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President: Jordan reopening Aaron’s Tomb to Israelis
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Reuven Rivlin says Jordan will reopen the Aaron’s Tomb pilgrimage site to Israeli tourists.
In a statement from his office, Rivlin says he updated Foreign Minister Israel Katz on the development, following his meeting last week with Jordan’s Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed in London.
The site was closed to Jewish pilgrims in August, over a video that appeared to show Israelis praying there. At the time, Jordan said several hundred Israelis arrived in Petra, without prior coordination or permission to pray at the site. According to Jordanian media, the visitors held “Talmudic religious ceremonies” at the tomb.
A tour guide denied the Jewish visitors had prayed.
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