Israeli border guards detained a Jordanian-Palestinian man on Friday after he attempted to enter the West Bank via a land crossing dressed as a woman and carrying his wife’s passport.
According to the Israeli authorities, the 43-year-old man, trying to pass off for a 42-year-old woman, aroused the suspicion of security officials.
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Jordanian man dressed up as his wife attempts to fool Israeli border guards
(Photo: Israel's Airports Authority)
"During the security check, suspicion arose that this was a man rather than a woman,” Israel's Airports Authority, which also manages land crossings, said in a statement.
“His body language, which was rather masculine, aroused suspicion,” a source at the border crossing told Ynet.
The man intended to travel to areas of the West Bank under Palestinian Authority's control by crossing through the Allenby / King Hussein border Crossing.
According to Ynet, he told interrogators that he put on the disguise as he did not want his entry through an Israeli crossing to be on record. After verifying he harbored no malicious intent, the Jordanian man was free to return to Jordan at the end of the questioning.