Palestinians drive to Jordan for the fist time since 1976

Wednesday December 12, 2007 13:15 by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News

On Wednesday a team of Palestinian car racers will leave Ramallah and drive to Jordan in their own cars, something which hasn’t happened since 1976. The team will participate in the final round of the 2007 Jordanian racing championship of al Aqapa. The race will be launched next Friday by Prince Faysal Bin Al Hussien, Head of the Jordanian motor sport federation.

 

The participation of Palestinian drivers at the event comes following consultation between the director of motor sport in Jordan, Ziad Loza and Head of the Palestinian motor sport league, Khaled Qadora. They coordinated the travel arrangements for the participants with the help of the Prince and the Jordanian Minister of Interior, Eid Al Fayes. Dr. Saeb Erekat, Honorary President of the Palestinian motor sport league also played an important role in the organization of the event.

The Palestinian delegation will include three members of the leagues governing body and the drivers' themselves.T he event is to be documented by Al Jazeera and Al Arabia.

Erekat expressed the enormity of the achievement and added that "despite the very difficult situation, our racing team participated in the Sharm Al Sheikh international championship and obtained both first and second positions."

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