A large delegation of Israeli businessmen arrived at the Jordanian border crossing in Eilat in order to cross to Jordan for a convention, some of them wearing a yarmulka and a tzitzit. When the delegation arrived at the border crossing, the Jordanian security officials asked them to remove their Jewish symbols such as their yarmulke and tzitzit, some agreed and those who did not were asked to retrace their steps and return to Eilat.

In addition to that, the businessmen who agreed to take off their Jewish symbols were asked to put them in a bag and send them back to Israel, as a participant in the expedition said: "We agreed to take off our hats and tzitzit and put them in a bag, but the policeman was not actually ready to help us out. He demanded to put all the caps and tzitzit in one bag and return everything to Israel. The policeman went one by one to make sure we did not bring any religious symbol into Jordan."

Jordan refused entery for jewish people because of their religious uniform. there is a law in jordan that prevents jews wearing their religious uniform to enter jordan, imagine if israel have such a law or did this action

This is aparthied, discrimnation and antisemitism pic.twitter.com/lIEoSGaYN5

— palestinian against antisemitism (@pali_leb2) June 7, 2023

Another participant said: "We wanted to put the tzitzit and the yarmulke in the bag, but they didn't agree, we were instructed to collect everything and return it to Eilat. It's a shame, if we were to do something like to those entering Israel or the Temple Mount and say there's no problem, just enter without a religious symbol, the whole world would condemn us."

JORDANIAN BORDER GUARDS HUMILIATE, SEIZE RELIGIOUS GARB OF ISRAELI DELEGATION / From @JewDefense / Jordanian border officials humiliated a delegation of Israeli municipal leaders entering the country for an educational project. pic.twitter.com/GuNtTtyVLp

— Rabbi Shmuley (@RabbiShmuley) June 7, 2023

The Jordanian antisemitism at the border is not the first time the Hashemite Kingdom has tried to make a mockery of the Jewish religion through an obvious sign of xenophobia. Earlier this year, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry summoned the Israeli ambassador in Amman for a conversation in which an official letter of protest was handed over the "intrusion" of the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, whose ‘crime’ was visiting the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, the site where Solomon’s Temple was located. Under the peace agreement, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signed with Jordan's King Hussein in 1994 signed, non-Muslims including Jews are allowed to visit the Temple Mount for limited hours from Sunday through Thursday.

Members of an Israeli delegation were denied entry into Jordan Tuesday, after border guards refused to allow those wearing #Jewish garb from entering the country. One participant told Israel Hayom that a Jordanian border guard took his kippah and threw it in the trash. pic.twitter.com/3bx9gmBOQr

— Israel National News - Arutz Sheva (@ArutzSheva_En) June 7, 2023

Sanan Al-Majali, the spokesman for the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, said at the time that "the Israeli ambassador was handed a letter of protest that will be forwarded immediately to his government, stating that the State of Israel, as an occupying country, must fulfill its obligations in accordance with international law, and especially international humanitarian law, regarding occupied Jerusalem, the holy places return, and in particular the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque, and avoid any step that would harm the sanctity of the holy places and put an end to attempts to change the existing historical and legal status." According to the spokesman, the Al-Aqsa Mosque covers an area of ​​144 dunams, meaning the entire area of ​​the Temple Mount, and is a place of worship exclusively for Muslims.