Muslims upset at IDF spokesperson receiving Hajj gifts

From the Facebook page of Avichai Adraee, the IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson:

How wonderful to receive a gift from the holy hom!
With the return of the pilgrims of the house of God to their homes and families, the pilgrims honor their relatives and friends with gifts.
I also received a gift from a close friend who returned from the pilgrimage last week...

The gifts that Adraee received are Islamic prayer beads and, apparently, an Islamic cloak associated with the pilgrimage.

The idea that a Muslim might give gifts like this to a Jew is too much for some. Egypt's Youm7 has an article claiming that Adraee is lying, saying "In a continuation of the attempts at normalization and the lies of Avichai Adraee, an Israeli army spokesman in Arabic through social media sites, he published a picture carrying a rosary and a cloak claiming that one of the pilgrims had given it to him."

Because how could a Muslim possibly feel close enough to a Jew to give him gifts like this?  .

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