Some 1500 Israeli Arabs left Tuesday for the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. They began their journey by crossing over the Allenby Bridge to Jordan, A total of 6500 Israeli Arabs will be making the pilgrimage this year. It is the second year that Israeli citizens of the Moslem faith are permitted by the Jordanian and Saudi authorities to enter their territory. In the past they were banned because of their Israeli citizenship. The Israeli Arabs will join some 15,000 Arabs from the administered territories to celebrate the Feast of Al-Adha in Mecca.
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