epa03632144 Israeli protesters holding placards depicting US President Barack Obama as a pharao as some 1,000 people demonstrate outside the US President’s residence calling for the release of the Jewish spy Jonathan Pollard, a Jewish American who was jailed for life in 1987 on charges of spying on the United States, in Jerusalem, 19 March 2013. US President Barack Obama is expected to arrive on 20 March for a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. EPA/ABIR SULTAN