Rabat – A new report has shown that Algeria took fourth place under Arab countries and, despite the alleged opposition to normalization, Israeli outlet i24, fourth place under Arab countries to Israel. reported.
After For the Economic Complexity Observatory (OEC), Algeria has been involved in retail with Israel since at least 2017, with total exports over 30 million US dollars exceeding. The report says that, according to Outlet, Algeria will follow the VAE, Jordan and Egypt in relation to exports to Israel.
“In 2017, Israel exported 7,000 US dollars to Algeria. In the past 9 years there have been no main exports from Israel to Algeria in 2017. In the past 9 years, exports of Israel to Algeria with an annual edge of 34.6%from USD 320,000 in 2008 have decreased to $ 7,000 in 2017, ”the report said.
However, the data show a steady increase in Algeria’s exports to Israel in recent years. Algeria exported $ 30.5 million to Israel in 2018, with the main products exporting hydrogen. “In the past 5 years, Algeria’s exports have increased to Israel with an annualized rate of 64.1%,” said the report.
Despite these trade relationships, Algeria was loud in his opposition to Israel. The country has repeated sentenced Morocco’s restoration of diplomatic relationships with Israel in 2020 and argues that normalization threatens the national interests of Algeria.
In an interview with the French newspaper L’Oponing at the beginning of this month, however, the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune explained that Algeria would consider to normalize relationships with Israel if a fully independent Palestinian state was established.
He found that the past Algerian presidents, Chadli Bendjedid and Abdelaziz Bouteflika, were not rejected against relations with Israel, but prioritized the Palestinian statehood.
However, this data reveal Algeria Hypocritical double standards. While her government insists that she would never deal with Israel, the numbers tell a different story. At the same time, when Algerian civil servants attack Morocco for the normalization of relationships, Algeria himself has quietly maintained and even increased his trade in the Israeli occupation.
