Arabs From All Lands Have Free Israeli
Roads, but Fear Passport Identification
ALLENBY BRIDGE — This Bridge since two of its officials
bridge over the Jordan River, were wounded in an outbreak of
named for the British general who shooting there several months ago.
conquered Palestine from the But both Israeli and Jordan troops
Turks in World War I, has be- have pulled back some distance
come one of Israel's busiest points from the bridge on their respective
of entry. The normal traffic of sides of the river and the ap-
pedestrians, cars and trucks has proaches are filled only with
been swollen by hundreds of Arabs civilian traffic, Ben Vered re-
on their way to spend vacations ported.
with relatives on the West Bank or
Although the weather is hot—
in East Jerusalem. Permission to
do so was granted recently by the Allenby Bridge is over 1,000
feet below sea level in the humid
Israeli authorities.
- Col. Shlomo Gazit adviser on Jordan Valley north of the Dead
occupied territories to the defense Sea—many of the Arab vacation-
minister, told Jewish Telegraphic ers wear dark suits and ties.
Agency correspondent Amos Ben
Vered Wednesday that the number
of vacationers to date has been
1,367 of whom 327 are students
from colleges in Jordan and
other Arab countries. Students
from Egypt and Syria are admit-
ted, though permits are not granted
to others from those countries for
security reasons, Col. Gazit said.
Of the non-students entering the
West Bank under the vacation pro-
gram, '786 have been from Jordan
and 254 from other countries.
Among the latter are many West
Bank Arabs who work in the oil
refineries of Kuwait and Saudi
Arabia. Some of them, however,
are afraid to have the Israeli entry
stamp in Hebrew, French and Ara-
bic affixed their passports. They
are worried that their passports
will not be honored when they re-
turned to their countries of resi-
dence, Col. Gazit said.
But the passports must he
stamped because "Israel cannot
boycott herself," he added. He
explained that the difficulties
could probably be overcome by
obtaining new passports.
He noted that the Arab coun-
tries do not honor any passports
including American ones if they
bear proof that the owner has
visited Israel.
New York Times correspondent
Terence Smith reported from Jeri-
cho Wednesday that the vacation
plan "has been frustrated by a
general Arab reluctance to accept
Israeli stamps in their passports."
According to Smith, "of the 12,000
people authorized by the Israeli
government to cross to the West
Bank during the first month of the
operation, only 1,000 have made
use of their permits .. They have
refused to accept the Israeli stamp,
not out of patriotism but because
of fear that they will not be per-
mitted to return to the Arab
country where they live and work
after their month's holiday in
Israel." Nevertheless, Smith noted,
"on any given day more travelers
are likely to enter there (Allenby
Bridge) than at Lydda, the inter-
national airport, or at the port of
Haifa. An average of 1,700 people
plus 200 truckloads of commercial
goods, mostly agricultural prod-
ucts, cross the bridge each day,"
Smith reported.
According to Col. Gazit, nearly
40,000 persons have requested
entry to Jerusalem or the West
Bank to spend the summer vaca-
tion with their families. About
14,000 permits have been issued
so far. They reach the applicants
! by round-about ways. The Interna-
tional Red Cross has refused to
supervise traffic over the Allenby
Many come in their own cars,
and traffic jams are common as
the private autos vie with the
10-ton trucks for passage across
the narrow bridge.
Vacationers going to Jerusalem
may later visit other parts of
Israel without special permission.
Those visiting relatives on the
West Bank need permits to go to
Tel Aviv or Haifa, but these are
granted freely, Col. Gazit said.
The vacationers are permitted to
spend as long as three months in
Israel-held territories. Very few
applications have been rejected
for security reasons, he said.
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