 During the Jordanian rule of the Old City , a ceramic street sign in Arabic and English was affixed to the stones of the ancient wall . Attached 2 @.@ 1 metres ( 6 ft 11 in ) up , it was made up of eight separate ceramic tiles and said Al Buraq Road in Arabic at the top with the English " Al @-@ Buraq ( Wailing Wall ) Rd " below . When Israeli soldiers arrived at the wall in June 1967 , one attempted to scrawl Hebrew lettering on it . The Jerusalem Post reported that on June 8 , Ben @-@ Gurion went to the wall and " looked with distaste " at the road sign ; " this is not right , it should come down " and he proceeded to dismantle it . This act signaled the climax of the capture of the Old City and the ability of Jews to once again access their holiest sites . Emotional recollections of this event are related by David ben Gurion and Shimon Peres . 
