Israel blocks Palestinian exports

(ANSAmed) - TEL AVIV, FEB 9 - The 'trade war' between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority - which began 5 months with Ramallah's decision not to import calves from Israel anymore - has escalated today with the announcement of Israel that exports would be banned of Palestinian agricultural products across the Allenby bridge, the main transit point to Jordan and other Arab countries.
Cogat - the unit of the Ministry of Defense that coordinates civilian activities in the West Bank - says that the boycott of the export of calves from Israel to the West Bank has caused serious harm and that if it is removed, exports of Palestinian agricultural products will also return to normal. Tarek Abu Laban, head of the Palestinian agriculture minister, told the Wafa agency that the total annual value of the agricultural products in question is $ 100 million. "Those products can be absorbed by the local market and in this way it is possible to limit the damage".