Israel yesterday approved giving Jewish names from the Torah to Palestinian streets in an attempt to give a Jewish appearance to the holy city, Arabs48 reported.
The municipality changed the name of Jabal Al-Zaytoun, the highest mountain in Jerusalem which overlooks Al-Aqsa Mosque, giving it a name from the Torah Har Ha-mishchah.
In addition, the municipality gave a biblical name to the main street in Silwan; Shir Hamalot. An inditcation of the changes to come at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Arabs48 said that the Israeli municipality did not announce the names of the area that the street refers to, but it is clear that it is in the Al-Bustan neighbourhood, the closeset neighbourhood to Al-Aqsa.
This measure contradicts international law, which objects to changing the names of occupied places. Subsequently, the Palestinian Authority filed a complaint at UNESCO and the ICC as the occupation has so far changed names of 300 streets and alleyways in Jerusalem.
It is widely believed that such actions are part of Israel’s endeavour to judaise occupied Jerusalem.
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