The Trump name graces apartment towers, hotels and golf courses. Now it is the namesake of a tiny Jewish settlement in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet convenedin this hamlet Sunday to announce the inauguration of a new settlement namedafter President Donald Trump.
The settlement will be known as “Ramat Trump,” orTrump Heights.
Israel hopes the community, first built in the 1980s, willattract a wave of people to what is currently little more than an isolatedoutpost with just 10 residents.The decision comes just over two months afterthe U.S. Leader recognized Israeli sovereignty over the territory.