Sheikh Mohammed Aliel Jaabari, the Mayor of Hebron, is still trying to get King Faisal’s permission for Israeli Moslems to make the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Jaabari’s announcement last week that the Saudian monarch had granted permission was denied by the latter. Jaabari has since sent another request through the Saudian Embassy in Jordan. He said that a high ranking Saudian official had informed a Hebron notable that Faisal said he could not prevent any Moslem from visiting the holy places in Mecca.
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