Israel prohibits the transfer of Palestinian agricultural exports via Jordan

On Feb 8, 2020

This picture taken on February 2, 2020 shows a view of a produce market in the occupied West Bank Palestinian city of Nablus, following the announcement of Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett to halt imports of all agricultural goods from the West Bank into Israel. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

The Palestinian Minister of Agriculture Riyad Al-Atari said on Saturday that the Israel escalated a trade war with the Palestinians by preventing their agricultural exports via Jordan, where the director of the Israeli crossings informed all exporters and all relevant authorities that starting from Sunday, “the movement of Palestinian agricultural goods through the Jordanian crossing to the markets will be prohibited.” Universality ”according to him.

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