Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 40)

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Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 40)

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ISRAEL
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Ramallah
Hebron
JORDAN
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ool attitude towards all efforts to develop the road systen in
rural areas presumably for fear of expediting urban expansion
or more vigorous land uses,
Transportation by air has also been severely curtailed since
accupation. Jerusalem Airport was "confiscated" and passengers
had to 90 through Hen Gurion or Aman airports. Nevertheless, air
cargo has never been an important vehicle for West Bank farm
Produce.
Being land-locked, the West Bank has no direct access to a sea
Port. Prior to occupation businessmen and farmers had to rely
heavily on the ports of Aqaba and Beirut, both around 400 kilometres
away. Although Haifa (in Israel) is much nearer, it is not used
extensively in agricultural trade because the bulk of exports are
destined for shipment by trucks to Jordan and the Gulf states.
At the present, therefore, the lack of port facilities is not an
important handicap for agricultural development,
Telecommunications pose important problems for West Bank businessmen
and farmers. The telephone service is still primitive and extremely
time wasting in most regions, especially in northern districts.
Telex services outside Jerusalem are not available due to
Testrictions imposed by the Military Aduinistration. Lack of
direct communication channels with Jordan and Arab countries
Cause serious difficulties to exporters. Improvements in
telecomunications are very slow due to severe constraints imposed
by both Israel and Arab countries for a variety of political
reasons,

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Agricultural Development in the West Bank

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Hisham Masoud Awartani

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