ByDanish
Ahmad Khan
Aryeh Deri, Interior Minister of Israel, signed an order on Sunday, January 26, allowing
Israeli citizens to visit Saudi
Arabia
The order
will also be applicable to Israeli Muslim citizens for traveling to Makkah to
perform Umrah or Hajj. Earlier, they had to travel for pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia
A statement
issued by Israeli interior ministry said that Israeli citizens will be
permitted to travel to Saudi
Arabia
Israeli law
had until now barred the citizens from traveling to several Arab countries,
including Saudi Arabia
In recent
years, bonhomie between Israel
and Saudi Arabia had
increased clandestinely, particularly focusing mainly on security issues,
especially due to mutual enmity to Iran
It may be
noted that only two Arab countries – Egypt
and Jordan – have peace
treaties with Israel Iran
in the Middle East region has perturbed Israel
Sunni Saudi
Arabia and Shia Iran Saudi Arabia has been firmly in the saddle, but Iran ’s expansionist designs in the Gulf region
has unnerved it thus forcing to forge stronger ties with Israel
Meanwhile,Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said Monday, January 27, that Israelis are not welcome at the moment inSaudi Arabia
"Our policy is constant. We don't have relations withIsrael
Currently, Saudi Arabia
doesn't have diplomatic relations with Israel like most Arab countries, except Egypt and Jordan
Meanwhile,
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said Monday, January 27, that Israelis are not welcome at the moment in
"Our policy is constant. We don't have relations with