Being Palestinian citizens, they weren’t allowed to come into the country through Tel Aviv, so they disembarked at Queen Alia International Airport and took a bus to the Allenby/King Hussein Border Crossing to enter the West Bank. If they’d tried the direct way, through Tel Aviv Airport, they wouldn’t be permitted into Israel and would have had to fly straight back to New York. “We’re the only people in the world who aren’t allowed to enter our own country,” Baba complained.
