wing Jews. Two demonstrations took place during the reception, one against the 'Judiazation of Jerusalem,' organized by Peace Now and the other for Jewish expansion in Arab Jerusalem. Photo by Abir Sultan/Flash90

Left-wing Israelis protest in front of the old Shepherd's Hotel in East Jerusalem on August 17, 2009. The Sheperd hotel is a building located in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. It is now the center of a dispute as the Jerusalem municipality issued building permits for 30 units. This step is objectioned by the US and UK who are against Jewish expantion in East Jerusalem. Mike Huckabee, a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2008 US elections, was hosting a reception in the hotel for right-wing Jews. Two demonstrations took place during the reception, one against the 'Judiazation of Jerusalem,' organized by Peace Now and the other for Jewish expansion in Arab Jerusalem. Photo by Abir Sultan/Flash90

Israeli settler and right-wing politician Baruch Marzel holds a placard depicting US President Barack Obama wears a traditional Arab headdress, during a protest next to the controversial Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem. The Sheperd hotel is a building located in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. It is now the center of a dispute as the Jerusalem municipality issued building permits for 30 units. This step is objectioned by the US and UK who are against Jewish expantion in East Jerusalem. Mike Huckabee, a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2008 US elections, was hosting a reception in the hotel for right-wing Jews. Two demonstrations took place during the reception, one against the 'Judiazation of Jerusalem,' organized by Peace Now and the other for Jewish expansion in Arab Jerusalem. Photo by Abir Sultan/Flash90

A young man puts up a placard reading in Hebrew "Peace Now, Terror, tomorrow" as left-wing Israelis protest in front of the old Shepherd's Hotel in East Jerusalem on August 17, 2009. The Sheperd hotel is a building located in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. It is now the center of a dispute as the Jerusalem municipality issued building permits for 30 units. This step is objectioned by the US and UK who are against Jewish expantion in East Jerusalem. Mike Huckabee, a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2008 US elections, was hosting a reception in the hotel for right-wing Jews. Two demonstrations took place during the reception, one against the 'Judiazation of Jerusalem,' organized by Peace Now and the other for Jewish expansion in Arab Jerusalem. Photo by Abir Sultan/Flash90

A right Israeli activist holds a placard depicting U.S. President Barack Obama during the visit of former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee (not pictured) outside the now-defunct Shepherd Hotel in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem August 17, 2009. Photo by Mohamar Awad/Flash 90

A right Israeli activist holds a placard depicting U.S. President Barack Obama during the visit of former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee (not pictured) outside the now-defunct Shepherd Hotel in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem August 17, 2009. Photo by Mohamar Awad/Flash 90

A right Israeli activist holds a placard depicting U.S. President Barack Obama during the visit of former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee (not pictured) outside the now-defunct Shepherd Hotel in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem August 17, 2009. Photo by Mohamar Awad/Flash 90