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Rabbi to Be Gadhafi's Neighbor

Libyan Leader To Pitch Tent in Englewood

Updated: Tuesday, 25 Aug 2009, 6:42 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 25 Aug 2009, 8:21 AM EDT

If Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi visits the United States next month, there is a good chance he'll be staying in a tent next door to celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.

Good Day NY's Greg Kelly spoke with the enraged Rabbi who says he'll do everything possible to stop the "terrorist" from pitching a tent next to his home.

Repair work is underway on the house owned by the Libyan mission in advance of Gadhafi's visit. If the house is not ready in time, Gadhafi is considering staying in the Bedouin tent he travels with.

Rabbi Shmuley--who lives directly next door to the Libyan-owned house--says his trees and fence have been torn down without his consent.

The Libyan government is spending millions of dollars on the house they have abandoned for more than a decade. "It's an eyesore," says Rabbi Shmuley.

He adds that the Englewood community will do everything it can to prevent the "supporter of terrorism" from moving in.

"Things have changed," says Rabbi Shmuley. "I was willing to extend an olive branch" to the Libyan leader, but not after he gave a convicted terrorist a hero's welcome.

Gadhafisent his private plane to return the Pan Am bomber to Libya after he was released last week from a Scottish prison on "compassionate grounds."

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