The mayor of the Israeli town of Kiryat Bialik announced plans to name the city’s soccer field after President Donald Trump.
According to a report from The Times of Israel, Mayor Eli Dukorski said, “We are profoundly grateful to President Trump for his actions to free Israeli civilians and soldiers who were abducted on October 7, 2023 We thank President Trump for putting his full weight behind the effort to release the hostages and dedicating extensive efforts that ultimately succeeded.”
“As an expression of our deep appreciation and respect, the new stadium being built in Kiryat Bialik will be named after President Trump,” he added.
The proposal must now be approved at the next city council meeting.
In 2017, the Israeli city of Kiryat Yam announced that a park would be named in honor of Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
“The president of the United States took a brave and unprecedented step that none of his predecessors were willing to take and we must honor him for it,” Mayor David Even Tzur said at the time. He called the site “Donald Trump Park.”
President Trump thanked the mayor for the gesture, sending him a letter reading, “Thank you for this great honor. It was a distinct pleasure to visit Israel during my first international trip as President of the United States.” The letter added, “I am thankful for your gesture and am moved to know that the people of Israel are encouraged by my decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.”
“Trump Park was dedicated yesterday in Kiryat Yam, Israel – a suburb of Haifa – in honor of President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,” Mike Huckabee, now the Ambassador to Israel, said on social media at the time. “Thank you, Mayor Tzur, for your friendship with the USA!”
