Lede: West Asian exports to Israel have skyrocketed since 2020. These are the
Arab and Muslim governments that put goods on Israeli shelves, despite their
public stances supporting Gaza.
Israeli import data reveals that a number of Arab countries play a significant
role in buoying the occupation state's trade volume, despite attempts by other
regional nations to weaken Israel's economy.
Since this decade's onset, Israeli ports have been teeming with the arrival of
goods from across the region. Each shipment not only boosts the occupation
state's economy, but also weaves a narrative that goes beyond trade statistics
as these economic interactions carry a hidden stream of political significance.
Although not an Arab country, Turkiye was the first Muslim state to establish
diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv, and today leads the pack of West Asian
states boosting Israeli imports. In 2020 alone, the value of Turkish exports
spiked to $5.7 billion, constituting 6.2 percent of total Israeli imports that
year.
...
In second place is the UAE, which normalized ties with Tel Aviv as part of the
US-brokered Abraham Accords in 2020, and was the first Arab state to sign a
free-trade agreement (2022) with Israel as part of a plan to boost mutual trade
to $10 billion annually. The Persian Gulf state's exports were valued at $1.89
billion in 2022, accounting for 2.1 percent of all Israeli imports.
...
Taking third place is Jordan, whose exports to Israel in 2022 reached $469.25
million, a massive 489 percent increase from 2018. Key export categories from
the Hashemite Kingdom include plastics ($135.2 million), electrical and
electronic equipment ($127.93 million), and iron and steel ($74.35 million).
-- Cont'd at https://thecradle.co/articles/the-enemy-within-arab-states-that-trade-with-israel
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