The transport minister of Israel said today (December 27, 2017) that the country will name a planned new railway station, close to Judaism's hallowed Western Wall in land seized from the Palestinians in east Jerusalem, after U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the Telegraph (British) website.
Trump has been praised by the Jewish state -- and sparked rage by Palestinians -- by breaking with decades of U.S. peace-promoting policy between Israelis and Palestinians to recognize the holy city as Israel's capital.
Transport Minister Israel Katz approved a plan yesterday to extend a high-speed rail line under construction between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem into the Jewish Quarter of the Old City and build a station next to the Western Wall, a statement said.
The station close to the holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray will be called "Donald John Trump," the minister ordered, in tribute to his "historic and courageous decision" on Jerusalem.
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