The Jerusalem municipality has decided to name a street or square in the city after Operation Desert Storm, the code name for the U.S.-led military operation that drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
The decision was made unanimously by the City Council’s names committee over the weekend. The full council is expected to approve without dissent.
The street or square selected has not been announced, but a naming ceremony is expected to be held in the next few weeks.
The original proposal to name a Jerusalem site after Lt. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the commander in chief of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, was abandoned when city officials pointed out it was not a custom to name streets after living persons.
“Desert Storm” was proposed instead by Nissan Harpaz, chairman of the names committee. The suggestion was enthusiastically accepted by the other members.
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