Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen recently filed an official protest with Jordan against the kingdom’s treatment of religious Jewish tourists, Israel Hayom reported on Tuesday.
Cohen’s missive comes on the heels of a troubling incident some two weeks ago at the Yitzhak Rabin Crossing north of Eilat, in which 150 ultra-Orthodox Jews were essentially imprisoned for 48 hours upon entering Jordan. According to their version of events, Jordanian security officials insisted that they cut their peyot, or sidelocks. The official reason cited by the guards was that it was safer for tourists not to be visibly Jewish while traveling in Jordan.
