Golan Heights: Israel unveils 'Trump Heights' settlement

[Scurrilous]

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]

1. This is gross

[TruckFump]

2. Geeeeeeez, I have a Jewish background and

I am totally offended.

[Doodley]

3. Making a political point at the expense of trying to achieve real peace.

[johnp3907]

4. This is real?

[jgmiller]

5. I always admired and defended Israel

Then they elected and kept electing Netanyahu. Just like Trump he is an embarrassment to those that came before him.

[Grins]

37. And I'm with you!

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 it’s been all downhill since. Eff them!

[George II]

6. And it immediately went bankrupt.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Like everything else with that name on it. nt

[oldsoftie]

16. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!! Todays winner!!!

[BlueIdaho]

8. 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 nt.

[Cirque du So-What]

9. Well, this proves that Netanyahu isn't superstitious

Otherwise, he'd be especially leery of attaching that name to any endeavor.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. All the proposed homes were immediately bought by Russian oligarchs.

I'm sure Israel paid handsomely for the right to use the Trump brand.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. How long before the people living there vote to have his name removed?

That's been the general outcome.

[bronxiteforever]

13. Trump Heights and Casino

[Vinca]

14. Soon to go bankrupt.

[NYC Liberal]

15. How much is Trump making off of this?

No way he'd let his name be used for free.

[George II]

17. They've already decided to rename it, it's now called "trump Depths".

[Maxheader]

18. Plays cheetox like a fiddle...

Stumpy will have an orgasm...

Hey traitor? Anything in americu being named after ya?

[blueinredohio]

19. Maybe Trump can move there when he gets out of jail.

[The Liberal Lion]

20. At first this made me angry

and then I thought it will end like so many other "trump" named things:

[Demonaut]

21. I don't think that sign will last

[Grokenstein]

22. How long...

...before the name comes off THIS piece of real estate?

[sandensea]

23. And let me guess:

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]

24. So long as you take Trump

And make him live there permanently.

[sandensea]

25. I'd force him to live, in the occupied West Bank

If there's reincarnation, that's where he'll probably be born next.

[C_U_L8R]

26. Ain't no turd mountain high enough.

How shameful. What suck ups.

[tclambert]

27. I thought for sure this was The Onion or The Borowitz Report.

Satire of some kind. What has happened to reality?

[farmbo]

28. Stay Classy, Netanyahu.

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 don’t learn from history”.

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. This is wrong on so many levels

[rockfordfile]

30. Netanyahu is a right-wing fascist just like Hitler wannabe Trump

[Dawson Leery]

31. Taking things that don't belong to you. How Trumpian.

[Rene]

32. Who'd thunk Netanyahu would be such a kiss a** over drumpf's illegal maneuver .

[Politicub]

33. Israel looks like the Republic of Stupid with Trump Heights

It’s disgusting that they’re treating seizure of land and property as a real estate development.

[Scurrilous]

34. Update: Israeli Town Named After Trump Appears to be Fake News

Last edited Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:31 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212195670


Haaretz 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.

We’ll 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/

Link to tweet

[IronLionZion]

35. BBC should have verified their sources before reporting this fake news

[mahatmakanejeeves]

36. The parallax view

Israel unveiled a new Jewish settlement in the disputed Golan Heights named Trump Heights after the U.S. president

Link to tweet

[BlueMTexpat]

38. Jerk Heights! eom