Palestinian commission condemns Israel’s renaming of Al-Buraq Wall in Jerusalem

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks near the empty Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 23, 2025. (File/AFP)

• Commission rejects ‘fabricated Israeli terminology,’ warns against imposition of new realities in Old City of Jerusalem
• It added that renaming the Buraq Wall ‘does not establish any religious or historical right for Jews’

LONDON: The Islamic-Christian Commission for the Support of Jerusalem and Holy Sites condemned on Tuesday the Israeli municipality’s decision this week to rename the Buraq Wall as the Wailing Wall.

The Palestinian government commission established in 2008 said that the Israeli action was an attempt to erase the religious and historical identity of this significant Islamic site in the Old City of Jerusalem.

“Changing the name of the Buraq Wall on buses is a distortion of the facts, a blatant assault on religious and cultural heritage, and a flagrant violation of UNESCO resolutions, which clearly recognized the Islamic identity of the Buraq Wall as an integral part of Al-Aqsa Mosque,” it said in a statement.

The commission said it rejects the “fabricated Israeli terminology” and warned against the imposition of new realities in the occupied East Jerusalem, repeated attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites, and policies aimed at altering the religious and historical identity of the city.

It added that the renaming of the Buraq Wall “does not establish any religious or historical right for Jews … nor will it undermine the Islamic identity of this ancient historical site,” according to Wafa news agency.

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