Israeli Municipality gives Jewish names to East Jerusalem locations

Wafa- Crews belonging to the all-Jewish Jerusalem municipality began Thursday renaming streets and locations in the occupied east section of the city from Arab names to Jewish, according to witnesses.

The municipality, as part of its project to change the Arab and Islamic character of East Jerusalem, changed the name of Sultan Suleiman Street that extends between Damascus Gate and Herod’s Gate of the Old City Wall to Eliyahu Street, as the new signs say.
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The Sultan Suleiman Cave on the same road has been renamed to Eliyahu Cave.

Witnesses said municipality crews, protected by police, were active since the early morning hours in making arrangements for celebrations to be headed by the West Jerusalem mayor, Nir Barkat, for announcing the changes to these locations.