Three weeks after Donald Trump announced that the United States will move its embassy to Jerusalem, Israel announced that it will name a new underground train station near the Western Wall after the American president.
The “Donald John Trump, Western Wall” station will be just feet from Judaism’s holiest site, known in Hebrew as the Kotel. The station will be part of the anticipated Tel Aviv-Jerusalem express train line and will serve as a hub for the millions of people who visit Jerusalem’s Old City every year.
“The Kotel is the holiest place to the Jewish people, and I have decided to name the train station leading to it after U.S. President Donald Trump, in recognition of his brave and historic decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital,” Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz said on Tuesday.
In Trump’s December 6 announcement, he said the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and begin the process of relocating its embassy there from Tel Aviv. – READ MORE
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