Priceless. I noticed this years ago when in the West Bank. When meeting with a former Israeli official of high standing on this same civil society trip, I asked him about this practice. He was offended by my insinuation that it was on purpose, and insisted it has always been that way. Keep in mind I was asking him why they wrote the Hebrew name for Jerusalem (let's transliterate as Yerusalem) instead of its proper Arabic name (transliterated Al-Quds) in the Arabic script. Another enjoyable tale of the rather small minds of people.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Francis Hult <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:francis.hult@utsa.edu">francis.hult@utsa.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Israel's Transportation Ministry to 'Hebraize' road signs</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Israel's transportation minister announced a plan on Monday to change English and Arabic street signs to reflect just their Hebrew names. <br>
<br>"This government, and certainly this minister, will not allow anyone to turn Jewish Jerusalem to Palestinian Al-Quds," said Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Full story:</font></p>
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