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Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1068139,0005.htm
Jordan-Israel Peace Treaty Ten Years Later
(AFP-Hindustan Times-India) Ten years after Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel, relations between the two neighbors are far from warm, with most Jordanians persisting in branding Israel "the enemy," politicians and analysts say. Israel's ambassador to Jordan, Yacov Hadas Handelsman, said one of the "positive" results of the peace treaty are the Qualified Industrial Zones where textile goods with a certain amount of Jordanian and Israeli content are exported duty and quota free to the U.S. They employ 14,000-16,000 people and generated $468.7 million in the first seven months of this year.