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What's the Real Story Behind the Delayed Palestinian Mail?
(UK Media Watch-CAMERA) Adam Levick - On August 14, AFP published a report about delayed mail addressed to residents of the Palestinian Authority. Yet the story fails to provide vital context. The 1995 interim agreement between Israel and the PLO called for a commercial agreement allowing international mail to be transferred to the PA via Jordan, but that agreement has not yet been signed, so international mail must go through Israel. However, Arab countries boycott Israel and won't send postal items to the PA via the Israel Postal Service, thus preventing Palestinians from receiving mail sent from these countries. As a gesture of good-will to the Palestinians, Israel last week allowed a one-time transfer of more than ten tons of mail that had been held in Jordan.