A diplomatic source in Jordan is quoted by the Jordanian el-Riad newspaper explaining an ‘incident’ in which men were instructed to remove their yarmulkes in order to enter the country.
The newspaper report, which quotes a Jordanian diplomatic source, is reported by Walla News saying “This is the policy that exists for many years and the Israel Foreign Ministry is well aware of this” adding, “Jordan is a sovereign nation and has the right to set entry regulations into place as it sees fit”.
The source is quoted denying that Israeli diplomatic officials demanded an explanation to the incident preventing Jews from entering the country while wearing visible Jewish symbols.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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5 Responses
Remove yarmulkas but if you don burkas or hijabs or even those black full face covers, you’re good to go!
LOL, that’s gotta be the joke of the millennium.
But if Israel were to make a law that Arabs should remove their kefiyas, we wouldn’t hear the end of it!
These are the countries we have peace with.
#2 I wish the Israelis would have the guts to do it…
I wasn’t allowed in to jordan, even if I had a foreign passport
I wore a hat during my one day trip to Jordan. But I also put on Tefilin In front of a member of the Jordanian military