A spokeswoman for the Israeli Ministry of Transport confirmed that the National Infrastructure Committee agreed to build a train station near the Al-Buraq Wall in the Old City of Occupied East Jerusalem.

While Transport Minister Bezalel Smotrich welcomed the committee's decision and described it as "historic", the Palestinians rejected the decision.

The director of the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights, Ziyad Al-Hamouri, said that this project, and all other Israeli projects around the old city, are aimed at serving the Jewish residents of the city only at the expense of the Palestinian population.

He added, "Israel wants to direct tourism and companies to the city of tunnels that are being built under the old city."

It is noteworthy that the new train station is an extension of the express train line that started in late December last year between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Israeli media indicated that the express train from Yitzhak Navon Station will be launched at the entrance of the occupied city to the Al-Buraq Wall, in a path that will pass all under the ground.

The track runs from under Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, at a depth of about 80 meters from Yitzhak Navon station to a depth of 50 meters when it reaches the wall station, which will be called Donald Trump Station.

Decisions and rejection
Since assuming the presidency of the United States in 2017, Trump has made numerous decisions in favor of Israel, most notably his recognition late in that year of both its east and west sides as an alleged unified capital of Israel.

The Palestinians cling to East Jerusalem as the capital of their desired state, based on international legitimacy resolutions that do not recognize Israel's occupation of the city.

For its part, the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs condemned the approval of the Israeli authorities to extend the express train connecting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem, and to establish train stations in the Old City.

The ministry’s spokesperson, Ambassador Dhaifallah Al-Fayez, said that this unilateral move is a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law, and the decisions of the United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), according to the Jordan News Agency (Petra).