An Israeli city has named a traffic circle after President Donald Trump, just weeks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu�s government renamed a Golan Heights settlement after the president.

Rami Greenberg, mayor of Petah Tikva, a city 6 miles (10 kilometers) east of Tel Aviv, said Tuesday the naming aims to show �gratitude to President Donald Trump, the U.S. president who was the biggest fan of the state of Israel,� for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel�s capital in 2017 and the occupied Golan Heights as Israel�s earlier this year.

Israel captured east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed them in a move unrecognized by the international community.

Greenberg says U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman extended congratulations after hearing several ministers attended the roundabout�s inauguration ceremony last week.

(AP)