One of the oldest and most well-known Israeli soccer clubs, Beitar Jerusalem, has decided to add the president’s name to its own—the American president’s, that is.
The club is honoring President Donald Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by adding “Trump” to its name.
Beitar Jerusalem leadership, owner Eli Tabib, and executive manager Eli Ohana, “have decided to add to the club’s title the name of the American President who made history, and from now on will be called Beitar Trump Jerusalem,” the club stated. “We have the greatest love for the President, and it will win.”
Posters thanking Trump for the move have sprung up in the country.
For decades, world leaders located their embassies in Tel Aviv to assuage Palestinians.
Palestinians seek to claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a state they want to establish. Israel regards all of the city, including the eastern sector it annexed in the 1967 Six-Day War, as its “eternal and indivisible capital.”
U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman gave a speech at the beginning of the inaugural ceremony, attended by a U.S. delegation from Washington and Israeli leaders.
Trump did not attend the opening ceremony but sent a recorded video message. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Advisor Ivanka Trump unveiled the seal of the United States.
Despite the Palestinian protests, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner put forth a vision for a mutually beneficial peace agreement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kushner is the U.S. envoy to the Middle East and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.
“We believe, it is possible for both sides to gain more than they give—so that all people can live in peace—safe from danger, free from fear, and able to pursue their dreams,” Kushner said.
“Jerusalem must remain a city that brings people of all faiths together,” he Kushner added. “While presidents before him have backed down from their pledge to move the American Embassy once they were in office, this president delivered. Because when President Trump makes a promise, he keeps it.”
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