Golan Heights: Israel unveils 'Trump Heights' settlement
Source: BBC
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"Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled a new settlement in the occupied Golan Heights, named after US President Donald Trump.
At a naming ceremony on Sunday, Mr Netanyahu said Trump Heights honoured Mr Trump for his decision to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the territory.
Building work has yet to begin but a sign bearing Mr Trump's name and US and Israeli flags was unveiled.
Critics called the move a publicity stunt with no legal authority."
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48656431
JDC
(10,135 posts)TruckFump
(5,812 posts)I am totally offended.
Doodley
(9,142 posts)johnp3907
(3,733 posts)jgmiller
(395 posts)Then they elected and kept electing Netanyahu. Just like Trump he is an embarrassment to those that came before him.
Grins
(7,239 posts)I gave up on Israel after the USS Liberty and Jonathan Pollard. And worse, they colluded (that word again) with Oliver North and Reagan in selling weapons - TO IRAN! And its been all downhill since. Eff them!
George II
(67,782 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,302 posts)oldsoftie
(12,623 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,994 posts)Otherwise, he'd be especially leery of attaching that name to any endeavor.
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JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,372 posts)I'm sure Israel paid handsomely for the right to use the Trump brand.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,385 posts)That's been the general outcome.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Vinca
(50,314 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,137 posts)No way he'd let his name be used for free.
George II
(67,782 posts)Maxheader
(4,374 posts)Stumpy will have an orgasm...
Hey traitor? Anything in americu being named after ya?
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)and then I thought it will end like so many other "trump" named things:
Demonaut
(8,931 posts)Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)...before the name comes off THIS piece of real estate?
sandensea
(21,677 posts)There's mold in the walls, toilets back up, and every unit's a fire trap.
But hey, at least you get gold-colored lettering at the gates.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,274 posts)And make him live there permanently.
sandensea
(21,677 posts)If there's reincarnation, that's where he'll probably be born next.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)How shameful. What suck ups.
tclambert
(11,087 posts)Satire of some kind. What has happened to reality?
farmbo
(3,122 posts)Naming this (illegal?) settlement after the guy who called American Neo-Nazis very fine people as they chanted, Jews will not replace us, during a damn torchlight parade?
As Huxley said, the main lesson of history is that ... people dont learn from history.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,641 posts)rockfordfile
(8,706 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Rene
(1,183 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)Its disgusting that theyre treating seizure of land and property as a real estate development.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:31 AM - Edit history (1)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212195670Haaretz reports:
In huge gilded letters (what else?), on a piece of synthetic lawn (of course), a large sign was erected in the Golan Heights, as if taken directly from the best of comedy sketches. Ramat Trump, or Trump Heights, will be built here. Even the strong gusts, which made it difficult to put up the scenery, gave this ridiculous event the atmosphere of an Israeli satire a moment before a variety of government ministers began their comically dramatic march toward the ceremony.
Well begin at the end. No new community named for U.S. President Donald Trump was actually established on Sunday in the Golan Heights. As even the founder of the Knesset caucus for the Golan, Kahol Lavan MK Zvi Hauser, observed: Anyone who reads the fine print of the historic decision understands that this is a conceptual decision. There is no funding. There is no planning. There is no location and there is really no committed decision.
https://www.joemygod.com/2019/06/israel-new-trump-heights-town-doesnt-exist/
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IronLionZion
(45,550 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,656 posts)Israel unveiled a new Jewish settlement in the disputed Golan Heights named Trump Heights after the U.S. president
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