COGAT Statement
Office of the Spokesman
23.01.2012
Ministry of Defense
Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories

STATEMENT BY THE COORDINATOR OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES IN TERRITORIES
Furniture from the Gaza Strip Exported to an Exhibition in Jordan

The Coordinator of Government Activities in Territories Spokesman
announces that today (Monday), 23.1.12, a
consignment of furniture was exported from the Gaza Strip to an exhibition
in Jordan, via the Allenby Bridge, in accordance with the Security Cabinet's
June 2010 decision to gradually expand the export of agricultural products,
furniture and textiles from the Gaza Strip to global markets. The transfer
from the Gaza Strip to Israel took place yesterday (Sunday), 22.1.12, under
the auspices of the Coordination and Liaison Administration at Erez.

Coordinator of Government Activities in Territories Maj.-Gen. Eitan Dangot
oversaw staff work in conjunction with the IDF, the Israel Police, the
Defense Ministry, Israeli customs authorities and other government offices,
the Quartet and the Palestinian Authority, in order to enable the furniture
export. The Coordination and Liaison Administration at Erez then
coordinated the actual transport of the furniture (including chandeliers,
cupboards, dressers, beds, tables, chairs, etc.).

The furniture export was in parallel with the agricultural exports from the
Gaza Strip to European markets, in which, as of today, over 400 tons of
strawberries, 40 tons of peppers, 6 tons of cherry tomatoes and 812,000
carnations have been exported.

The Coordinator of Government Activities in Territories unit will continue
to work through the Coordination and Liaison Administration at Erez, in
order to facilitate the gradual increase in exports from the Gaza Strip, in
accordance with the civil-economic policy committed to by the Israeli
government, subject to ongoing security assessments.

For further details, please contact the Coordinator of Government Activities
in the Territories Spokesman's Office at
03-6977138.