Israel renames Golan settlement after Trump
By Zack Budryk - 06/16/19 03:15 PM EDT
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.
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.â€
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