This is definitely gonna make the Israel-haters go absolutely crazy.
Benjamin Netanyahu today celebrated a new community in the Golan Heights that he named after his best buddy, President Donald Trump.
Watch below:
More from the Hill:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet on Monday officially moved to rename a settlement in Golan Heights after President Trump.
The settlement, currently known as Bruchim, will be rebranded “Ramat Trump,” or “Trump Heights,” according to the Associated Press.
El Trumpo is happy:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1140333422767824896More, and pay attention to this part:
Israel captured the territory from Syria in 1967 and annexed it in 1981, which the majority of the international community has mostly condemned as illegal. In March, Trump signed an executive order recognizing it as Israeli territory.
“Few things are more important to the security of the state of Israel than permanent sovereignty over the Golan Heights,” said U.S. Ambassador David Friedman, who attended the Sunday ceremony. “It is simply obvious, it is indisputable and beyond any reasonable debate.”
NOTICE, they don’t really get into HOW Israel took control of the Golan Heights. It was the Arab world that ROSE UP against Israel and tried to obliterate the Jews in 1967. Instead, Israel soundly defeated them and took over the “disputed” zones.
Here’s another video on the Trump Heights:
Some are pointing out there’s not much to it, and it’s more like a PR stunt:
Despite the decision to rename the 30-year-old settlement, there are still numerous bureaucratic hurdles before the settlement can be developed, particularly with Netanyahu preparing for Israel’s national election later this year, according to the AP.
Zvi Hauser, an opposition lawmaker and former cabinet secretary to Netanyahu, said the Sunday ceremony was for PR purposes and accomplished little.
“There’s no funding, no planning, no location, and there’s no real binding decision,” he said, according to the AP.
But, honestly, that’s probably a good thing. It will likely become a target for terrorists just because of the name. But that won’t keep liberals’ heads from implding.