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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
1600 Palestinian pilgrims leave on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia |
1600 Palestinian pilgrims leave on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia JERICHO (Ma'an) -- 1,600 Muslim pilgrims from across Palestine headed to The general administration of borders and crossings said in a statement that They expected that a total of more than 2,500 pilgrims and passengers would Muslims are expected to attempt to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once The Allenby Bridge, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, is the only link Passengers have to go through three different checks in order to cross, The crossing is often extremely overcrowded during peak seasons of Umrah In January, the crossing was beset by intense overcrowding as 10,000 people Those crossing are often forced to wait hours in small buses as they move |
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