obama jokes that jerusalem heckler makes him feel at home by david ferguson thursday , march 21 , 2013 11:59 edt during a speech on thursday in jerusalem , president barack obama handled a heckler by saying that actually the incident had been planned in advance by his team so that he could feel at home .
the president was speaking to an audience of university students when a heckler .
in a march 14 interview for israeli television , however , president obama said that pollard committed “ a serious crime ” and that there are currently “ no plans ” to release him .
 
” some within israel and the u.s. are attempting to bring pressure to bear on the obama administration to release pollard .
talking points memo reported that the heckler was demanding the release of former u.s. navy intelligence officer jonathan pollard , current jailed for leaking military secrets to the israeli government .
obama brushed aside the interruption , saying , “ you know , i have to say , we actually arranged for that , because it made me feel at home .
this is good , " obama said , brushing off the interruption and drawing applause . "