Palestinians seek economic disengagement through West Bank port
Palestinian traders demand the establishment of a land port in Palestinian territories without Israeli conditions.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Hussein al-Sheikh, the head of the General Authority for Civil Affairs, discussed the establishment of a land port in the West Bank during a meeting with the private sector at the Ramallah and al-Bireh Chamber of Commerce and Industry Oct. 7. The land port would receive goods entering the Palestinian territories from Israeli ports.
“There is an Israeli agreement to establish this port, but on their terms, which has delayed its establishment so far,” Sheikh said.
He added that Israel would only allow the entry of certain goods. The Palestinian side rejected this and demanded customs clearance for all goods imported by Palestinian traders to this port.
This problem is not new. The Palestinian-Israeli agreement in September 2012 to establish this port also ended in failure and without an agreement on the location of the port.
