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Israelis flock to settle in Golan Heights community named after Trump

Israelis are signing up by the thousands to settle in a Golan Heights community named for President-elect Donald Trump, the New York Post reports. Although the community has only has 50-100 residents, there is currently a waiting list of over 2,000. “Trump Heights is one of the biggest tourist sites in the region,” said Yaakov Selavan, deputy head of the regional council, to the Post. In June 2019, the Israeli cabinet under the Netanyahu government voted on a resolution to “initiate the establishment of a new residential community on the Golan Heights to be named after U.S. President Donald Trump.” The move was in recognition of the former president’s efforts on behalf of Israel, including recognizing Jerusalem as the country’s capital as well as Israeli sovereignty on the Golan Heights. Five years later, Trump’s victory in the 2024 election renewed interest in the community. Yarden Friman, Trump Heights’ de facto mayor, said, “Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights is something very dear to me and to all of us.” He added, “And I’m optimistic about the future; we haven’t had a single [air raid] alarm since the ceasefire with Hezbollah.” However, it isn’t just Trump’s popularity that has sparked interest among would-be residents; the drive to settle the Golan Heights has become a national security imperative for Israel, particularly after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated the goal of doubling the number of residents in the Golan Heights from the current 50,000. “Strengthening the Golan Heights is strengthening the State of Israel, and it is especially important at this time,” Netanyahu said in a statement last week. “We will continue to hold on to it, make it flourish, and settle it.” Yedidya Ostroff, 31, came to Trump Heights after leaving a community closer to the Lebanon border. Since then, he has been renovating homes and constructing new houses in Trump Heights. Ostroff said, “This is a really special community, really good people, and it’s also a good mix of religious and non-religious people.”Image - David Cohen/Flash90

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EDITORIAL: Why the American 'Swamp' doesn't want Israel to win

There are several popular explanations for this, among them: 1) The Swamp was not sure that Israel could actually win and did not want to be responsible for "saving it" from the "resistance". 2) The war was hurting the Democrat chances to win the elections. 3) The Swamp and the Democrat party still believe that "diplomacy" is the best way to solve problems. 4) The Swamp still dream of an Iran Deal 5) They are afraid the war will spill out over the Middle East and maybe even ignite a world war. While all these reasons may be debated, the Democrats insist that they have Israel's best interest in mind. Yet there is yet another reason for the Democrats (The Swamp) siding with Israel's enemies, and unfortunately, it is much worse than the ones listed above. The Democrat party, and the basic American political bureaucracy ("The Swamp") don't want Israel to win. They never have. Since 1967, the Swamp has acted in a schizophrenic manner towards Israel and has kept it from winning. This included the Republican Party. When Israel, in 1973, had surrounded the entire 3rd army of Egypt and could have brought the Arab war efforts to unconditional defeat, Nixon (and Kissinger) forced Israel to give in and allow their release. During the Ronald Reagan years the same swamp would not allow Israel to turn its war in Lebanon into a victory. The reason the American Swamp, on one hand, lets Israel "defend itself", but on the other hand not to "win" is simple: It wants the Middle East, and Israel to continue to be reliant on the USA. It fears that in winning this war, Israel wants to force the Middle East into a region that accepts it (on its terms) and ends continuous war. In doing so, the Israeli narrative of decades, that the Palestinians are the problem in the region and should not be given a state, will be shown to be true. Israel will not be an ally the American Swamp can force to do what it wants. The current Israeli government, especially the prime minister, Netanyahu, keeps saying that Israel will "transform" the Middle East. The American Swamp likes the Middle East the way it’s been for the last 100 years and does NOT want it to change.

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· 24 Kislev 5785 (Wednesday 25 December 2024) · 1 minute to read

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Cali Spera (babka.social)

@serge Yes agreed. I, for one, would like to know if I'm inadvertently following this account.