A number of protesters scaled a prominent bridge inJerusalem on Thursday close to where Obama was due to deliver a keynoteaddress, calling on the influential leader to kybosh Arctic exploration.

Eight protesters from the environmental watchdog were saidto have been arrested trying to scale the Bridge of Strings. However, a smallnumber of others managed to scale the bridge and unfurl a banner which read:Obama: Stop Arctic Drilling.

Greenpeace,