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Jordan Draws
Israeli Tourists

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Amman, Jordan (jTA) — To Is-
raelis, the gleaming white capi-
tal of Jordan seems as far away
and inaccessible as Timbuktu.
But in reality, Amman is an
hour's drive from Jerusalem —
for those who are able to get
there.
Since 1948, Jordan has denied ,
entry to all Israelis and all but al
handful of Diaspora Jews wish-
ing to visit the country. For
decades, those few Jews who
were able to sneak in with "clean"
passports (those without Israeli
stamps) risked imprisonment.
Now, thanks to warming rela-
tions between Israel and Jordan,
visits by Diaspora Jews could be
just weeks away.
And, according to a close ad- 14
viser to King Hussein, Israelis
will be welcome as soon as the
two countries sign a peace treaty,
possibly within two years.
Last week, David Clayman, Is-
rael director of the American
Jewish Congress, traveled here
to explore the possrlity of bring-
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the country as an add-on to AJ-
Congress tours of Israel.
Some 300,000 Jews have vis-
ited Israel on AJCongress tours
over the past 30 years.
Throughout Mr. Clayman's
three-day visit, key government
officials and travel professionals
expressed keen interest in open-
ing their country to Jewish
tourists, Israeli stamps and all,
he said
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One official, who spoke on con-
dition of anonymity, assured Mr.
Clayman that the "clean" pass-
port rule "is not an explicit poli-
cy," and noted that Jordan began
to permit tourists with Israeli
stamps to enter, albeit unoffi-
cially, several months ago.
Mr. Clayman, who had first
visited Jordan in 1986 as a mem-
ber of an AJCongress delegation
invited by King Hussein, called
last week's visit "very important"
Since there are no communi-
cation links between Israel and
Jordan, the American Embassy
in Amman served as intermedi-
ary, facilitating a meeting be-
tween Mr. Clayman and Mr.
Adwan in Jerusalem in late
March to discuss the feasibility . 10
of Jewish tourism to Jordan.
For tourism to succeed, Mr.
Clayman said, both sides must
put aside their prejudices.