Israel to name train station after Trump over al-Quds move

  Thursday, 28 December 2017

source: Press TV

The Israeli transport minister says he wants to build a train tunnel under Jerusalem al-Quds' Old City and name a station located next to the Haram al-Sharif after US President Donald Trump. Yisrael Katz made the announcement on Wednesday, noting that the move is to honor Trump for his decision to recognize the city as the Israeli capital.
The proposed tunnel and station, which is planned to open next year, would become a part the high-speed line connecting the city to Tel Aviv.
Katz was quoted by Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth as saying that the extension of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem al-Quds line was the "most important project" for the regime.
Excavation work around the al-Aqsa Mosque located behind Haram al-Sharif has on multiple occasions drawn censure and protests by Palestinian authorities and the UN cultural agency UNESCO, which has designated the Old City a World Heritage site.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site for Muslims after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina.