[RitchieAprile]

only two Arab speaking countries (AFAIK) will even allow you in with an Israeli stamp in your passport, Egypt and Jordan.

[JudyinCanada]

I didn’t know this. I wonder why this made headlines.

[Paleo Conservative]

only two Arab speaking countries (AFAIK) will even allow you in with an Israeli stamp in your passport, Egypt and Jordan.

When I was on a cruise ship that docked in Israel in the summer of 2012, the Israeli customs didn't stamp our passports just a slip of paper to accompany the passport. Furthermore at the end of the Israeli stay, the slips of paper were take back by the Israelis.