Trump Heights (AFP) – As the sound of Israeli artillery shells echoed around their hilltop homes close to Lebanon, residents of Trump Heights struggled to hide their dismay at the deal to end the war with Iran, but were not giving up on their hero in the White House.
Issued on: 20/06/2026 - 03:18
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Under the US-Iran agreement announced earlier this week to end the Middle East war, fighting is also supposed to cease between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.In Israel, the agreement is widely viewed as undermining the country's security and its acceptance by Washington as a strategic failure for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.In Trump Heights, a community of small prefabricated homes perched on a hilltop just 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the Lebanon border, the deal with Iran has not proved popular with residents.But for those living in the settlement, named in homage to the US president, the agreement was not cause to completely abandon their community's namesake."We give President Trump the benefit of the doubt that he is making the right decisions for America, and that he is also trying to help his allies -- and, of course, the most important ally in the region is Israel," said 32-year-old Shlomo Schlechter.
