Sunday, July 19, 2009

No more pre-48 Arabic names on Israeli road signs

"To assert the Jewishness of Jerusalem, the Israeli government has decided to replace "Al Quds" (the Arabic name for Jerusalem: القدس) with a transliteration of "Yerushalaim" in Arabic on their road signs. English names such as Nazereth will also be replaced with transliterations of the Hebrew name. I heard this on BBC World Service today. Needless to say, I haven't seen coverage of this in the US media.

The Arab resistance will surely be pissed about this, and will probably bomb an Iraqi market to protest."
Iraqi Mojo

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