Preparations are underway for the upcoming visit of the US President Barack Obama, at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 19. US President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive on 20 March for a two-day visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan, on the first foreign trip of his second term.

A Palestinian woman walks past vandalized posters showing US President Barack Obama in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on March. 15. Obama's trip to Jerusalem and the West Bank, which Israeli officials say will take place March 20-22, is the U.S. leader's first trip to the region as president, and his first overseas trip since being reelected.

Preparations continue a day a head of the arrival of US President Barack Obama at the president's residence on March 19, in Jerusalem, Israel. Obama will make his first visit as President to the region tomorrow, and his itinerary will include meetings with the Palestinian and Israeli leaders as well as a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Ariel University students hold a demonstration with human cardboard cutouts in front of the US Consulate in Jerusalem, protesting for not being invited to hear the speech of US President Barack Obama in front of Israeli students. The speech will be held on 21 March at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. Obama arrives on March 20 for a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Israeli children wave flags during a rehearsal, a day a head of the arrival of US President Barack Obama at the president's residence on March 19, in Jerusalem, Israel. Obama will make his first visit as President to the region tomorrow, and his itinerary will include meetings with the Palestinian and Israeli leaders as well as a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

A Bedouin boy collects locusts as a swarm arrives over his vilage in the Negev desert near the Egyptian-Israeli border on March 12, 2013.

Israeli forces enter the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on March 8, 2013. Clashes erupted between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli forces during Friday prayers.

Palestinians react to tear gas fired by Israeli police during clashes after Friday prayers at a compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City on March 8, 2013.

An Israeli police officer falls, engulfed in flames after Palestinian protesters threw firebombs during clashes in Jerusalem's Old City on March 8, 2013.

A Palestinian man is detained by Israeli security forces in Jerusalem's Old City on March 8, 2013.

A Palestinian woman covers her face as a stun grenade fired by Israeli police explodes nearby during clashes in Jerusalem's Old City on March 8, 2013.

A Palestinian man argues with Israeli police in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 8, 2013.

A Palestinian street vendor walks past Israeli security forces in Jerusalem's Old City on March 8, 2013.

Palestinians hurl stones at an Israeli police vehicle during clashes next to the Ofer military prison, south of the West Bank town of Ramallah, on Feb. 25, 2013. Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers after the funeral of a Palestinian who died in an Israeli jail.

Palestinians carry the body of Arafat Jaradat during his funeral in the West Bank village of Se'eer, near Hebron, on Feb. 25, 2013. Jaradat's death in an Israeli jail on Saturday and a hunger strike by four other prisoners have raised tension in the West Bank, where stone-throwers have clashed repeatedly with Israeli soldiers in recent days.

A relative mourns during the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in Se'eer on Feb. 25, 2013.

Palestinians mourn over the body of Arafat Jaradat during his funeral on Feb. 25, 2013.

An Israeli soldier fires tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinian stone throwers during clashes next to the Ofer military prison on Feb. 25, 2013.

A stone-throwing Palestinian protester uses a sling to throw back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes outside the Ofer military prison on Feb. 25, 2013.

Fans of Beitar Jerusalem shout slogans during a soccer match against Bnei Sakhnin on Sunday amid controversy over Beitar's signing of two Muslim players.

Beitar Jerusalem's new player Gabriel Kadiev, a Muslim player from Chechnya, (right) is seen in action during the game.

Meir Harush, one of the board members of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team, looks over the damage after a fire destroyed the club's history room on Feb. 8. Right-wing extremist fans opposed to a decision by the club owner to sign two Muslim Chechen players are thought to have been responsible.

Burned soccer club trophies won by Beitar Jerusalem are seen after the fire.

Players Zaur Sadayev, center, and Gabriel Kadiev, background, seen after a press conference, have been subjected to abuse from their own fans.

An Israeli fan of Beitar Jerusalem soccer team wearing an Israel flag during the game Sunday.

Muslim supporters of the Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin football team cheer after their team scores in Sunday's game.

Israeli security forces detain Bnei Sakhnin supporters during a game against Beitar Jerusalem on Sunday.

Israeli border police stand guard during the game Sunday.

Snow covers the Dome of the Rock on the compound know to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Jan. 10, 2013.

An Ultra Orthodox Jew wades through the snow next to the Old City walls in Jerusalem on Jan. 10, 2013. The region has been gripped by a cold wave accompanied by heavy snowfalls over the last few days.

Snow falls as an ultra-orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Jan. 10, 2013. Stormy weather conditions continued on Thursday with snow, torrential rains and strong winds across the region.

Palestinians play in the snow next to a section of Israel's separation barrier in Qalandia, between Jerusalem and the West bank city of Ramallah, on Jan. 10, 2013.

A man takes pictures of the snow-covered Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem on Jan. 10, 2013.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoys the snow with his family on Jan. 10, 2013 in Jerusalem.

A man walks through tombs covered by snow on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on Jan. 10, 2013.

Palestinian girls play in the snow on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem on Jan. 10, 2013.

Puppets of Israel's Labour party head Shelly Yachimovich, right, and Aryeh Deri, one of the leaders of the religious Shas party, are being adjusted during the filming of a television show at the Herzliya Studios near Tel Aviv on Jan. 8.

Puppet maker Hila Flashkes works on a puppet of Israel's Labour party head Shelly Yachimovich at a workshop in Tel Aviv on Dec. 24.

Puppet maker Hila Flashkes, right, and a barber work on a puppet of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a workshop in Tel Aviv on Dec. 24.

Puppeteers sit with a puppet of Israel's Labour party head Shelly Yachimovich before the filming of a television show at the Herzliya Studios near Tel Aviv on Jan. 8.

Israeli lawmaker Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, right, and actors sit and next to puppets of Israel's Labour party head Shelly Yachimovich, center right, and Aryeh Deri, one of the leaders of the religious Shas party, during the filming of a television show at the Herzliya Studios near Tel Aviv on Jan. 8.

An Israeli soldier runs to stop a Jewish settler as she tries to prevent a Palestinian farmer from ploughing his fields near the West Bank village of Jaloud on Jan. 2.