Yasser Arafat
In the Arab town of Jutt (Jatt), located in the North of Israel, removed the signs with the name of the street named in honor of the late President of the Palestinian national authority, Yasser Arafat. It is reported by The Haaretz.
As notes the edition, the head of the Israeli MIA Aryeh Deri gave the authorities of the city for 48 hours. The occasion was the post of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Facebook. The head of the government stated that it “will not allow the emergence in the country of names, perpetuating the memory of the “enemies of Israel””.
According to RIA Novosti, Netanyahu vowed, if necessary, to issue ban on the legislative level.
Street Arafat existed in Gate since 2008, however, the authorities learned about it only now out of circulation Association of disabled Israeli army.
In April 1989, Yasser Arafat was elected President of a nonexistent Palestinian state. He was the head of the Palestinian national authority (PNA) until his death in November 2004.
The state of Palestine was proclaimed on 15 November 1988 in Algiers. At the moment it is recognized by the 136 member States of the UN and the Vatican.
Israel, the US and several EU countries do not recognize the State of Palestine, considering that the question of its establishment should be resolved through direct negotiations between the Israeli authorities and the Palestinian authority.