In 1980 Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (3 August 1923 – 17 March 2012) had forbidden Coptic faithful from traveling to Jerusalem on pilgrimage until the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was resolved.
Aleksandrijski (3. kolovoza 1923. – 17. ožujka 2012.) zabranio je 1980. koptskim vjernicima hodočašće u Jeruzalem sve dok se izraelsko–palestinski sukob ne riješi.