Is 58 years too late?

All I can say is: It's about time!!!!

After 15 years since I've been living in Israel, and almost 58 years as a state, a committee in the gov't finally is making a change by enacting a new signposting law.

According to the article, this law once completely passed, will required ALL street and highway signs to show conformity, so that people will no longer get lost on their way.

Here are two examples of signs spelled differently than usual.

The usual standard spellings are: Carlebach and Schocken.

Until now, there have been four different entities responsible for street signs and this has led to this travesty.

The article claims that the main reason that these changes are being implemented are for the benefit of tourists so they dont get lost....what about those of us who think that it will improve the perception people have of Israelis. It's definately a step in the right direction.

There is a related article here that gives an example of a street with no less than six unique spellings (all along the same road).

Next on the agenda...Storefront signs

Thanks for reading

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