Israel to name new train station near Jerusalem after Trump

Israel's transportation minister is going forward with a plan to extend Jerusalem's soon-to-open high speed rail line to the Western Wall and he wants to name a future station after President Trump.

"The Western Wall is the holiest place for the Jewish people, and I decided to name the train station that leads to it after President Trump--following his historic and brave decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel," Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz told the Jerusalem Post. 

The Post a national daily newspaper, was the first to report Tuesday that Katz had approved final construction plans for the train, which will require excavating a 2-mile tunnel from the Umma (nation) station at the entrance to the city of Cardo in the Jewish Quarter.

The route will carry passengers through downtown Jerusalem and under the Old City.

Transportation Ministry spokesman Avner Ovadia aid the project is estimated to cost over $700 million, which means it will cost over $800 million. It will take four years to complete.

Trump's decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem, something that three former president's promised but failed to deliver, has caused Palestinians and Muslims throughout the world to have something else to be angry over.

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Iraqi forces say they're "tens of meters" from retaking Mosul

Baghdad -- Iraqi military commanders say their troops are "tens of meters" away from defeating ISIS in Mosul. This comes one day after a major counterattack was mounted by the militants. 

For those of you who can't do the conversion, 10 meters equals 32.8084 feet. Exactly what was meant by 'tens of meters' isn't at all clear, but it's probably not more than about half a football field.

Joint Operations Command said on Saturday "our units are still continuing to advance.  . . . Not much is left before our forces reach the river."

Similar statements by Iraqi officials were made over the past week since security forces have forced the scum-crumpets into a sliver of the Old City along the Tigris River. However, due to the fact that ISIS is shooting back, progress has been slow.

As it now stands, ISIS hold less than a square mile of territory and are using civilians as human shields, making it almost impossible for U.S.-led warplanes to blow them up without making for bad press coverage. 

It crazy--they fight unfairly by their 'rules,' which says there are no rules in war, while we take the moral high ground and do everything we can to minimize killing civilians. (I hate the term 'collateral damage.') Sadly, however, many, and more likely most of these civilians are going to be killed by the Islamic State jihadis. 

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Palestinian jihadists upset that Israel is preventing them from killing Jews

Somehow the secular progressives in the U.S. are going to find a way to blame Israel (read: the Jews) for treating Palestinians as if they are all terrorists. In Jerusalem's Old City two Israeli Jews were stabbed to death by Palestinian Muslims, and three other Jews were also wounded. Now the Israeli police barred Palestinians from the Old City to protect unarmed Israelis.

Somehow the secular progressives are going to say that this would have never happened if Israel didn't oppress the Palestinians.

The Old City has been sacred to Jews for five thousand years and sacred to Muslims for about four thousand less. Nevertheless, this banning of Palestinians is unprecedented. 

These "lone wolf" attacks on Jews has become routine. Just a few days ago a rabbi and his wife were murdered in their car by a pair of Palestinian jihadists while their four children, ages 9, 7, 4 and 4 months sat in the backseat. Fortunately, they were not killed, but now they are left orphaned by the orthodox followers of this desert religion.

Many in the Palestinian community praised this blood bath. This comes as no surprise to anyone who has read the Koran and understands how Jews and Christians are depicted in this so-called holy book.

In response to the violence, Israeli police say they will prevent Palestinian residents of Jerusalem from entering the Old City for two days of Jewish holiday. Those Palestinians who work in the Old City, Israelis and tourists will be allowed to enter.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has remained mute on the killings but for now is trying to keep violence to the Jews at a minimum, until this all blows over. He and Bibi Netanyahu are currently at loggerheads. 

Hamassholes being Hamassholes

Israel captured the Old City and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, annexing the areas. Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as their capital, but are hoping to destroy all of Israel so they can expand on their little caliphate on the prairie.

Israel is the only civilized nation in the Middle East and is surrounded by anti-Semitic nations that want to see it destroyed along with its inhabitants. Somehow secular progressives have been able to twist logic and see Palestine (which, historically, was never an actual country) as the victim in this region.


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