U.N condemns Israel.
Via Times of Israel:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that an Arab town had taken down a sign naming a street after late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, saying that there is no place for streets in Israel named after “enemies.”
However, Netanyahu, speaking in a video posted on his Facebook page, insisted that Israeli Arabs have an important role to play in the country.
Israeli soldiers recently discovered via the Waze application that the small northern Israeli-Arab village of Jatt had recently inaugurated Yasser Arafat Street in honor of the late leader, seen as a hero among Palestinians and many Arab Israelis.
The prime minister said that, at a cabinet meeting, he asked Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas) to have the sign removed.
Netanyahu said in a Facebook video that the matter had been dealt with, and the Jatt council agreed to remove “all the controversial street signs,” including the Arafat sign, and replace them with different names.
“There cannot be streets in Israel named after enemies of Israel,” Netanyahu said in the video. “The local council told me that it has removed the sign.”