The UAE is expected to begin importing Israeli fruit and vegetables this month, Israel’s Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry has announced.
Official authorization is said to have been granted last Thursday following a series of meetings and coordination between Minister Alon Schuster, ministry employees and the UAE’s Ministry for Climate Change and the Environment.
#Israel has received official authorization to #export fruit and vegetables to the #UAE and officials hope exports will begin in early November.https://t.co/XCivgNLQic
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) November 2, 2020
“This is wonderful news for Israel’s farmers,” Schuster is reported as saying by the Jerusalem Post. “The agreement that we signed with the UAE is moving us forward and into a joint future in the field of agriculture.”
With UAE agricultural imports valued at around $10 billion a year, this latest agreement — which is a result of the normalisation deal signed in August — is highly lucrative for the occupation state.
#US President Announces #Sudan Normalizing Ties with #Israel https://t.co/YkxXPVbQkw via @PalestineChron #normalization #DonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/jIhk3pnyi2
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 24, 2020
At the moment, the UAE does not appear to be taking any measures to ensure that fruit and vegetables imported from Israel are not produced in the illegal settlements across the occupied Palestinian territories.
Last week it was reported that Israeli wine produced in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is to be sold in the Emirates.
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
