Group Of Jewish American Tourists Harassed At Israel-Jordan Border

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 04/09/19 | News Source: JPost

Amman - A group of American and Israeli tourists were humiliated in an allegedly antisemitic incident at the Aqaba border crossing between Jordan and Israel on Tuesday.

The tourists were heading to Petra when they were forced to go through humiliating security checks at the border crossing. 

The border crossing officials confiscated the men’s kippot (religious skullcaps) and tzitzit (ritual fringes) and confiscated other Jewish religious items from the tourists, including bibles and prayer books. Read more at JPost