To get into Israel, we did the drive up from Aqaba,
following the Dead Sea Highway to the border crossing point called the Allenby Bridge
(aka King Hussein Bridge aka Al-Karamaeh Bridge – depending if you’re Israeli,
Jordanian or Palestinian).
It forms the only entry/exit point for Palestinians who
live on the West Bank & is the only point where Palestinians can travel
abroad (by exiting from here into Jordan & then to Jordan’s International
airport).
The process of crossing into Israel (on this particular
day) was not the most “welcoming” shall we say & it took us 3½ hrs to get
through.
There was a lot of frustration & feeling that the
processes (apart from the security screening which I’m happy to put up with)
were more about showing who’s boss & making life difficult for a certain
group of people.
That’s all I’m going to say apart from this bit of
advice: don’t take photos of the Israeli soldiers at the border – they don’t
like it & it will result in you being taken off the bus & questioned.
Before you say anything – it wasn’t me !!
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