Israel bans Mahathir visit to Jerusalem
Israel yesterday banned former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, whose comments have in the past infuriated Jews, from entering Jerusalem while visiting the West Bank, the Palestinians said.
Mahathir was delayed for an hour at the Allenby crossing from Jordan into the West Bank where Israeli officials banned him from going to Jerusalem or the city of Jenin in the West Bank, Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei said.
"I want to say to the entire world that this is the political mind of the occupation," Qorei told a joint news conference with Mahathir in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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