Ma'ale ha-Shalom ( he, מעלה השלום, translates to ''Ascent of Peace''), also known as the Pope's Road ( he, כביש האַפִּיפְיוֹר, ), is a street in
East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem (, ; , ) is the sector of Jerusalem that was held by Jordan during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to the western sector of the city, West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel.
Jerusalem was envisaged as a separ ...
.
Ma'ale HaShalom connects
Route 60 to
Ma'alot Ir David where it becomes Derech ha-Ofel. It goes along the southern border of the
Old City Old City often refers to old town, the historic or original core of a city or town.
Old City may refer to several places:
Historical cities or regions of cities
''(by country)''
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, and has the
Dung Gate where the entrance to the
Jewish Quarter is found. It also goes alongside the Protestant
Mount Zion Cemetery and Catholic cemeteries.
[
] Though outside the walls of today's old city, the road is considered to be inside of historic sanctified Jerusalem.
Before 1964, the way to
Mount Zion
Mount Zion ( he, הַר צִיּוֹן, ''Har Ṣīyyōn''; ar, جبل صهيون, ''Jabal Sahyoun'') is a hill in Jerusalem, located just outside the walls of the Old City. The term Mount Zion has been used in the Hebrew Bible first for the Ci ...
was a narrow dirt track. That year, Pope
Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...
planned to visit Jerusalem and in his honour, the Jordanians allowed for the widening and laying of a proper road to enable the Pope to be driven to the
Coenaculum.
Prior to the
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 ...
, this street was known as Ain el-loza.
Israel falsely rewrites the Identity of the Occupied Palestinian Territory
, Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem
The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ; ar, معهد الابحاث التطبيقية - القدس) is a Palestinian NGO founded in 1990 with its main office in Bethlehem in the West Bank. ARIJ is actively working on research proje ...
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Streets in Jerusalem
Mount Zion
Jordanian construction in eastern Jerusalem
1960s in Jerusalem