There seems to be some backlash from Arab-Americans because Barack Hussein Obama chose Rahm Israel Emanuel for C.O.S.:

Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifadah seems upset at Obama’s selection of a “pro-Israel hardliner.”
“There could not be a more provocative appointment than Rahm Emanuel, if he wanted to send a signal that he is going to stick by a quite hard-line pro-Israel policy,” Abunimah said on Democracy Now.
Abunimah pointed out that Emanuel’s middle name is “Israel,” and described Emanuel’s father as “a gun runner for the Irgun, the Zionist, pre-Israel Zionist, militia that carried out numerous terrorist attacks on Palestinian civilians, including the bombing of the King David Hotel. Of course, Rahm Emanuel himself is not responsible for any of that, but his record is sometimes far to the right of President Bush when it comes to supporting Israel.”