Bahrain's Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid al-Zayani says Manama will make no distinction between products produced in Israel or in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights.
MANAMA: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-Dec 5th, 2020) Bahrain said that it would not allow Israeli products produced inside Palestinian settlements, the reports said on Saturday.
Bahrain's Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid al-Zayani had voiced openness to settlement imports, pointing out that Manama would make no distinction between products produced in Israel or in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights.
According to Bahrain news Agency, the ministry of industry, Commerce and Tourism had made it clear the Bahraini government’s unwavering stance regarding United Nations’ resolutions. Bahrain and the United Emirates normalized their ties on Sept 15 which was backed and sponsored by the US.
Last month the US lifted up US customs distinctions between goods made within Israel and in settlements.
Palestinians want to establish an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza with East Jerusalem as its capital, but the issue of Jewish settlements on land captured by Israel in 1967 has for a long time been a stumbling block in the peace process.
Trump administration shifted its embassy to Jerusalem and made it more difficult for Palestinian to achieve their rightful goal of independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital, Reuters reported.
