Israel, PA to upgrade West Bank postal service

Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign an agreement to upgrade the postal service system in the West Bank.

Major General Yoav (Poly) Mordechai, head of the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and the Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Civil Affairs, Hussein al-Sheik, agree on a Memorandum of Understanding to allow international mail to enter the Authority directly without first going through the Israeli mail service.

The agreement is intended to assist the transfer of international mail to the Palestinian Authority through Jordan via the Allenby Bridge. The memorandum will also improve the direct mail transfer between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Until now all mail entering the Palestinian Authority has first gone through the Israeli Postal services according to Palestinian news service Maan.

Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed a similar agreement in 2008 but it was never put into practice. This time COGAT says that the memorandum will be put into effect.