Ma'ale ha-Shalom (, translates to ''Ascent of Peace''), also known as the Pope's Road (, ), is a street in
East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem (, ; , ) is the portion of Jerusalem that was Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, held by Jordan after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel. Captured and occupied in 1967, th ...
.
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, and has the
Dung Gate where the entrance to the
Jewish Quarter Jewish Quarter may refer to:
*Jewish quarter (diaspora), areas of many cities and towns traditionally inhabited by Jews
*Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem), one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem
*Jewish Quarter (), a popular name ...
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 (, ''Har Ṣīyyōn''; , ''Jabal Sahyoun'') is a hill in Jerusalem, located just outside the walls of the Old City (Jerusalem), Old City to the south. The term Mount Zion has been used in the Hebrew Bible first for the City of David ( ...
was a narrow dirt track. That year, Pope
Paul VI 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, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states, primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan from 5 to 10June ...
, this street was known as Ain el-loza.
Israel falsely rewrites the Identity of the Occupied Palestinian Territory
, Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem
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Streets in Jerusalem
Mount Zion
Jordanian construction in eastern Jerusalem
1960s in Jerusalem