Saudi prince refuses to use Israeli crossing into West Bank

Posted By on March 4, 2014

Ramallah: Plans for the visit of the Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal to the West Bank were changed at the last minute after the prince refused to enter the West Bank through an Israeli-controlled border crossing.According to Palestinian officials in Ramallah, Al Waleed was due to cross the Shaikh Hussain crossing, locally known as Al Karamah, to make a historic trip to Ramallah as the first Saudi ruling family member to visit the West Bank in modern times. The prince however refused to use the land crossing as it is controlled by the Israeli occupation. Jordan subsequently provided the prince with a helicopter so he could be taken directly to the Palestinian Presidential Headquarters, the Mukataa, in Ramallah for his several hour long visit instead of going by land.

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Saudi prince refuses to use Israeli crossing into West Bank

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