Jordan treats travelers crossing to West Bank like dirt - but Palestinian leaders keep blaming Israel

Palestinians are conditioned to blame everything on Israel. Every time they talk to the media, every time they talk to a Western audience, every time they speak to an NGO they have been trained from birth to always make Israel look bad and avoid any blame on the Arab side.I recently reported on the problems at the Allenby Bridge crossing, which the Palestinians call Karama....

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Travel delays are Israel's fault, too, according to an award winning journalist

Dalia Hatuqa is a well-regarded and award-winning Palestinian journalist, who has published in Time, the Washington Post, The Economist and elsewhere. She wrote a Twitter thread yesterday about her frustrations at the delay of crossing the border between Jordan and Israel - blaming Israel for the delay.There is currently a three hour wait at the Jordanian side of Allenby...

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