In 2016, King Mohamed VI ordered to restore the names of the streets that had to do with the city's Jewish heritage,[1] including restoring the name of the neighborhood back to "El Mellah", allocating over US$ 20 million for the restoration of houses, streets and synagogues. [6][7]. In November of the same year, Zouheir Bahloul, an arab member of the Knesset for the party Zionist Union requested funds from the Israeli government to support a synagogue located in the mellah, in an unexpected move for both the Israeli government and the Jewish Community of Morocco.[8].