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[[File:MaaleHaShalom.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ma'ale HaShalom, overlooking East Jerusalem]] |
[[File:MaaleHaShalom.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ma'ale HaShalom, overlooking East Jerusalem]] |
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'''Ma'ale HaShalom''', also known as the "Pope's Road,"{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}{{Why?|date=November 2010}} is a street{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]], from [[Highway 60 (Israel)|Route 60]] to [[Ma'alot Ir David]] where it becomes Derech HaOfel. It goes along the southern border of the [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]], and has the [[Dung Gate]] where the entrance to the [[Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem)|Jewish Quarter]] is found. It also goes alongside the Protestant [[Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem (Protestant)|Mount Zion Cemetery]] and Catholic cemeteries. It runs parallel to the [[Noble Sanctuary]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kiefer|first1=Homer|last2= Kiefer|first2=Hawk |title=The Ninth River: The Cia and Terrorist in the Middle East|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XxU09IohWoMC&pg=PA245&dq=%22Ma+Ale+Ha+Shalom%22&hl=en&ei=wtkFTJbQFcL38AbvoPSQDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Ma%20Ale%20Ha%20Shalom%22&f=false|year=2004|isbn=1413444059}}</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=May 2011}} Though outside the walls of today's old city, the road is considered to be inside of historic sanctified Jerusalem. |
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The name '''Ma'ale HaShalom''' is symbolic of the [[Dung Gate]]. It was given to the street in hopes that this would change the gate from a place of excrement to one of peace.<ref>{{cite book|last=Eisenberg|first=Ronald L.|title=The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, why|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=yqXXD_74yAEC&pg=PA182&dq=%22hativat+yerushalayim%22&hl=en&ei=cnuGTKjdKcL58AaD2LicAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=ma%27aleh%20hashalom&f=false|publisher=Devora Publishing|isbn=9781932687545|page=240}}</ref>{{clarify|date=November 2010}} |
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Revision as of 15:53, 21 May 2011
The name Ma'ale HaShalom is symbolic of the Dung Gate. It was given to the street in hopes that this would change the gate from a place of excrement to one of peace.[1][clarification needed]
References
- ^ Eisenberg, Ronald L. The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, why. Devora Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 9781932687545.
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