JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Twitter on Saturday to hail new US President Donald Trump's decision to build a wall on the border with Mexico. On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order telling officials to begin to "plan, design and construct a physical wall" along the 3,200-kilometre (2,000-mile) US-Mexico border, making good on a campaign pledge. In an interview with American channel Fox News on Thursday Trump justified his decision, citing Israel which, he said, had managed to "stop 99.9 per cent" of illegal immigration by constructing a wall. I built a wall along Israel's southern border. And on Thursday, Israeli officials gave final approval to 153 east Jerusalem settler homes.

Source: New Strait Times January 28, 2017 20:48 UTC