The Israeli prime minister says he intends to bring a resolution to the government after Passover
JERUSALEM — Three weeks before Israel’s closely fought election, President Donald Trump gave incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a political boost by recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli territory.
“All Israelis were deeply moved when President Trump made his historic decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights,” Netanyahu said in a video released by his office Tuesday. “Therefore, after the Passover holiday I intend to bring to the government a resolution calling for a new community on the Golan Heights, named after President Donald J. Trump.”
— PM of Israel April 23, 2019It’s another sign of the flourishing political relationship between Netanyahu and Trump, whose political rhetoric and actions often appear to mirror each other as they mutually lavish praise. When visiting Washington in March for the official signing of U.S. recognition of the Golan Heights as Israel, Netanyahu declared that Israel had never had a better friend in the White House.
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