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Israelis ‘demanded bribes at Gaza crossing’
Loading ...US firms complained in 2006 of corruption by Israeli officials at the Karni crossing into Gaza, then the Palestinian territory’s main commercial transit point, a leaked US diplomatic cable showed Thursday.
According to a cable from the US embassy in Tel Aviv and consulate in Jerusalem, US firms complained to embassy officials of a “lack of a clear and predictable truck registration system” which enabled “widespread corruption at Karni crossing.”
The companies included Coca Cola, Procter and Gamble, Caterpillar, Philip Morris, Westinghouse, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Aramex and Dell.
“The deeply problematic procedures and allegations of endemic corruption at Karni terminal constitute a major non-tariff barrier to trade,” the cable, posted online by Norwegian daily of reference Aftenposten, read.
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