Posted on 05/13/2018 5:27:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Israeli top-flight soccer team Beitar Jeruslaem announced on Sunday that it would rename itself after US President Donald Trump.
The club said in a statement that the move came as a thank you for Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The US is slated to formally open its new embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel.
“For 70 years Jerusalem has been awaiting international recognition, until President Donald Trump, in a courageous move, recognized Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel,” the club said in a statement. “President Trump has shown courage, and true love of the Israeli people and their capital, and these days other countries are following his lead in giving Jerusalem its rightful status.”
Beitar Jerualem is perhaps best known internationally for its contingent of ultras fans who make up the so-called nationalist La Familia group. Those supporters openly express their hatred of Arabs and praise the fact that Beitar Jerusalem is the only club in the Israeli top division to have never had an Arab player on its books. The club has tried, unsuccessfully, to quell their fans’ racist behavior, having faced several fines and sanctions for the supporters’ behavior. …
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They will always refer to the embassy in Jerusalem as the “House that Trump Built” which has to fry the libs.
Trump trumps.
They put his name on something ?
Brilliant ! That’s how you guarantee US Support !
Trump’s name is very important to him. And his name only goes on successful things.
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