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June 17, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sign-for-Trump-Heights-goes-up-on-Golan-592725

Israel Establishes Golan Heights Town of "Trump Heights"

(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Less than three months after President Donald Trump recognized Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved the initiation of work on a new community in the northern Golan Heights called Ramat Trump (Trump Heights) near the existing community of Kela. A special cabinet meeting was held at the site, attended by U.S. Ambassador David Friedman. Friedman noted this has been done in Israel in the past when Kfar Truman, a moshav near Ben-Gurion Airport, was named after President Harry Truman in 1949. President Trump responded to the gesture on Twitter: "Thank you PM @Netanyahu and the State of Israel for this great honor!"

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