“God Bless You Donald and Melania” read the poster hanging over an Israeli highway during the U.S. election campaign. In nearby Palestinian areas, anti-Trump graffiti adorned walls.
Perhaps nowhere outside his own country did President Donald Trump polarize opinion more than in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, where to many he was either hero or villain.
Israel treasures its ties with leaders of the United States, traditionally the country’s closest ally. But Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had an especially close public relationship.
That bond meant Trump’s face was everywhere in Israel. His image even adorned Netanyahu’s own election posters and featured prominently on the Israeli premier’s Facebook page.
“Trump Heights” was the name given to a new settlement in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, after he recognized Israel’s claim to sovereignty over the plateau that was captured from Syria in a 1967 war.
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