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Despite the declarations: The Kerem Shalom crossing will be opened for the first time since the Wall Guard exports goods

Following a security assessment, it was decided that starting tomorrow, limited exports of agricultural products and textiles for marketing in the Judea and Samaria territories will be allowed through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

The decision comes despite the Defense Minister's promises of a change in policy at the crossings, and against the background of security tensions from recent days

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Amir Bohbot and Yifat Rosenberg

Sunday, 20 June 2021, 22:31 Updated: 23:00

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The Kerem Shalom crossing will open tomorrow (Monday) for the export of agricultural produce and textile products through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

The decision on the subject was made at the end of assessment of the security situation, and contrary to the statements of Defense Minister Benny Gantz not allowed beyond the equipment that is not humanitarian to no progress in negotiations with Hamas regarding POWs and MIAs.

According to the political authorities, goods move from Gaza in the West Bank and abroad through Kerem Shalom Crossing.

This, for the first time since the end of Operation Wall Guard.

However, it will not be possible for the time being to export agricultural products from the Gaza Strip to Israel, but following a request from Israeli traders using sewing shops in the Gaza Strip, this week it will be possible to export textiles to businesses in Israel.

The defense establishment emphasizes that all other Gaza products are not approved for export to Israel or the territories of Judea and Samaria and abroad through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

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Kerem Shalom Crossing (Photo: Shai Makhlouf)

The decision was made against the background of the renewed security tensions between Israel and Gaza since the end of the operation and the achievement of the ceasefire.

Launching balloons incendiary and violent demonstrations on the border in recent days culminated with an attack on the position of dispatch and compounds of Hamas by the IDF on Friday. Then there was a warning red color apparently killed by bullets into Israel.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the issue today, saying that Israel will not tolerate attacks on the Gaza Strip - and that Hamas must get used to a new policy of attacks in the Gaza Strip. "Our patience has run out, the residents of the Gaza Strip are not second-class citizens," Bennett said in a speech at a state ceremony. , Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu and outgoing President Reuven Rivlin.

Bennett called the population in Gaza hostage by a terrorist organization, noting that Israel's rivalry is not with it.

"The same people sometimes serve as a human shield aimed around killing machines," he said.

He warned that Hamas would have to get used to a "different Israeli conception of initiative, aggression and innovation."

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