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Travel Notes (+ Video) from Palestine

Travel Notes (+ Video) from Palestine

I never spent this much time at a border. Children are sleeping on the grey leather sofas in the VIP room, or crying because they're clearly tired of waiting. There's a National Geographic show on the television in the corner, with subtitles in Hebrew and the volume...

Travel Notes (+ Video) from Palestine

I never spent this much time at a border. Children are sleeping on the grey leather sofas in the VIP room, or crying because they're clearly tired of waiting. There's a National Geographic show on the television in the corner, with subtitles in Hebrew and the volume too low to understand what it's about. The VIP treatment at the Israel-Jordan border has its benefits. For $110 you get your own transport to cross a short distance of no man's land between Jordan and Israel (you're not allowed to bring your own car), you can skip all the queues (and I see many) and there's a separate room with free drinks where you can wait. But they still let you wait. There's a...

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