An interfaith peace trek across the Sahara ground to a halt when Libya refused to let in the Israeli participants. The Jerusalem Post, which sent a reporter to cover the monthlong desert voyage by the coexistence group Breaking the Ice, reported Wednesday that the nine trekkers were turned back to Egypt after reaching the Libyan border.
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