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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 584

Trump Heights

Families at Ein Alamein, near Had Nes, Golan Heights, on December 13, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
December 26, 2024, 12:13 pm
Locals have conflicting emotions over plan to double Golan Heights population
Some worry that sudden influx could disrupt their idyllic rural way of life; some local Druze, loyal to Syria or their own history in the region, see it as an affront
By AP and ToI Staff
The entrance to Ramat Trump, or 'Trump Heights,' in the Golan Heights, November 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 9, 2024, 1:54 pm
Residents of Golan’s ‘Trump Heights’ see opportunity after namesake wins US election
Remote community in Hezbollah’s line of fire hopes president-elect, who recognized Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights in his first term, will help turn its fortunes around
By AP and ToI Staff
A construction truck enters Trump Heights on September 21, 2020 (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
December 15, 2021, 2:44 pm
Interior minister forms committee to move ahead with establishing Trump Heights
Decision enables construction projects to form new 276-acre community on Golan Heights, named for former US president
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
A construction truck enters Trump Heights on September 21, 2020 (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
October 20, 2020, 8:54 am
‘Trump Heights’: A symbol of US shift on Mideast policy
Along with backing for normalization deals and green light for settlements, US president has changed dynamics of the dispute between the Jewish state and the Palestinians
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech before the newly-unveiled sign for the new settlement of 'Ramat Trump,' or 'Trump Heights' in English, named after the US President during an official ceremony in the Golan Heights on June 16, 2019. (Jalaa MAREY/AFP)
June 14, 2020, 11:55 pm
On US president’s birthday, Israel okays building plans for ‘Trump Heights’
Settlements Minister Tzipi Hotovely says Golan Heights village, which honors the US president’s recognition of Israeli claims to the plateau, will house 300 families
By Agencies
A sign at the community named after US President Donald Trump in the Golan Heights village of Kela Alon on November 7, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 8, 2020, 12:40 am
Sign for Golan community named after Trump stripped of letters
Almost all lettering missing from huge sign at entrance to Trump Heights, where nobody lives almost a year after its inauguration
By ToI Staff
A sign at the community named after US President Donald Trump in the Golan Heights village of Kela Alon on November 7, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 8, 2019, 6:18 pm
Israel’s Trump Heights gets its first inhabitants
Pre-military boarding school opens in Golan Heights community named in honor of US president’s recognition of area as Israeli
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Outgoing US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 2013. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 20, 2019, 10:55 pm
Ex-CIA chief: US-Israel relationship seems to have gone ‘overboard’
Leon Panetta tells Army Radio that by appearing to give up balanced approach, Washington now finds it difficult to be trusted to provide a fair peace plan
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech before the newly-unveiled sign for the new settlement of 'Ramat Trump', or 'Trump Heights' in English, named after the incumbent US President during an official ceremony in the Golan Heights on June 16, 2019. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
June 16, 2019, 7:36 pm
Netanyahu inaugurates new Golan community honoring Trump
PM leads cabinet meeting at site of ‘Trump Heights,’ says US president who recognized Israel’s control over strategic plateau is a ‘very great friend’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Works unveil the sign for "Ramat Trump" in the Golan Heights, June 16, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
June 16, 2019, 3:07 pm
No plans, no budget: ‘Trump Heights’ inauguration slammed as a PR stunt
Opposition MK notes that there’s ‘no binding decision to implement’ pledge to name Golan town after US president
By Raphael Ahren
Aerial view of small village of Kela Alon in the Golan Heights, near the site of a new community to be named after US President Donald Trump. (Golan Regional Council)
June 13, 2019, 6:58 pm
Golan community named for US president to be called ‘Trump Heights’
Ministers to approve new town at next weekly meeting, to be held at planned site, along with a ceremony attended by US ambassador
By ToI Staff
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