First a train station, now a village in what used to be Syria gets a resolution to be named after Trump.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday announced that he would soon introduce a resolution to a name a town in the Golan Heights after President Trump.
"In honor of President Trump, who recognized Israel's sovereignty over the Golan, will soon call for a settlement in the Golan Heights in his name," Netanyahu said on Twitter, according to a Hebrew translation. "Happy holiday!"
"All Israelis were deeply moved when President Trump made his historic decision to recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights," Netanyahu said. "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."
The Israel Defence Forces has opened an investigation into an incident in which its soldiers shot a Palestinian teenager while he was blindfolded and handcuffed. Sixteen-year-old Osama Hajahjeh was shot twice in the leg last Thursday in Tuqu’, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
Speaking to Agence France Presse (AFP) by phone from a hospital in Beit Jala yesterday, Hajahjeh explained that he had been attending the funeral of a local teacher when “he was tackled by a soldier who jumped out of an olive grove and forced him to the ground.” The soldier then handcuffed Hajahjeh and blindfolded him, Al Jazeera reported.
“They shot me the first time while I was trying to change my sitting position because they sat me on thorns,” the teenager explained. “I started walking towards the villagers asking for help, [then the soldiers] shot me again and hit my left thigh.”
Images of the incident captured by a local photographer clearly show Hajahjeh surrounded by several Israeli soldiers, his hands behind his back and a white cloth tied over his eyes. The aftermath of the event was also caught on video, which shows several Palestinians gathered around the teen – who can just be seen lying bleeding on the ground – and an Israeli soldier pointing a gun at those trying to help, warning them to stay away or “you’ll get shot”.
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